As a Senior Content Designer, you will: Take responsibility for content quality and mentor content colleagues. Write and map user stories. Review the work of others to assure quality. Lead on content projects, supporting the successful delivery of schemes. Promote the content design discipline. Engage with the cross-government community. Stay updated on industry changes. Key Responsibilities Lead content design activities on projects across environmental and social schemes. Develop best practices for content design in alignment with other UCD disciplines. Contribute to and work on content design best practices. Take part in the further development of the Ofgem UCD community. Build content design capacity and manage a small team of content designers as the team expands. Key Outputs and Deliverables Create and maintain content in multiple projects. Work with the project team and stakeholders. Set content design scope for products and services. Work closely with User Centred Design team, Business Analysts, the Project Manager, and stakeholders. Support clear and efficient ways to work for User Centred Design. Person specification Essential Criteria Professional experience delivering research and data driven content design. (Lead criteria) Professional experience of working with Interaction Design, Service Design and User Research. (Lead criteria) Demonstrated ability to translate complex, technical policy concepts into simple, clear ideas. Experience developing efficient ways of working for content designers in multidisciplinary teams. Experience in managing, mentoring or training teams in content design. Desirable Criteria Experience working as a content designer in public sector. Experience working to the GDS service standard and undertaking service assessments. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Developing Self and Others Delivering at Pace Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details. Benefits Alongside your salary of £45,614, OFGEM contributes £13,214 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but is in review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. When you press the 'Apply now' button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications. You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word 'personal statement' evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Ofgem take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. 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