Content Designer

Job Description

Job title: Content Designer

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Job description: Closing Date: 11:55 pm on Sunday 28th January 2024

We’re looking for a Content Designer who wants to make a lasting impact on how the Home Office delivers user centred products and services.

You’ll work in an agile, multi-disciplinary team on some of the most exciting and impactful services that government delivers for the public, as well as internal systems for more than 35,000 staff across the department.

This role is within the Enablers Portfolio where you’ll be supporting agile and user-centred design projects. You’ll be working with senior designers as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will help ensure that users are embedded at the heart of all our products and services.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can discuss any specific questions with the Vacancy Holder.

🚀 What we offer 🚀

Our flexible working policy ensures a healthy work-life balance. We also nurture talent and offer a broad range of learning and development opportunities that will help you flourish in your role.

We work hard to maintain a positive working culture and are committed to helping you fulfil your potential. We value diversity and provide an open, inclusive and supportive environment to help you do your best work.

What you’ll bring:

You’ll have a demonstrable passion for user-centred design, with the following skills or some experience in:

• Writing, proofing and editing digital content in line with defined processes and standards
• Making complex language and processes simple to understand for a non-specialist audience
• Assessing the accessibility of online content and advising teams how to fix issues so it is inclusive and accessible to all
• Using research, feedback and analytics to understand user needs and to inform content decisions
• Organising and prioritising work effectively to meet rapidly changing deadlines, demands and goals
• Building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and clearly articulating the benefits of adopting an accessible, user-centred design approach to stakeholders and team members

The salary for this role is:

National: £41,600 min – £44,512 max. London: £45,600 min – £48,792 max. Suitability for an additional Recruitment and Retention Allowance of up to £5,000.00 will be assessed at interview.

Please note for this role you will require a SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 5 years.

We encourage applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from women, people with disabilities and LGBT+ as they are currently under-represented in the Home Office at this grade level. Appointments will be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.

💜 Some of the benefits our employees love 💜

• A Civil Service pension with employer contribution rates of between 26.6% and 30.3%, depending upon salary.
• season ticket loans and rental deposit loans
• cycle to work and payroll giving
• employee discounts – including a huge number of retailers (via the Edenred platform), Microsoft Home Use programme and gym membership
• a variety of staff recognition schemes including thank you vouchers
• health and wellbeing initiatives including monthly mindfulness sessions
• staff support networks
• maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid
• maternity and adoption support leave (paternity leave) of 2 weeks full pay
• up to 5 days paid leave for volunteering
• study leave and support for studying for a qualification or other accredited development relevant to your role

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Location: United Kingdom

Job date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:22:49 GMT

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