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SalaryWe encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.
Content Designer
Location: National*
Closing date: 26th March
Interviews: Expected w/c 8th April
Grade: SEO
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary:
London: £45,824 - £50,039 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,251)
National: £39,868 - £43,535 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,057)
Working pattern: Full time, part time, flexible working
Contract type: Permanent
Vacancy number: 85346
- We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The role
We’re recruiting a Content Designer for Prisons Digital, which is part of Justice Digital, to work on replacing the Home Detention Curfew product.
This role will be in our Manage Custody service area in Prisons Digital. The successful candidate will be part of a team delivering a service that enables some people to be released early from custody if they have an address that’s suitable to go to.
The work is to replace an existing legacy service and is split into 2 areas: assessing early releases and managing licence conditions for release. The goal is to ensure the right person is assessed and safely released at the right time under the right policy.
You will work collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary digital team and stakeholders from policy areas to produce straightforward journeys that meet user needs and business requirements. You will use the knowledge you gain of how users work and the policy they must comply with to develop a service that speeds up complex processes and helps prisons to run more efficiently.
- This is 1 of 2 Content Designer roles we are advertising at the moment, and we are happy for people to apply for both (please note the different level of security clearance required for each role).
See the other role, working on a new Intelligence Management Service here: https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigital/Job/JobDetail?jobid=262
To help picture your life at Justice Digital take a look at our blog and our Justice Digital Strategy.
Person specification
As a Content Designer, you'll make things easier for users to understand and use. You'll be supported by a Senior Content Designer working on a related product in your area. And you’ll have the opportunity to learn and develop new user-centred design skills.
Essential criteria:
You’ll need to:
- Create, improve and publish high quality, user-centred content
- Make complex language and processes easy to understand
- Use data, research and evidence to inform and explain content decisions
- Work in a fast-paced environment and use an iterative and flexible approach to enable rapid delivery
- Identify important stakeholders and communicate with them clearly and regularly
- Understand the range of different users who might access content and services, and identify their needs based on evidence
- Consistently and effectively apply content standards and style guidelines to your work
- Understand government accessibility requirements and design content that works with common assistive technologies
You should be willing to be assessed for Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance.
We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate on the basis of culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.
Our values are Purpose, Humanity, Openness and Together. Find out more about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.
How to Apply
Candidates must submit CV and statement of suitability (max 500 words). Failure to provide both documents will result in a rejection of your application. Also, if the statement is too long, we won’t read past the first 500 words.
The statement of suitability should outline your experience, against the following points of the essential criteria list above, under ’Person Specification’
- Create, improve and publish high quality, user-centred
- Identify important stakeholders and communicate with them clearly and regularly
- Use data, research and evidence to inform and explain content decisions
In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (previously know as Digital, Data and Technology, or DDaT) and Civil Service Success Profiles.
For this role, we’ll be looking at the Government Digital and Data skills for Content Designers and Success Profiles Behaviours for ‘Level 3 – HEO and SEO or equivalent’. We will assess your Experience and the following Technical Skills and Behaviours during the assessment process:
Government Digital and Data skills for Content Designers
- User-centred content design
- User focus (content design)
- Stakeholder relationship management (content design)
- Agile working (content design)
Civil Service Behaviours
- Communicating and influencing
- Working together
- Changing and improving
- Delivering at pace
Your application will be reviewed against the Person Specification above by a diverse panel.
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a
1-hour panel interview held via video conference. This will include a content design task and 4 interview questions, which will be sent to you in advance.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your experience of ‘create, improve and publish high quality, user-centred content’ will be conducted prior to the sift.
If you’re unsuccessful in the role you apply for, but demonstrate the capability for the role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and potentially offer you a position without the need for a further application.
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.
Terms & Conditions
Please review our Terms & Conditions, which set out the way we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk
DDaT/GDD allowance
London: £45,824 - £50,039 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,251)
National: £39,868 - £43,535 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,057)
26/03/2024, 23:55 hours.
If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
Please quote the job reference - 85346.
To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why.
For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).
If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:
- You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
- You were studying abroad
- You were living overseas with parents
In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.
Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please click here for further guidance.
We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.
Application form stage assessments
Interview stage assessments
A Great Place to Work for Veterans
The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
Redeployment Interview Scheme
Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.
MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigital/Job/JobDetail?jobid=266
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules
