Job details

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a central government department with a mission to protect our country and provide the ultimate guarantee of its security and independence, as well as helping to protect its values and interests abroad.

To do this we have an annual budget of almost £40 billion and a workforce comprising 193,000 people, almost 59,000 of whom are civilians. We currently manage more than £11 billion of spend every year.

Our work really matters; we offer engaging roles which have a direct impact on the quality of services we provide. We employ people in many different roles and in many locations across the UK and abroad. We have jobs in policy, finance, HR, IS/IT, commercial and project management and all the types of jobs you would expect to find in a government department, or indeed in the private sector. We also employ doctors, dentists, teachers, police, fire service, quantity surveyors, and engineers to name a few. There are many opportunities to develop and progress both within MOD and across the wider Civil Service, whether you’re a permanent appointee or an interim. 

As a Senior Content Designer, your main responsibilities will be: 

• Line manage, support and mentor content designers - providing them with guidance, support,
• Constructive feedback and design direction
• Provide design leadership and hands-on content design for complex projects and portfolios of work
• Use best practice and standards to write usable and accessible content, consistent with the rest of government and the Ministry of Defence (MOD)
• Develop and feed into content strategies to inform end-to-end journeys
• Work with user researchers to gain a deep understanding of user needs and how to meet them map user journeys and processes
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on large, complex services by facilitating the design process, participating in research activities, workshops and communicating design decisions to the team and stakeholders

Essential:

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks

• Extensive experience of writing for the web, with proven ability to create content that is accessible and usable
• Experience of working to the government’s Service Standard and/or GOV.UK standards and working practices
• Experience of developing content for online guidance or transactions
• Experience of journey mapping and needs analysis - being able to take existing content and identify gaps and overlaps
• Experience of working with style guidelines
• Proven experience using metrics and user feedback to inform content design
• Experience of talking about your design decisions and approach to stakeholders of various levels, and convincing them that user needs and a user-centred approach are the right way to design content
• Experience of leading workshops and discussions to facilitate the design of content through collaboration with other professions
• Experience of writing inclusive and accessibility content for all users

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with rebecca.nolan@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, MOD guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.