Why am I not able to open the job description and person specification for a vacancy?
June 19, 2011by HR Notices
This FAQ is not relevant for job applicants
This usually happens when the job description and person specification have been saved in Word 2007 format.
Where this problem occurs:
- Applicants should contact the Recruitment Administrator, whose details can be found in the How to Apply section of the vacancy
- Recruitment Administrators should contact their HR users
- HR users should resave the job description and person specification as a Word 1997 – 2003 document then recreate the links and update the relevant vacancies with the revised links
HR users should save all job descriptions and person specifications in Word 1997 – 2003 format in Sharepoint in order to avoid this problem.

