diff --git a/internal/manager/persistence/jobs.go b/internal/manager/persistence/jobs.go
index 79adaa38..b898a91f 100644
--- a/internal/manager/persistence/jobs.go
+++ b/internal/manager/persistence/jobs.go
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ type Job struct {
 	gorm.Model
 	UUID string `gorm:"type:char(36);not null;unique;index"`
 
-	Name     string `gorm:"type:varchar(64);not null"`
-	JobType  string `gorm:"type:varchar(32);not null"`
-	Priority int    `gorm:"type:smallint;not null"`
-	Status   string `gorm:"type:varchar(32);not null"` // See JobStatusXxxx consts in openapi_types.gen.go
+	Name     string        `gorm:"type:varchar(64);not null"`
+	JobType  string        `gorm:"type:varchar(32);not null"`
+	Priority int           `gorm:"type:smallint;not null"`
+	Status   api.JobStatus `gorm:"type:varchar(32);not null"`
 
 	Settings StringInterfaceMap `gorm:"type:jsonb"`
 	Metadata StringStringMap    `gorm:"type:jsonb"`
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (db *DB) StoreAuthoredJob(ctx context.Context, authoredJob job_compilers.Au
 			UUID:     authoredJob.JobID,
 			Name:     authoredJob.Name,
 			JobType:  authoredJob.JobType,
-			Status:   string(authoredJob.Status),
+			Status:   authoredJob.Status,
 			Priority: authoredJob.Priority,
 			Settings: StringInterfaceMap(authoredJob.Settings),
 			Metadata: StringStringMap(authoredJob.Metadata),
diff --git a/internal/manager/persistence/jobs_test.go b/internal/manager/persistence/jobs_test.go
index a30d9940..4e0924a7 100644
--- a/internal/manager/persistence/jobs_test.go
+++ b/internal/manager/persistence/jobs_test.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func TestStoreAuthoredJob(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, job.Name, fetchedJob.Name)
 	assert.Equal(t, job.JobType, fetchedJob.JobType)
 	assert.Equal(t, job.Priority, fetchedJob.Priority)
-	assert.Equal(t, string(api.JobStatusUnderConstruction), fetchedJob.Status)
+	assert.Equal(t, api.JobStatusUnderConstruction, fetchedJob.Status)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, map[string]interface{}(job.Settings), fetchedJob.Settings)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, map[string]string(job.Metadata), fetchedJob.Metadata)
 
diff --git a/internal/manager/persistence/task_scheduler_test.go b/internal/manager/persistence/task_scheduler_test.go
index 3ce0286e..69aa641f 100644
--- a/internal/manager/persistence/task_scheduler_test.go
+++ b/internal/manager/persistence/task_scheduler_test.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func constructTestJob(
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Queue the job.
-	dbJob.Status = string(api.JobStatusQueued)
+	dbJob.Status = api.JobStatusQueued
 	err = db.SaveJobStatus(ctx, dbJob)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)