Content Producer

at  Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities

JOB SUMMARY

Here at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. (MHCLG), we work on things that make a real difference to people’s lives.
Whether it’s through the homes we live in, the work of our local councils, or the communities we’re all part of, our work is at the top of the political agenda. We have ambitious and far-reaching outcomes to achieve this year and, if you’re thinking of joining us, there’s never been a more exciting time.
We have over 3,500 staff who are based in 20 offices across the UK. With ambitious and far-reaching goals this year, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
The Local Digital team sits within the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The team supports councils across England to deliver more user-centred, cost-effective local public services through open, collaborative and reusable work.
We’re looking for a storyteller with great communication skills to produce creative, engaging and accessible content across a variety of digital channels. As a Content Producer, you will work with teams across Local Digital to bring our offering to life through multimedia platforms such as websites, blogs, newsletters and social media. You will report to the Senior Content Producer and work in an inclusive and innovative communications team, including Strategic Communications and Content Designers.
We particularly welcome candidates from an ethnic minority background and other underrepresented groups to apply, as we work to continually improve our ability to represent the places and communities we support through our work.
Find out more about what it’s like to work in a digital, data and technology role at MHCLG including our culture, ways of working, career progression and staff benefits. You can also read the MHCLG Digital blog to learn about the work we’re doing.

AT SIFT, THROUGH YOUR CV AND COVERING LETTER WE WILL BE ASSESSING:

• Technical
• Experience
  Your covering letter should be no more than 1 page referencing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description.

IN FULL THE CAMPAIGN WILL TEST THE BELOW SUCCESS PROFILE ELEMENTS:

• Technical
• Experience
• Behaviours: Changing and Improving, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together, Delivering at Pace
• Ability
  Experience questions will be based around the essential skills and criteria as listed in the job description.
  Technical questions will be based around the essential skills and criteria as listed in the job description.
  We do not consider direct CV applications – you must apply for this role via the application link on Civil Service Jobs:

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

WE WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT APPLICANTS GET IN TOUCH WITH THE VACANCY MANAGER TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ROLE.

MHCLG want to bring in a diverse workforce at all levels.
Our application system is designed to remove as much bias as possible from the recruitment system – this means that a hiring manager does not know your name, your details, see your whole application in one go (or have your CV at review stage unless stated otherwise).
Your answers are randomised and chunked up. This means that each assessor views sets of responses to questions for example all candidates’ responses to ‘Seeing the Big Picture’ rather than seeing a candidate’s full application. The science behind this is that recruitment can be subject to ordering and fatigue effects and we want to reduce this as much as possible.
Most of our campaigns utilise multiple assessors and so it is possible that each of your answers would be viewed by different assessors.

When writing your application, remember:

• The assessor won’t be reading your answers sequentially.
• Do not assume that the same assessors will have read all of your answers.
• If talking about something in your first answer, make sure that you write the second answer as if you had not written the first (and so on!)

There may be opportunities for candidates to work flexibly depending on the business needs. This will be discussed with the vacancy manager on a case-by-case basis if you are successful for the role.

• Please note: The Darlington Economic Campus is a pioneering new cross-government hub which will bring together people across departments and public organisations to play an active role in the most important economic issues of the day. The work of the Campus will make a real difference to people both across the UK and internationally. There will be substantial career opportunities and exciting prospects - a career at the Campus means you will be working at the heart of Government, with access to the benefits and fantastic opportunities offered by the civil service. This role is based at MHCLG and we will be joined on the campus by:
• HM Treasury
• Department for International Trade
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Office for National Statistics
• Department for Educatio