The phrase "a less important position" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a role or status that holds lower significance or priority compared to others.
Example: "In the hierarchy of the organization, his role is considered a less important position than that of the manager."
Alternatives: "a subordinate role" or "a minor position".
"We don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but this looks like Ling has been marginalized to a less important position.
Having become embroiled in a scandal of his own, Ling was appointed to a less important position on the eve of the Party Congress.
He says if you've been demoted, your role moves into a less important position within the company or your authority is reduced and you are given less meaningful work, it could mean you're about to be handed a pink slip.
If a country proposed a man, instead of offering them oversight of financial markets, competition, energy, or economic affairs, he would offer them a less important position, such as sport.
She has filled about half of the 37-minister cabinet with people already serving under Lula, picked low-profile figures for less important positions and appointed some well-regarded professionals for key posts - such as Chicago-trained economist Alexandre Tombini as Central Bank Governor.
From the simulation study, we observe that although the number of differential nodes in a pathway is significant by Fisher's exact test (or by its approximation, the equal weight condition), the pathway will not be significantly affected if these genes hold less important positions in the pathway.
Results of previous mechanical studies suggest that the number of screws may be a less important variable than the position of the screws and plate length [ 4, 12].
Increases to tri- and tetravalency played a less important role than the anomeric position to keep cross-reactivity low, these tested topologies enabling cross-linking for both lectins.
The previous head has been transferred to an equivalent position in a less important department.
If the intelligence post is established, the position of C.I.A. director will be a less important job with no power over the operation of the government's other spy agencies.
Q.E.D. A closer look at the genital fundamentalist position, though, reveals that religion plays a less important role than one might suppose.
