Senior Content Designer - Coventry, United Kingdom - Ofqual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation)

Ofqual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation)

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Coventry, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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Reference number:

Salary:

- £47,500 - £57,900
Job grade:

Grade 7
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
OFQUAL
Chief Regulator's Office
Type of role:
Communications / Marketing
Other
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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About the job

Benefits:

Things you need to know

Location

Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 3BHAbout the job

Job summary:

Ofqual is the independent qualifications regulator for England. We currently regulate 200+ awarding organisations, and approx. 11,600 certified qualifications. These include GCSEs, AS and A levels, and a broad range of vocational and technical qualifications. Regulating on behalf of students of all ages and apprentices is central to how we fulfil our statutory objectives.
Ofqual is a rewarding, dynamic place to work. We offer employees the opportunity to develop within their role and progress through the organisation via a number of Learning and Development opportunities and activities.

Job description:

About the team

We are looking for an experienced, motivated senior content designer to help us deliver high-quality communications to maintain public confidence in exams and qualifications in England.

_ What will the post holder be doing?_

Do you have experience of communicating with different audiences? Do you have a sound understanding of how to write for digital audiences and the confidence to champion the user to colleagues? And can you manage a small, busy team to deliver complex messaging in accessible formats? If so, this could be the perfect role for you.

It is based within a small and friendly communications team which includes media and campaigns, social media, publications and internal communications.

You will act as a point of best practice in how to maximise the impact of communications on GOV.UK.

You'll be working to the high standards set out by the Government Communication Service (GCS), whilst abiding by Government Digital Service (GDS) principles.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Lead on building strong relationships between the team and others in Ofqual to ensure consistent quality of content and adoption of best practice. Provide expert communications advice to colleagues at all levels, including the executive team.
Influence and constructively challenge the executive team and senior colleagues in order to produce communications outputs which are actionable, measurable and meet the needs of the target audience.
Manage relationships with corresponding teams in other government departments to ensure Ofqual is always following current bestpractice and making the most effective use of its communications channels.
Responsible for ensuring that content produced is usercentred and meets Ofqual and GDS design, content and style standards.
Lead your team to produce innovative and effective content video, animation, audio, graphic design and web pages to convey Ofqual's key messages and strategic goals.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

Graduatelevel education (Level 6 qualification) or equivalent industry experience

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Making Effective Decisions
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing

Benefits:

As a Civil Servant, you will benefit from a leading, modern employment offer which includes flexible working arrangements that support people at different stages in their lives, and pensions among the best available in the UK, as well as generous annual leave entitlements.

Other benefits you can enjoy include:

Performance Related Pay scheme
Cycletowork scheme
Regular professional development
Health and wellbeing initiatives such as minimedicals, flu vaccinations
Employee assistance programme and occupational health
Free eye tests and contribution towards lenses/spectacles for VDU users, if appropriate
Family friendly policies
Interest free season ticket loan
Access to exclusive discounts
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity

Things you need to know

Selection process details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

You will then be asked to provide a personal statement evidencing how you meet the essential criteria shown on the job description.

Ofqual has adopted anonymised recruitment.

This means that your name, date of birth and other personal details will not be seen by the sift panel.

You'll be asked to remove all personal details from your CV when you apply.

Ofqual works flexibly, with a hybrid office/home based working model. Employees will spend at least two to three days a week working from our office in Coventry. As Coventry will be your base location expenses for travel to the office will