diff --git a/common/app/routes/Jobs/components/NewJob.jsx b/common/app/routes/Jobs/components/NewJob.jsx
index a412ff6d7d..61bf46530a 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/Jobs/components/NewJob.jsx
+++ b/common/app/routes/Jobs/components/NewJob.jsx
@@ -7,19 +7,57 @@ import {
   Well
 } from 'react-bootstrap';
 
+const defaults = {
+  'string': {
+    value: '',
+    valid: false,
+    pristine: true
+  }
+};
+
+function defaultValue(type) {
+  return defaults[type];
+}
+
+function validatePosition(value) {
+  if (!value && typeof value !== 'string') {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 export default contain({
     actions: 'jobActions',
     store: 'jobsStore',
     map({ form = {} }) {
-      return form;
+      const {
+        position = defaultValue('string'),
+        location = defaultValue('string'),
+        description = defaultValue('string')
+      } = form;
+      return {
+        position,
+        location,
+        description
+      };
     }
   },
   React.createClass({
     displayName: 'NewJob',
+
     propTypes: {
-      jobActions: PropTypes.object
+      jobActions: PropTypes.object,
+      position: PropTypes.object,
+      location: PropTypes.object,
+      description: PropTypes.object
     },
+
     render() {
+      const {
+        jobActions,
+        position
+      } = this.props;
+
       return (
         <div>
           <Row>
@@ -28,10 +66,23 @@ export default contain({
                 <h1>Create You Job Post</h1>
                 <form className='form-horizontal'>
                   <Input
+                    bsStyle={
+                      !position.valid && !position.pristine ?
+                        'error' :
+                        null
+                    }
                     label='Position'
                     labelClassName='col-xs-2'
+                    onChange={ ({ target: { value } }) => {
+                      jobActions.handleForm({
+                        name: 'position',
+                        value,
+                        validator: validatePosition
+                      });
+                    }}
                     placeholder='Position'
                     type='text'
+                    value={ position.value }
                     wrapperClassName='col-xs-10' />
                   <Input
                     label='Location'
diff --git a/common/app/routes/Jobs/flux/Actions.js b/common/app/routes/Jobs/flux/Actions.js
index 40c78025d0..664d04caf3 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/Jobs/flux/Actions.js
+++ b/common/app/routes/Jobs/flux/Actions.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Actions } from 'thundercats';
 import debugFactory from 'debug';
 
 const debug = debugFactory('freecc:jobs:actions');
+const assign = Object.assign;
 
 export default Actions({
   setJobs: null,
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export default Actions({
 
       // if no job found this will be null which is a op noop
       return foundJob ?
-        Object.assign({}, oldState, { currentJob: foundJob }) :
+        assign({}, oldState, { currentJob: foundJob }) :
         null;
     };
   },
@@ -37,6 +38,38 @@ export default Actions({
   },
   closeModal() {
     return { showModal: false };
+  },
+  handleForm({ name, value, validator = () => {} }) {
+    if (!name) {
+      // operation noop
+      return { replace: null };
+    }
+    if (!validator(value)) {
+      return {
+        transform(oldState) {
+          const { oldForm } = oldState;
+          const newState = assign({}, oldState);
+          newState.form = assign(
+            {},
+            oldForm,
+            { [name]: { value, valid: false, pristine: false }}
+          );
+          return newState;
+        }
+      };
+    }
+    return {
+      transform(oldState) {
+        const { oldForm } = oldState;
+        const newState = assign({}, oldState);
+        newState.form = assign(
+          {},
+          oldForm,
+          { [name]: { value, valid: true, pristine: false }}
+        );
+        return newState;
+      }
+    };
   }
 })
   .refs({ displayName: 'JobActions' })
diff --git a/common/app/routes/Jobs/flux/Store.js b/common/app/routes/Jobs/flux/Store.js
index abe3eb61cc..a73235f1aa 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/Jobs/flux/Store.js
+++ b/common/app/routes/Jobs/flux/Store.js
@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@ export default Store({ showModal: false })
       findJob,
       setError,
       openModal,
-      closeModal
+      closeModal,
+      handleForm
     } = cat.getActions('JobActions');
     const register = createRegistrar(jobsStore);
     register(setter(setJobs));
-    register(transformer(findJob));
     register(setter(setError));
     register(setter(openModal));
     register(setter(closeModal));
+
+    register(transformer(findJob));
+    register(handleForm);
   });