A job description has two readers: the candidate deciding whether to apply and the interviewer deciding who to hire. This job description template serves both. It opens with a summary of the role, shows who decides what, lists responsibilities as outcomes, separates three essentials from the nice-to-haves, states the pay and benefits, and explains each step of the selection process with dates.

The sample is a Customer Operations Manager role at Foxhollow Group in Columbus, Ohio, with a published band of $68,000 to $78,000, a team of eight and three interview stages. Replace the title, location, responsibilities, essentials, pay, deadline and contact with your own, and move anything not truly necessary from essentials to desirable.