For sites upgrading to 12.0 from version 2.9 or earlier, please read Upgrading and using job assignments.
The job assignments functionality allows you to capture the different roles responsibilities a user might hold within their organisation. Job assignments can be created and updated manually via a user's profile or via HR import and users may hold any number of job assignments, with each job optionally linked to a position, organisation, manager, appraiser and temporary manager.
Capturing job assignment information within your Totara Learn site allows you to:
- Link a staff member to multiple managers.
- Specify which manager should approve a seminar attendance request.
- Specify which manager should complete an appraisal form.
- Generate custom reporting based on job assignment(s).
- Filter custom reporting based on the viewers job assignment.
- Create dynamic audiences based on a user's job assignment(s).
Team
Managers with team members holding one or more job assignments - including users that also report to other managers - can see their team's details in their Team area and have full access to their record of learning and learning plans.
Seminar Events
For seminar events that require manager approval, learners reporting to multiple managers can choose to select which job assignment and associated manager should receive the booking approval request. This allows the appropriate manager to approve attendance and manage team member training schedules.
When manager assignment data is not available and a seminar activity requires approval by Manager, the event sign-up page can be configured to force users to search for and select a user to approve their request to attend an event. The selected user will receive a notification about the request and instructions on how to approve or decline it.
To use this feature User Select Manager must be enabled via Site Administration > Seminar > Seminar Global Settings
Report Builder
Job assignment column and search fields are available within the report builder, and the content displayed may be filtered by jobs and corresponding managers, allowing detailed data to be gathered around training, responsibilities across an organisation.
Audiences
Rules around job assignments are available within dynamic audiences, allowing course, programs and certifications, learning plans, goals and/or access rights to be assigned to the relevant people.
Appraisals
When a user is assigned an appraisal form and has multiple job assignments, they will be required to select the job assignment linked to the appraisal before beginning the appraisal process. This will ensure the appropriate manager, manager's manager and/or appraiser is provided access to the appraisal form
The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using Hierarchies and job assignments in Totara Learn. Here you can learn more on how to use hierarchies and job assignments, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.
