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Edit a Job Role

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Written by Sunil Sharma

Update a job role's description so admins know what the role covers. The role's name can't be changed.

Before you start

You need Admin access. If Edit Role is missing, your job roles are managed outside HowNow, for example by your HR system.

Edit the description

  1. In the sidebar, select Manage › Roles.

  2. Hover over the role, select ⋯, then Edit Role. If you're already on the role's page, select Actions › Edit Role.

  3. Change the Role Description. The number above the box shows how many of the 250 characters you have left.

  4. Select Save Changes. It stays greyed out until you change something.

The new description shows on the role's page. Nobody in the role is notified.

The Edit Role panel with the Role Name greyed out and Save Changes highlighted

Good to know

  • You can't rename a role. If the name is wrong, add a new role, move people to it in Manage › People, then delete the old one.

  • Skills are changed elsewhere. To add skills, choose Map Skills from the same menu. To change target levels or remove skills.

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