Create an Opportunity
An Opportunity is enrola's record of one vacancy or course. You create it first, fill in its details, and then post it to job boards. Any User, Admin or Team Owner can create an Opportunity. Read Only users can view Opportunities but not add them.
Add the Opportunity
- In the menu, open Opportunities → Live.
- Select Add.
- In Type, choose the Opportunity type, for example Apprenticeship. You cannot change the type later.
- In Title, enter the vacancy's title as applicants will see it.
- In Supervisors, choose at least one member of staff. Supervisors receive the Opportunity's notifications.
- In Employer, start typing and choose the employer. You can leave this blank and add it later.
- Select Add opportunity.
The Opportunity's record opens. Its status is Not posted until you post it to a job board.
Tip. If the employer isn't in enrola yet, create the Opportunity without one. On the record, use Add employer under the Employer field in the Summary panel.
Fill in the record
The record is a set of panels. Each field saves as soon as you leave it, and enrola shows All changes saved. at the top of the page.
Work through the panels in this order:
- Summary: the employer, Supervisors and training delivery site.
- Description: the short description, main description, entry requirements, training and skills.
- Opportunity info: dates, salary, duration, positions available, categories and sectors.
- Location: the workplace address. Use Find address to fill it in from the postcode.
- Any job board panels, such as NAS for Find an apprenticeship (shown as NAS in enrola).
The Opportunity record explains every panel and field.
If the employer holds the details you need, send them a form instead of typing it all yourself. See Ask an employer for vacancy details with Request more info.
Post it
When the record is complete, use the Posting Control panel to choose job boards and post. enrola checks the Opportunity against each board's rules first. See Post an Opportunity to job boards with Posting Control.
Troubleshooting
| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| At least one supervisor needs to be assigned | Choose a member of staff in Supervisors before you select Add opportunity. |
| This opportunity has no supervisor. Assign one: they get its notifications, and NAS won’t post it without one. | This yellow notice appears on the record when every Supervisor has been removed. Select Assign supervisors and choose at least one. |
Good to know
- Only staff who are active users of your organisation appear in Supervisors.
- If your organisation has a Custom URL for applying to opportunities in Settings → Organisation details, new Opportunities start with it in Application Redirect. Applicants are then sent to that address instead of your enrola application form.
- The enrola team can import Opportunities from another system for you. Contact support at support@enrola.co.uk.
- Your developers can also add Opportunities through the API. See Use enrola's API from your own systems.
