Design and Publications Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 417508

**Salary**:

- £32,440
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Other

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing
Digital
Press Relations

**Working pattern**:

- Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- London, Manchester

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
**Organisation: Transport Focus**

**Role: Design and Publications Officer**

**Location: London or Manchester**

**Salary: £32,440 gross per annum**

**Benefits**:Generous pension scheme and 30 days annual leave (plus bank** **holidays), employee assistance programme, flexible working (minimum 2 days a week in the office).**

**Closing date: 12:00 midday, Wednesday 13 August 2025**

**Role outline**:
You will work within the Transport Focus Communications team, working closely with team members to ensure consistency in communications across the organisation. With strong digital design and copywriting skills, along with great organisational skills and a keen eye for detail, you will lead the Transport Focus publishing process. This involves turning our world class research and insight into compelling digital and print material to communicate with various audiences. You will also provide our regional engagement teams with content to support their ongoing stakeholder activity and support our Digital Officer with content for our online channels. You will be our brand ambassador, ensuring consistency and quality across our entire suite of communication materials.

Whilst not required, it would be useful if you have a broad understanding of the challenges and opportunities surrounding the transport industry, and its impact on users, or have worked within a public sector environment.

There are currently offices in London and Manchester. There is an expectation to work out of one of the offices, but there are opportunities for flexible working.

**What you will do**:

- Creation and management of a set of key publications templates (modal and corporate)
- Ongoing delivery of design and layout of publications and other corporate documents within templates
- Management of design agency contracts and outsourcing as required, ensuring best value for money and best outcome for taxpayer
- Creation and management of resource library which can be used by stakeholders, the media and team members (infographics, key assets, images etc)
- Management of our new digital publication platform
- Brand management - Style guide development and delivery
- Working with digital manager to create and manage engaging visual content
- Creation and implementation of a design sign off process for publications
- Upskilling of broader comms team in use of templates, creation of assets etc.

**Job description**:

- Please refer to Careers - Transport Focus and attached Job description.

**Person specification**:

- Please refer to Careers - Transport Focus and attached Job description.

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £32,440, Transport Focus contributes £9,397 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Generous pension scheme
- 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible/Hybrid working (minimum 2 days a week in the office)

**Things you need to know**:
**Selection process details**:
**How to apply**
- Up to date CV
- Personal statement with a maximum of 1,500 words.

Please note, if you do not provide both a CV and a personal statement, you will not be considered for the role so please ensure the above has been submitted before the deadline.

**Assessment process**

If shortlisted you’ll be invited to a virtual interview w/c 18 August 2025.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

**Security**:

- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

**Nationality requirements**:

- Open to UK nationals only.

**Working for the Civil Service**:

- Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

**Diversity and Inclusion**:

- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
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