Job 9 of 10 · Outline

Help a board write a clerk advert that states hours, meetings, pay and overtime clearly

The problem

A practising clerk says many clerk adverts give an hourly rate but not the annual hours, ignore committees or sound alarming, and that a clear advert has to state the contract hours, the number of full board and committee meetings, the hourly pay and whether overtime is paid for training and extra meetings. A Chair or the board may ask the clerk to help draft the advert. AI can set your facts out in that order in plain words. It does not decide the pay, the hours or the allowances, which are the board's, and it does not say what the law requires of an employer.

What AI does

AI drafts a clear clerk advert from the board's agreed facts on hours, meetings and pay. It sets or suggests no pay or hours, and the Chair and Headteacher approve the final version.

Time

Time: About 25 minutesTools: ChatGPT, Gemini

The steps, in short

  1. Get the agreed facts from the Chair.
  2. Add any helpful details the board has decided, such as training and support.
  3. Have AI draft a short, clear advert from those facts only.
  4. Check it line by line, then get sign-off from the Chair and Headteacher.

A short sample prompt

Draft a short, clear advert for a clerk to [school]'s governing board in England, using only the facts the board has agreed: [hours, meetings, pay, overtime, support]. Suggest no pay or hours and add no duties.

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