Job Offer Template (ACAS)

IindraUpdated 17 Oct 2025

This template provides a formal job offer letter from an organization to a successful candidate. It details the job title, salary, and start date, while also referencing an attached statement for full terms and conditions. The offer is contingent on satisfactory pre-employment checks and a probationary period, requiring the candidate's signature for acceptance.

Introduction

This template is available on the ACAS website: https://www.acas.org.uk/job-offer-templates

Job Offer Template

[Successful candidate's full name]
[Successful candidate's address] 

[Date of letter]

Dear [successful candidate's first name],

Following [the organisation's recent selection / your recent interview], I am writing to offer you the post of [title of job] at the salary of [amount] per year, starting on [start date].

The post's main terms and conditions of employment are in your attached written statement of employment particulars.

This is a [permanent / fixed-term / temporary post / temporary post to cover for maternity leave].

On starting, you will report to [manager's name].

As explained at your [assessment day / interview], this job offer is made subject to satisfactory results from necessary pre-employment checks. There will also be a probationary period of [length of probationary period – usually 3 or 6 months] which will have to be completed satisfactorily.

If you have any queries on the contents of this letter, the attached written statement or the pre-employment checks, please do not hesitate to contact me on [the letter writer's telephone number] or [the letter writer's email address].

To accept this offer, please sign this letter and the attached written statement, and send it back to [insert details].

We are delighted to offer you this opportunity, and look forward to you joining the organisation and working with you.

Yours sincerely,

[The letter writer's name and job title]

[Business or organisation name]
[Business or organisation address]

For the candidate to sign and return

I accept the job offer in this letter.

Signed: [successful candidate to write their signature]

Name: [successful candidate to print their full name in capital letters]

Date: [insert date]

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