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Are you an ambitious content designer interested in improving online services and GOV.UK content?
Do you have experience championing content design and working collaboratively to meet user needs?
If so, we'd love to hear from you.
Whether you are embarking on the daily commute, seeing friends at the weekend, jetting off for holidays or receiving deliveries to your door – every minute of every day people are on the move.
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a high-profile department at the heart of the government. We plan and invest to make journeys better.
The DfT Content Design Team is responsible for the department’s online presence. The small team manages all aspects of drafting, publishing, maintaining, testing and improving the department’s digital services and GOV.UK content.
You will be a skilled writer and editor with excellent attention to detail. You will know how to write simply and clearly, with the user in mind. You will have the confidence to champion user needs and promote high-quality content design within the department.
We offer you:
Duties and responsibilities
The Senior Content Designer will:
Please see the full Role Profile attached for a full role of responsibilities.
Person specification
We’re interested in people who can:
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Benefits
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
Find out more about what it's like working at DfT.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
How to Apply
When considering applying please look at how your experience relates to the role, and within your CV and Personal Statement please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following:
Sift and Interview Dates
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
The Department for Transport alongside other government departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
For further information on Success Profiles, visit our Careers website.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
Applicants who are successful at the interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against the government.
Further Information
For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit theHow we hire page of our DfT Careers website.
Before submitting your application, we encourage you to visit our Recruitment in detail page of the DfT Careers website. You will find detailed information about the entire recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role in the Civil Service.
Throughout this job advert, there are links to the DfT Careers Website, which provides you with further information to support your application. Should you be unable to access the information on our website, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets 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's recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website Here
Attachments
Role Profile - Senior Content Designer (Docx, 69kB)
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