diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/tree/IZoweTreeNode.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/tree/IZoweTreeNode.ts
index 55793a658..c21718f2c 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/tree/IZoweTreeNode.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/tree/IZoweTreeNode.ts
@@ -507,22 +507,31 @@ export interface IZoweJobTreeNode extends IZoweTreeNode {
     /**
      * Sets the encoding of the job node
      *
-     * @returns {void}
+     * @returns {void | PromiseLike<void>}
      */
-    setEncoding?(encoding: ZosEncoding): void;
+    setEncoding?(encoding: ZosEncoding): void | PromiseLike<void>;
 
     /**
      * Gets the encoding of the job node
      *
-     * @returns {ZosEncoding}
+     * @returns {ZosEncoding | PromiseLike<ZosEncoding>}
      */
-    getEncoding?(): ZosEncoding;
+    getEncoding?(): ZosEncoding | PromiseLike<ZosEncoding>;
 
     /**
      * Gets the encoding of a job node given a path
      *
-     * @param {string} uriPath the basepath of the node
-     * @returns {ZosEncoding}
+     * @param {string} uriPath the path of the node
+     * @returns {ZosEncoding | PromiseLike<ZosEncoding>}
      */
     getEncodingInMap?(uriPath: string): ZosEncoding | PromiseLike<ZosEncoding>;
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the encoding of a job node given a path
+     *
+     * @param {string} uriPath the path of the node
+     * @param {ZosEncoding} encoding the encoding to apply
+     * @returns {void | PromiseLike<void>}
+     */
+    updateEncodingInMap?(uriPath: string, encoding: ZosEncoding): void | PromiseLike<void>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/src/trees/job/JobTree.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer/src/trees/job/JobTree.ts
index ec4239777..54d1f9a29 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/src/trees/job/JobTree.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/src/trees/job/JobTree.ts
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ export class JobTree extends ZoweTreeProvider<IZoweJobTreeNode> implements Types
         encoding ??= await SharedUtils.promptForEncoding(node);
         if (encoding !== undefined) {
             // Set the encoding, fetch the new contents with the encoding, and open the spool file.
-            node.setEncoding(encoding);
+            await node.setEncoding(encoding);
             await JobFSProvider.instance.fetchSpoolAtUri(node.resourceUri);
             await vscode.commands.executeCommand("vscode.open", node.resourceUri);
         }