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HTML

<div id="our-people">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#" class="job-desc"><img src="http://placehold.it/150x150" alt="staff1" width="191" height="191"/></a>
        </li>
        <li>Jon doe</li>
        <li>09 548 5554</li>
        <li>[email protected]</li>
    </ul>
    <p class="description">Joe Doe dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Officiis, tempora, libero, ipsa maxime facere ullam harum ad iusto laborum minima magni officia provident aut obcaecati quaerat fugiat labore qui aliquam.</p>
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#" class="job-desc"><img src="http://placehold.it/150x150" alt="staff1" width="191" height="191"/></a>
        </li>
        <li>Jenny Hill</li>
        <li>09 548 5554</li>
        <li>[email protected]</li>
    </ul>
    <p class="description">Jenny Hill dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Officiis, tempora, libero, ipsa maxime facere ullam harum ad iusto laborum minima magni officia provident aut obcaecati quaerat fugiat labore qui aliquam.</p>
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#" class="job-desc"><img src="http://placehold.it/150x150" alt="staff1" width="191" height="191"/></a>
        </li>
        <li>Peter Small</li>
        <li>09 548 5554</li>
        <li>[email protected]</li>
    </ul>
    <p class="description">Peter Small dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Officiis, tempora, libero, ipsa maxime facere ullam harum ad iusto laborum minima magni officia provident aut obcaecati quaerat fugiat labore qui aliquam.</p>
</div>

CSS

#our-people {
    width:940px;
    margin:0 auto;
}
ul {
    float:left;
    border:#ccc solid 1px;
}
.description {
    display:none;
    background: pink;
}
p {
    display:block;
    float:left;
}

JavaScript

$("li a.job-desc").click(function () {
     var $desc = $(this).closest("ul").next("p.description");
     var ul = $(this).closest("ul");
     $desc.css("position", "fixed").css("top", (ul.height() + ul.offset().top) + "px");
     $desc.fadeToggle("slow", "linear");
     $('p.description:visible').not($desc).hide();
 });