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This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.
About us:
We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.
Although we're a small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.
We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers network for equality and inclusion (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.
Job description
We look forward to reading your application for the role of Graphic Designer.
The selected candidate will:
Almost any crime can now involve a digital element, be it in organising its commission through e-mail or social media, using the internet to perpetrate the offence or through leaving of a digital ‘footprint’ which can assist lines of enquiry. The College equips officers and staff with the digital skills and knowledge required to deliver high quality services that: identify digital intelligence and evidence opportunities. A key member of the team designing the digital learning content is the Graphic Designer. In order to continue developing this Digital Intelligence and Investigation (DII) suite of products, you will design and develop all visual aspects of effective, innovative, creative, accessible, user-centred and evidenced-based digital learning solutions and assessment products. You will work closely with other designers and producers, and stakeholders across the to ensure products meet our business objectives, strategic priorities, and the needs of the policing community.
Person specification
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Provide advice and guidance on media and treatments to develop design options and deliver an agreed solution which meets learning standards and the requirements of the brief within time, budget, and quality parameters.
- Work collaboratively with the colleagues and stakeholders to design and create graphical source materials for innovative digital learning solutions that address and satisfy agreed design briefs and specifications at the highest standards
- Ensure the design team makes complex technical information and language simple and accessible for non-technical audiences through user story and personas, and the creation of responsive digital learning designs accordingly, with accessibility in mind, to achieve optimal levels of usability for the College’s diverse users.
To be successful in this role you’ll need:
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and AfterEffects
- Experience in producing creative and innovative visual solutions in a complex online environment, absorbing large amounts of conflicting information and using it to produce simple user-centred designs
- The ability to create high quality and effective digital learning products which demonstrate an awareness of the most effective learning methodologies to accomplish a good user experience and interactive learning
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Experience producing creative and innovative visual solutions, demonstrating the ability to absorb large amounts of information and use it to produce simple user-centred designs
- Experience of working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, establishing, and maintaining positive working relationships and removing barriers to service delivery
- Experience of working as part of an agile delivery or project team, with accountability for the quality of project deliverables
Benefits
The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):
- Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
- Continued professional development and structured career paths
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Flexi-time (for certain grades)
- A range of flexible working arrangements
- Benenden Healthcare
- National Dental Plan
- Discounts for on-line shopping
- Free employee support line
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Rewards and recognition scheme
We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.
For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer , College of Policing
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Selection process details
Vacancy reference: 6426- DII Graphic Designer
This role is available until 31/03/2024 as a fixed term appointment to all applicants or as a secondment opportunity to:
- colleagues employed directly by the College or the Civil Service. Please note you will be required to obtain the written support of your line manager prior to submitting your application.
- Serving police staff at the equivalent rank of Inspector or Sergeant who have their chief officer's approval. Chief Officer’s approval must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC. Approval for a secondment must accompany an application.
Central service conditions may apply for police staff and temporary promotion is available.
Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form either as an attachment when submitting your application or via email to [email protected].
For further information on applying for a secondment please visit the “Secondments into the College” page.
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For further information visit our ‘Work for us’ page.
We believe that a diverse workforce brings many benefits to the organisation including diversity of thought and improvements to the way we work internally and with partners and communities. We strive to be fully inclusive but we know there is more to do. We genuinely encourage people from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply for this role.
We want to continually improve our recruitment processes and to remove any barriers to equal opportunities that could disadvantage those from particular backgrounds. In order for us to have the information to do this, we ask you to please complete the diversity section of the online application process. We use a “blind” shortlisting process and we hope that by using this method we will be able to promote greater diversity in our workforce and remove any subconscious decisions based on biases.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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