Content Designer

**Content Designer - 56576**
**£34,262 - £38,373**
**London**:
**Content Designer, Digital Communications (IO)**:
Are you a content designer with a strong eye for detail and a passion for clear, concise content that is focused on user needs?

Content designers make things easier for people to understand and use. This can involve working on a single piece of content on GOV.UK or on the end-to-end journey of a communication campaign to help users complete their goal and government deliver a policy.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) deals with a vast range of issues that have a profound impact on people’s lives. We are at the heart of the justice system, an organisation working to bring the principles of justice to life for everyone in society.

We are looking to appoint a Content Designer to join our busy and high-performing digital communications team. It’s a role that is interesting and rewarding, working as part of a supportive digital communications team to design, write and publish content for GOV.UK, to help different audiences access and understand what’s going on in Government.

We are a happy unit and vacancies in this team are rare. We pride ourselves on having a great team culture and a focus on making a difference in people’s lives.

**Key responsibilities**

Content designers are responsible for creating, evaluating, updating and reviewing content at all stages of the end-to-end user journey.

In this role you will:

- create, improve, and publish user-centred content with support from more senior content designers
- be comfortable using evidence, data and research to make content decisions
- build relationships across government to focus on the needs of the user and to influence stakeholders
- work with policy teams to create accessible digital consultations
- work with the Government Digital Service (GDS) on new and existing GOV.UK content
- contribute to and use the style guides, branding and content patterns
- ensure all content assets are user focused, accurate, accessible, optimised appropriately (e.g. for search)
- engage with and contribute to the cross-government content community
- work in an agile team to support delivery, respond to feedback and improve publishing processes

**Knowledge, skills and experience**:
**Essential**
- Strong writing and editing skills with an eye for detail
- Skilled at writing for different topics, audience groups, purposes, styles and formats
- Able to make complex language and processes easy to understand
- Experience of using content publishing systems
- Communicate confidently with stakeholders to understand their issues
- Experience working to tight deadlines or under pressure

**Desirable**
- Using analytics, user feedback, and/or user research to improve content
- An understanding of accessible communications and formats
- Skills in photo editing software such as Photoshop

**Application process**
- a current and relevant CV
- a cover letter (750 words maximum)

In your cover letter, you should set out why you are interested in the role and how you meet the essential knowledge, skills and experience required. The cover letter and CV will be used as part of the sifting process.

We will be using Success Profilesto assess your communication and delivery abilities. The job advert lists the essential, specialist skills and experience as well as key Civil Service competencies required for the role. You will be assessed against these criteria throughout the selection process.

You might also want to read about the skills expected of a Content Designer.

As part of the interview process, you will be asked to provide examples of CivilService behaviours(PDF) and competencies based on the GovernmentCommunication Professional Competency Framework(PDF).

**Behaviours**:
We will assess the following behaviours for this position:

- Communicating and influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving

**Things you need to know**

**Security and Immigration checks**:
**Nationality requirements**:
**Eligibility**:
**Working for the Civil Service**:
TheCivil Service Codesets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’srecruitment principles.

Contact point for applicants
- for further information regarding this role please contact MoJ D&T Recruitment.

**Further information**:
All Civil Servants will adhere to the‘Civil Service code’, which outlines the Civil Service’s core values, and the standards of behaviour expected of all civil servants in upholding these values.

**Note for non Civil servant applicants: This post is open to UK Nationals,**:
**Salary**:
£34,262 - £38,373

**Additional Information**:
**Working Arrangements & Further Information**:
**Flexible working hours**:
The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.

**Benefits**:
The MoJ offers a range of benefits: