I can try to answer only the last two, because there are no details in the book about how Voldemort cursed the job. We don't even know when he did it - right after meeting with Dumbledore or later. My only guess is, he was the best at the Dark Arts. Curses are Dark Arts. He didn't hesitate to use unforgivable curses. The DADA curse was maybe just a laugh for him.
Why didn't Dumbledore, knowing about the curse, not do anything to lift it?
Remember the curse in the ring that caused Dumbledore's hand to go lifeless. He couldn't do anything about it. Snape just held it for a little amount of time. Strong curses cannot be lifted. Think about the curtain in the mansion of Harry's godfather, the necklace ... the list goes on. This kind of curse is not a tongue hanging curse. I also suspect Dumbledore didn't even try. He has his style of doing things. Sometimes let things go....
Why didn't Voldemort put that curse in the headmaster position, or on the whole Gryffindor house?
The curse was like a action in a cold war. If Voldemort wanted to do bad things to the headmaster, he didn't need curses. Remember at that time Voldemort was gathering Death Eaters. He was preparing. The last thing he needed was a powerful enemy sacked from his most favorite position (he preferred this post to that of Minister for Magic, so figure out how valuable it was to him). A sacked Dumbledore is dangerous. When he is inside school, he is a eccentric, peaceful and busy in doing normal things. In other moments he is dangerous (Battle of the Century, building the Order of the Phoenix). I bet Voldemort was fearing the moment he cursed him, Dumbledore would be a bounty hunter for him. So he did something that sure irritates Dumbledore, but not sinister enough to make him go after Voldemort. Same logic goes for cursing the whole Gryffindor house.
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