Setting up job share; what is the best way to split workload?

Are you starting a job share arrangement or are you an HR or Line manager wanting to support a new job share pair? The first 90 days are crucial to the success of a job share pair and planning the workload can often become complex. Through interviewing experienced partners, Gemini3 has developed this simple process you can follow. Understand the difference between job share and job split The definition of job share is when two people are sharing a full time role. This means both employees are sharing all tasks and are accountable for achieving common goals. This also means their performance evaluation will be done together. On the other hand, a job split is when two employees separate the tasks associated with the role and are evaluated separately on those tasks. These tasks are generally performed independently and the two employees are therefore considered as two part-time employees instead of a job share arrangement. Analyse job functions to plan to job share or job split Deciding on job share or job split is not always black and white but generally the junior roles which are more administrative would be job split and the most senior strategic roles would be shares. Why is that? In a most senior roles, the employees have the maturity to understand their strength and leverage each other’s skills sets. They also gain from two heads solving problems. Senior roles is when job share can increases productivity of roles. The recommendation is to take the time to analyse the job functions and understand the percentage of the role that is strategic vs transactional. Base on...