Teacher and principal leaders at the school building level often are tasked with taking on duties in addition to their regular job serving as instructional leaders focusing on improving instructional practice in their schools. Effective job design for teacher and principal leaders that offers the appropriate level of autonomy and a balance of workload pace can decrease high burnout rates and increase the level of retention in these educator roles. This brief is designed to support U.S. Department of Education Effective Educator Development (EED) grantees by outlining the importance of effective job design; describing a job design framework and its relationship to the broader job and work design framework; and providing initial guidance, including guiding questions, for applying the framework to the design of current or new leadership roles. [This paper was produced by the Teacher Quality Programs Technical Assistance Center (TQP TA Center).]