The phrase "take on a position" is correct and can be used in written English.
It typically means to accept or assume a job or responsibility, especially in a formal or official capacity. Example: After much consideration, I have decided to take on the position of project manager for our upcoming campaign.
Gen. Douglas V. O'Dell Jr., will take on a position widely seen as having diminished in importance over the last 18 months, as much of the federal recovery money coming to this region has already been allocated.
Linked heavily with the England coach's job following Andy Flower's departure in early 2014, the former South Africa opener said it would be, perhaps, "10 years on" before he was ready to take on a position that involved so much travelling and time away from his family.
"When you take on a position as part of the executive, whether it's a minister or a parliamentary secretary, you take on a responsibility that you don't just get to look after the donors to your campaigns; you have a responsibility that whatever you do, you do on behalf of this nation," he said.
Last night, when he and Judi were interviewed by Fox's Sean Hannity, Rudy ratcheted it up, saying that Hillary's "ambiguity" and "shifting of position" on Iran was "a dangerous tendency, I think, in somebody that aspires to take on a position where you have got to be pretty darn decisive".
Graves has been involved on the Headingley club's board since 2002 and will now take on a position which adds chief executive to his previously held role of chairman.
"He [Clegg] was the kingmaker and took on a position in government.
"It's just that I feel like it's awkward, a trader taking on a position where he is rooting for the team to fail?
He then returned to coaching, taking on a position at Downside School in Somerset from 1949 until 1953.
She subsequently took on a position as a toxicologist in the coroner's offices at the same hospital, making her the first female toxicologist in the Rocky Mountains area.
The proposed deal would include coaching at the club's academy as well as taking on an ambassadorial position.
Jennifer Palmieri, who headed CAP's Action Fund, recently left to take on a communications position inside the Obama White House.
