Publishing Officer
Office for National Statistics
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As part of the hybrid working arrangement there is a 40% minimum office attendance requirement. Attendance is typically at your contractual office, with occasional travel to alternative locations.
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Job summary
Do you have excellent organisational skills and the ability to work to deadlines? Do you have good digital skills and are comfortable learning to follow new processes? If you are looking for a new challenge in a busy team, then this could be the role for you.
The Office for National Statistics is the UK's largest producer of official statistics in the UK, and the only government department with the production of statistics as its main role.
The Publishing team is the conduit for everything published on the ONS website – templating statistical outputs, building pages in the Content Management System (CMS), managing changes to content, keeping landing pages up to date and ensuring that everything we do meets our style standards. The team publishes high-profile content on a daily basis.
Our team is based both in Newport, South Wales and Fareham, Hampshire. We encourage flexible working and while there is benefit in being physically together at our offices, we are also happy to explore opportunities with individuals about working flexibly in line with our policies.
Job description
As Publishing Officer, you will support the organisation by publishing content to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) website using our Content Management System (CMS).
You’ll work with statistical output areas across the organisation to make sure that their content is published on time and to the highest standards. You’ll be passionate about doing things well, representing the needs of our users, and finding ways to do things better.
Working to support the publication of different types of statistical content, you’ll need an excellent eye for detail. You should be comfortable using digital tools and will have good communication skills.
You’ll have training to use our systems and support from a large team of publishing officers.
Main responsibilities
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team of Publishing Officers and Content Designers to publish content to the ONS website.
- Build statistical publications in the CMS, applying relevant standards and ensuring content is of a high quality.
- Develop a good understanding and awareness of Content Style Guide and accessibility standards. Keep up to date with changes to best practice.
- Develop strong relationships with statistical output areas and work with them collaboratively to ensure all publications are delivered in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics.
- Advise teams on the best ways to communicate their content using the website products we offer and the skills our team can provide.
- Set up and contribute to pre and post publication meetings with output teams.
- Respond to queries from statistical output areas and other stakeholders through a shared inbox.
- Provide support to output areas within Service Level agreement (SLA) hours 08.00 to 16.30, while preparing publications. Occasionally, you will also be expected to provide late cover until 18.00 or early publication cover from 06.45am.
Person specification
Essential Criteria:
- Excellent communication skills with evidence of building relationships and working with others.
- Proven organisational and prioritisation skills, and evidence of working to tight deadlines.
- Comfortable using digital tools, good IT skills.
- Ability to identify problems and suggest appropriate solutions.
- Can demonstrate ability to follow guidance and standards.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- You will be required to complete an in tray exercise at the interview stage.
Benefits
The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5400 valued colleagues across the business.
This role is part of the cross-government Government Digital and Data (formerly DDaT) profession framework. As a role within Government Digital and Data (formerly DDaT) at the ONS, we also offer benefits such as:
• Protected Learning Time to spend on your personal development and side-projects.
• A supportive and active Community of Practice which you will be expected to contribute to, helping ensure you and your colleagues get the training, development and opportunities you need to progress your careers.
We are committed to supporting our people’s wellbeing by offering flexible ways of working that support a healthy work life balance. We are happy to explore opportunities with you about working flexibly in line with our hybrid working policies.
Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that the benefits pack attached (bottom of page) will give you a great insight into the benefits and facilities available to our colleagues and our fantastic working culture.
Inclusion & Accessibility
At ONS we are always looking to attract the very best people from the widest possible talent pool, and we are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a member of the Business Disability Forum and a Disability Confident Leader we’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
As part of our application process, you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process that you need. If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying, please contact the recruitment team in the first instance.
If you would like an accessible version of any of the attachments or recruitment documents below or linked to in this advert, please contact the recruitment team who will be happy to assist.
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Selection process details
Security Clearance
Individuals appointed to the Office for National Statistics or UK Statistics Authority will be subject to National Security Vetting at “SC Cleared” level for this post. To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out applicants will normally need to have lived in the UK for the 3 consecutive years immediately prior to applying.
A lack of UK residency in itself is not always a bar to security clearance.
If you are unsure that you meet the eligibility above, please contact the recruitment email on the advert before applying to discuss.
Applicants may utilise AI resources in their submissions; ensuring all information provided is factually accurate, truthful, and original, avoiding any form of plagiarism to maintain the authenticity and credibility of the application process.
Stage 1 – Application & Sift
Assessment at application stage will be based on your CV, work history, skills, experience and personal statement. Your application should be tailored to demonstrate any skills, knowledge and experience that are relevant to the content of the role.
Your personal statement should be no longer than 1250 words. You should use this space to provide evidence for each essential and technical criteria within the person specification. As the criteria are scored, we would recommend that you give clear examples for each including the impact of your actions and set them out using the STAR acronym (Situation, Task, Action, Result).Success Profiles Behaviour examples are not required at this stage.
In cases where there are a high number of applications the sift pass mark may be adjusted and candidates will be invited to interview in merit order, i.e. those scoring the highest.
Stage 2 – Interview
Should you be invited to interview, you will be assessed using various assessment techniques aligned to the Civil Service Success Profiles framework, where you'll be assessed against all the behaviours and technical skills outlined in this advert. Further details will be shared with you should you be invited to interview.
Interviews will be conducted by Video Conference.
As part of the interview stage you will be required to complete an In tray exercise at the start of the interview.
Further details will be shared with you should you be invited to interview.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.
Important Dates:
Sift date from: 25/09/2024
Interview dates from: 09/10/2024
Dates are subject to change.
For the full terms and conditions of the post, please see attachment below.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Government Digital and Data Recruitment Team (formerly DDaT)
- Email : Government-Digital-and-Data-Recruitment@ons.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : Government-Digital-and-Data-Recruitment@ons.gov.uk
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