What is a Functional Job Analysis?

Functional job analysis (FJA) is a systematic approach to identifying and describing the essential tasks, duties, responsibilities, and interactions associated with a particular job role.

Rather than just listing the tasks, functional job analysis focuses on what the job entails in terms of functions and behaviors. This information helps businesses:

• Write more detailed and accurate job descriptions
• Identify the right candidates for jobs that need to be filled
• Conduct training needs analysis
• Design fair salary structures.

Functional job analysis is one of the most common job analysis methods. Other popular methods are critical incident technique (CIT) and task inventory.