Users may have many reasons to compare their organization's roles, but they often share common goals -ensuring consistency, improving efficiency and unlocking opportunities.  By comparing the skill compositions of roles within and organization's Job Architecture, TA teams are able to articulate the logical progression of skills within a Job Family, identify internal mobility paths and more.

Compare Roles

In order to view any two roles side by side, there are two paths a user can take.

Within the Role Comparison Viewer

1. Within the Job Architecture Portal, click on the ‘Compare roles’ navigation item in the left-hand sidebar.
2. Within the left-hand half of the viewer, use the search bar to locate a role within your Job Architecture.
3. Repeat this in the right-hand half of the viewer.

Directly from a specific role

1. Within the Job Architecture Portal, navigate to a specific role.
2. In the top right-hand corner, click on the ‘Compare roles’ button.
3. Use the input box to locate a second role to compare.
4. The Role Comparison viewer will open, displaying the roles side by side.

To replace a role with another whilst in the Role Comparison viewer, use the ‘X’ to remove one or both roles and repeat one of the above processes.

Manage Skills within Role Comparison

When comparing roles side by side, users can manage their Job Architecture skills directly within the Role Comparison viewer and sort column headers to sort skills by a specific characteristic. The following functionalities are available and mirror the process described within this support article:

• Add skill
• Edit skill (proficiency and required status)
• Remove skill
• Edit approval status

All edits made within the Role Comparison viewer will be reflected within the role History Log.