Content Editor

The Publishing team are a key part of the Government’s pandemic response and the post holder will be joining a fast-moving, agile team capable of emergency response publishing. We deliver publishing solutions in line with the Government Digital Service (GDS)Digital by Default Service Standard

The Publishing department is based in central London, with some members working in Colindale, north London. UKHSA operates a flexible working model. The Publishing department is responsible for processing, quality assuring and publishing all GOV.UK content, the organisation’s publications, including corporate literature, reports and guidance, leaflets/factsheets, conference information, and materials supporting commercial activities.

Understanding our users and their needs underpins everything we do. Our users include local authorities, general public, public health professionals, and colleagues across UKHSA. We work within government context and the role is transformative.

This role takes responsibility for the continual improvement of publishing delivery and strategic advice to customers across UKHSA on the optimal publishing solution for their content. Based on user-need and assessment of the proposed content, it will be you suggesting the best rendition. A high-level of decision-making and communication with stakeholders and policy leads is required and the SEO Content Editor can mandate the publishing approach and format without escalation.

You will be expected to lead complex editorial projects end-to end, managing the quality and delivery timelines, other team members and junior content editors. You will train new team members and devolved editors across UKHSA on accessibility.

The post holder will manage and design offline and online content and provide advice and support to ensure that UKHSA’s publishing activity is conducted in a scientifically credible, legal, timely, cost-effective and appropriate manner, ensuring that any material published is of the highest possible standard.

**Communication and key working relationships**:
Internal
- Emergency response cells
- Publishing Team members
- Communications staff, eg press office and digital departments, events team, internal communications staff
- Scientists and experts
- Legal and corporate staff
- ICT

External
- External suppliers
- DHSC,OHID other government departments and agencies
- Government Digital Service
- Healthcare professionals/stakeholders
- The general public

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

**Security Clearance Level Requirement**:
People working with government assets must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard checks.

Editorial production
- write, edit and publish content to style, using Whitehall Publisher content management system and organisational house style and branding
- edit and present information on all aspects of the organisation’s work, based on user needs
- advise on complex collaborative editorial and digital projects
- develop content for UKHSA’s digital channels, such as GOV.UK
- advise on material provided for publication to ensure it meets agreed criteria in respect of its clarity, accuracy, branding, accessibility and timeliness
- assure the editorial quality of all materials published
- to have competence in basic web publishing and HTML with particular reference to our principle platform GOV.UK and its associated CMS, Whitehall Publisher
- assist in the development and delivery of public-facing information
- help develop and implement appropriate publishing policies
- maintain effective relations with senior managers and staff within the organisation and with the appropriate external stakeholders
- collaborate with partners/stakeholders on joint projects
- in collaboration with branding leads, advise on and protect the UKHSA corporate brand identity
- assure the accessibility of the organisation’s public-facing information, advice and guidance
- develop and uphold the UKHSA editorial house style in line with the GDS Style Guide and branding policy
- maintain the systems responsible for tracking and assuring the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of publications and other outputs as required
- play an active role as a member of the corporate communications division, including supporting colleagues across the division as required
- to use workflow management systems, in particular Jira

Training
- to work with the Head of Publishing on the delivery of workshops/seminars on a range of publishing issues for staff across the organisation
- to lead on specific collaborative learning projects in the team

Resource management
- to ensure colleagues within the CC&I