Our standards for job descriptions

We have important guidelines that must be followed to ensure that your job advert is successfully published on Patchwork Hub.

You must:

• Have a company profile. This profile must be filled in with essential information about your organisation.
• Write your job adverts in clear, everyday English. At Patchwork Hub we recommend the Crystal Mark standard as best practice.
• Use sub-headings and avoid long paragraphs.
• Avoid the use of excessive sentence lengths.
• Include an accessibility statement somewhere in your job description. When posting a job on Patchwork Hub you will have an option to add a standard accessibility statement on the Post a Job page which you can choose to include.
• Include alternative contact details somewhere in your job description.
• Provide essential and desirable criteria, clearly distinguishing between the two.

Additional things to remember:

• Information must be accurate, specific and detailed.
• There must be no fee for the candidate in any way, shape or form. Patchwork Hub is a free platform for job seekers to use and any job advert asking job seekers to pay a fee will not be approved.
• Do not include offensive content. This includes information that is vulgar, sexual, or derogatory.
• Do not include any illegal content or promote work that is malicious or illegal.
• We do not allow discrimination. Candidates should be assessed on their values and skills.

Patchwork Hub reserves the right to reject or remove any job advert that does not meet our guidelines. 

If you have any questions about our guidelines, please get in touch via our contact page.

These guidelines support our wider accessibility commitment. Please visit our Accessibility Statement for more information.