content manager Edinburgh, Scotland
Scottish Government
Full Time
Edinburgh, Scotland
37529 - 24221 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Overview:
You will be based in the Directorate for Communications and Ministerial Support and provide content support for the gov.scot website – the Scottish Government’s main communications channel.
You will be required to work flexibly across the team, liaising with policy colleagues to create good, user-centred content and you will have the opportunity to broaden your content skills and gain valuable experience of working within a busy communications environment.
Communications Pay supplement
This is a specialist post and carries the communications pay Supplement of £2,000 per annum pro rata rising to £3,750 on completion of 12 months’ successful service.Responsibilities:
Competencies
Communications and engagement
Essential Criteria
1. Strong web writing skills and awareness of plain English and web accessibility.
2. Experience of using content management systems.
3. Excellent attention to detail.
4. Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage workloads to ensure deadlines and objectives are met.
Minimum time in post
You will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of three years unless successful at gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade.
In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months.
How to apply
To apply for this post, you will need to provide the information requested below via the online application process.
You must fully complete and submit an online application via the website before the closing date using evidence based examples to demonstrate your knowledge/skills (300 words). Remember, your answers should be clear, concise and reflect what actions you undertook. You may want to use the STAR(R) approach to respond to each criterion.
Additional information
For further information, please download and review the “Person Specification” which you will find below.
Person_Specification_Band_B_Updated_9.9.22_PDF
The post is a full-time role, but staff with different working patterns are invited to apply, and we will assess proposed working patterns against the business requirements for this post.
For information regarding this post please contact [email protected]
Scottish Government's ambition is to be a world leading, diverse employer where people can be themselves at work. We want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via [email protected]
As part of any recruitment process, Scottish Government and associated public bodies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants and applicants for public appointments.
Personal information you provide in the recruitment process will be made available to Scottish Government and our additional data processors.
Applications are invited for the role of content manager with the Scottish Government’s digital communications team.
You will be based in the Directorate for Communications and Ministerial Support and provide content support for the gov.scot website – the Scottish Government’s main communications channel.
You will be required to work flexibly across the team, liaising with policy colleagues to create good, user-centred content and you will have the opportunity to broaden your content skills and gain valuable experience of working within a busy communications environment.
Communications Pay supplement
This is a specialist post and carries the communications pay Supplement of £2,000 per annum pro rata rising to £3,750 on completion of 12 months’ successful service.
- Monitoring team mailbox and actioning content requests.
Liaising with team members to discuss handling and prioritisation of content updates.
Creation and update of consistent, user-focused content in line with the gov.scot style, to deadline.
Working on strategic content projects and content improvement projects.
Quality-checking content requests to ensure site standards are met.
Monitoring and acting on site feedback.
Using insight to develop and improve content.
Competencies
Communications and engagement
Analysis and use of evidence
Improving performance
People management
Self awareness
Essential Criteria & Qualifications:No specific qualifications required.
Essential Criteria
1. Strong web writing skills and awareness of plain English and web accessibility.
2. Experience of using content management systems.
3. Excellent attention to detail.
4. Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage workloads to ensure deadlines and objectives are met.
Minimum time in post
You will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of three years unless successful at gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade.
In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months.
How to apply
To apply for this post, you will need to provide the information requested below via the online application process.
You must fully complete and submit an online application via the website before the closing date using evidence based examples to demonstrate your knowledge/skills (300 words). Remember, your answers should be clear, concise and reflect what actions you undertook. You may want to use the STAR(R) approach to respond to each criterion.
Additional information
For further information, please download and review the “Person Specification” which you will find below.
Person_Specification_Band_B_Updated_9.9.22_PDF
The post is a full-time role, but staff with different working patterns are invited to apply, and we will assess proposed working patterns against the business requirements for this post.
For information regarding this post please contact [email protected]
Scottish Government's ambition is to be a world leading, diverse employer where people can be themselves at work. We want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via [email protected]
As part of any recruitment process, Scottish Government and associated public bodies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants and applicants for public appointments.
Personal information you provide in the recruitment process will be made available to Scottish Government and our additional data processors.
Scottish Government
www.gov.scot
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Nicola Sturgeon
$25 to $50 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Government
National Services & Agencies
1885
