---
title: "Create a job assignment"
slug: "create-a-job-assignment"
tags: ["Totara Platform", "Site Administrator", "How-to"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:16Z
canonical: "totara.help/create-a-job-assignment"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Create a job assignment

You can create a new [job assignment](/19/docs/what-are-job-assignments) to show a user's current job and/or to associate a manager with them.

To create a job assignment, follow these steps: [](https://help.totaralearning.com/display/THM/.User+accounts+v13)

1. Go to *Quick-access menu > Users.*
2. Click the name of the user whose job assignments you wish to edit.
3. Under the **Job assignments** section, click the **Add job assignment** link.
4. Enter the relevant job assignment details.
5. Click **Add job assignment** to save the assignment.

Repeat as required to create any other job assignments held by the user.

When creating a job assignment you can use the **HR import** checkbox to enable HR import for that assignment.

If this setting is enabled for the job assignment then the job assignment can be updated via HR import. It can be a time-consuming process to identify and update each assignment individually, so if you want HR import to update all assignments you should make sure this setting is enabled when each assignment is created.

## Next steps

- [Job assignment settings](/19/docs/job-assignment-settings)
- [Update a job assignment](/19/docs/update-a-job-assignment)
- [Delete a job assignment](/19/docs/delete-a-job-assignment)

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