Digital Content Officer (full time, fixed term maternity cover) Bristol Area
Job description
Digital Content Officer (full time, fixed term maternity cover) Bristol £32,425 - £34,084 Plus generous Civil Service defined benefit pension About the Office for Students We are the independent regulator of higher education in England. We aim to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers. We also care about supporting and developing our staff, working together to achieve more than each of us can do alone. We’re proud of our people, our culture and the benefits we offer. At the OfS we want to create a welcoming and engaging working environment which is free from discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from people with a disability or impairment, those who identify as lesbian, bisexual, gay or transgender, and those from a black, Asian and minority ethnic background, as these groups are under-represented within our workforce. We’re looking for skilled, committed people who care about students and their experience of higher education. Join us and you’ll be part of an energetic, forward-looking organisation with high ambitions and big opportunities for our people. Job summary You’ll be part of a small, busy team within the Strategy, Delivery and Communications Directorate. The directorate leads the OfS’s work on external and internal communications and public affairs: media relations and planning, digital publishing, multimedia support, stakeholder engagement and parliamentary support, publications, events and public information. You’ll help to develop, implement and manage OfS digital communications: designing and developing content for the OfS website and our staff intranet editing and publishing content contributing to strategic planning. You’ll work closely with colleagues from across communications, including the press team, designers, and strategic communications officers, as well as with authors and others in other teams across the OfS. The role The role sits within the digital publishing team. The team publishes information about the range of the OfS’s work. This gives us a bird’s-eye view of the OfS’s work and of current issues in higher education more broadly – you’ll be at the heart of what’s going on. You’ll be helping to create and curate a variety of communications products: reports and publications, guidance, blog posts, press releases, web pages, videos and social media. We’re continually looking to improve the way we do things to drive a culture of ‘digital first’ within the OfS, and will welcome your ideas, commitment and enthusiasm. About you We’re looking for someone with expertise in digital communications. You’ll have excellent written and verbal communication skills, including a firm grasp of how to edit and write for digital publications and digital media, and to be able to build strong, positive working relationships. You’ll also need strong project management skills, including the ability to plan and prioritise your work across a range of projects and respond effectively to changing demands. We’ll expect you to work independently, exercising your good judgement and initiative, and will make sure you have the training and support you need to do this. Experience using Umbraco and Adobe Creative Cloud would be an advantage, although this is not essential. Enablers The OfS currently uses a set of ‘enablers’ to evaluate candidate strengths. This is your opportunity to expand on what you have achieved in your career by describing what you’ve done and how you’ve done it. It is here you should use detailed examples to explain how you meet all the requirements of the job description. We are looking for how you made your own contribution to a scenario, why you made that contribution and what was the outcome. Assertions without evidence will, in contrast, make it difficult to evaluate your skills and how you apply them. The enablers for this role are: Knowledge and Learning Actively takes responsibility for finding out information Applies what has been learned, and obtains feedback where appropriate Takes responsibility to obtain develop, organise and share knowledge and information that may be of use to others, ensuring that it is accurate and up to date Makes time for personal development and learning Values others’ contributions and builds their confidence Contributes time, knowledge and expertise to corporate activities responsibly, willingly and actively Planning Plans and prioritises tasks successfully (taking account of others’ needs, as well as own) Takes account of foreseeable risks Resolves competing priorities within resources available, in the light of others’ priorities and work life balance Where appropriate, effectively uses project management tools and approaches Contributes positively to thinking and discussions concerning longer term issues affecting one’s area of work and OfS Communications Writing is clear, concise, of appropriate complexity and tailored to the audience(s). It follows house style and uses correct grammar. The content of writing is accurate Aware of the way you communicate and its impact on others, and adapts style, as necessary, resulting in effective communication Manages own time to allow opportunities for effective communication with others Actively listens, showing sensitivity to the needs of others and the context Is approachable to others Relationships Aware of how one prefers to relate to others and where necessary, adapts personal style to achieve best results Takes into account others’ perspectives Pro-actively seeks to build relationships, enabling others to work well Uses a partnership approach where appropriate Working for us The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students. We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work, and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do. We recruit based on fair and open competition and welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, race and ethnicity, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. To attract the widest possible field of qualified applicants, flexible working, for example job share and part time working, apply to this role. Working arrangements We love working flexibly because we know that it helps us all to do our best work. We’ve created a set of principles to shape our approach to flexible and hybrid working, which our teams then use as guidance on how they deliver their business goals. This would usually mean working from the office for two days in a typical week. Closing date for applications: 6 August 2023 Successful candidates will be invited to interview and tasked with an editorial test. Interviews: From 21 August 2023 Office for Students
