The phrase "a formal position in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone's official role or status within an organization or context.
Example: "She was appointed to a formal position in the company as the new marketing director."
Alternatives: "an official role in" or "a designated position in".
Mr Obama held out the possibility of offering Mr Powell a formal position in his administration, should he win.
But most of the Catalan business community has yet to declare a formal position in the independence debate.
Aung San Suu Kyi is unlikely to take a formal position in the new government but will instead remain in parliament and lead from there, a spokesperson for the National League for Democracy NLDD) party has said.
Aung San Suu Kyi will be a minister in Myanmar's new cabinet when it takes power in April, the speaker of parliament has said, ending weeks of speculation over whether the leader of the country's governing party would hold a formal position in government.
Moreover, a leaked affidavit in the case involving Stephen Kim's leaks to Fox News' Jamie Rosen showed us that the Justice Department has taken a formal position, in sworn affidavit, that it considers the reporters themselves criminals – un-indicted co-conspirators or aiders and abetters.
This result can be interpreted as the expectation of obtaining a formal position in the future.
She narrowly lost reelection and, while she helped usher Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch through his confirmation bid last year, has not taken any formal position in the administration.
Policy entrepreneurs do not have to be in a formal position of authority; rather, they tend to occupy a strategic structural position in their social and professional networks (Christopoulos 2006; Lewis 2006; Mintrom and Norman 2009).
But he said he had no interest in a formal position with a post-Assad government, should there be one.
In a formal position paper, the authority that runs Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport has said its top priority is lengthening the airport's main runway to accommodate increased jet service to major travel hubs like Chicago and Atlanta.
In 1910 Campbell joined Sir William Bragg's research group at the University of Leeds, where he studied X-ray ionization on an honourary basis until a formal position was created for him in 1912.
