Write a job description people can actually judge themselves against

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Here is the brief for a role we are hiring for:

<brief>
{{ROLE_BRIEF}}
</brief>

About the team and company:
{{TEAM_CONTEXT}}

Write the job description in this order.

1. THE WORK
Three to five sentences on what this person will actually spend their weeks doing. Use verbs and objects, not qualities: "rebuild the month-end close" rather than "drive financial excellence".

2. THE FIRST SIX MONTHS
What they should have done by then, stated as outcomes someone could check.

3. WHAT YOU NEED
Only the requirements someone genuinely cannot do the job without. Keep this list short. Put anything that is merely helpful in a separate NICE TO HAVE list, and keep that short too.

4. WHAT IT IS LIKE
The honest parts: the pace, the hard bits, who they work with. One or two sentences.

Rules:

- No "rockstar", "ninja", "fast-paced environment" or "wear many hats".
- No years-of-experience requirement unless the brief gives a reason for it.
- Do not mention age, family status, health, nationality or anything else unrelated to doing the work.
- If the brief does not say what the work actually is, stop and list the questions to ask the hiring manager instead of inventing duties.

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