diff --git a/app/models/recon_job.py b/app/models/recon_job.py
index fef965b..3f9fbd9 100644
--- a/app/models/recon_job.py
+++ b/app/models/recon_job.py
@@ -1,24 +1,52 @@
-from datetime import date, datetime
 from typing import Optional, Dict
+from datetime import date, datetime
+import json
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator
 
 from app.core.refdata import ReconJobStatus
+# from app.models.recon_auth import UserResponse
 
 
-class ReconJob(BaseModel):
-    """Pydantic representation of the `recon_jobs` row (see `app.db.schema.ReconJob`)."""
-
-    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True, use_enum_values=True)
-
-    id: int
+class ReconJobRequest(BaseModel):
+    """ Contains all user settable attributes.
+        I.e. User cannot change id, user or status as this is updated internally.
+    """ 
     name: str
+    as_at_date: date = Field(description="The date of the data - not a filename date. Each source and dest system in the config will use it's offset for filters and filenames.")
+    recon_config_reference: str = Field(description="User supplied reference of the config")
     due_datetime: Optional[datetime] = None
+
+
+class ReconJobResponse(ReconJobRequest):
+    """ Returns all recon job attributes including id and status fields. 
+    """ 
+    id: int
+    status: ReconJobStatus
+    status_reason: str
+    username: str
     start_datetime: Optional[datetime] = None
     finish_datetime: Optional[datetime] = None
-    as_at_date: date
-    status: ReconJobStatus
-    status_reason: str = ""
-    recon_config_reference: str
-    username: str
-    results: Optional[Dict] = None
+    results: Optional[Dict] = Field(default=None)
+
+    model_config = {
+        "from_attributes": True  # Ability to load from ORM model
+    }
+
+    @field_validator("results", mode="before")
+    def parse_json(cls, v):
+        if isinstance(v, str) and len(v) > 0:
+            try:
+                return json.loads(v)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                raise ValueError("Invalid JSON string")
+        return None
+
+class ReconJob(ReconJobResponse):
+    """
+    Internal representation of a recon job
+    """
+
+    model_config = {
+        "from_attributes": True  # Ability to load from ORM model
+    }