Grade B - £39,390 (National Framework) or £44,792 (London Framework – if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home.
Contracted Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week or talk to us about compressed hours.
Contract Type: Fixed term/Secondment for 23 months
Location: Home-based, or Office based, flexible location
Closing Date: Sunday 13th October 2024 at 11.59pm
This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Are you committed to helping us regulate health and
social care within England?
When thinking about what drives you every day in your job,
what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to
mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we
have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our
communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people
with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care
services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring,
demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share
in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a
positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.
Why this could be a great role for you….
This role will be pivotal in managing the design and delivery of content for our services.
As the Content Design Manager, you will ensure the content for our services is based on user needs and published in the right place and the best format.
You will oversee the work of other content designers and take responsibility for the simplicity, clarity, accuracy and accessibility of what we publish.
As well as being an effective leader and offering support to your team, you will also work with colleagues across the organisation. You will build and maintain effective relationships while championing our content standards.
What you will bring…
We are looking for someone who has significant knowledge and experience of working in a content design role and preferably also of leading teams or projects.
The ideal candidate will have a clear understanding of how to write clearly for a range of audiences and to design content around the way people use it. They will be passionate about making information clearer, tasks easier and processes more effective.
What we can offer you...
Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are
supported through generous annual leave (starting at 27 days and rising with
service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays), a cycle to work scheme, discounted
gym vouchers and access to a free employee assistance service 24 hours a day.
We also understand the importance of financial health and offer membership of
the NHS pension scheme, contributing about 14% of basic salary. You will also
be able to access discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics,
fleet cars, plus we also have an internal reward scheme which could see you
earn yourself a voucher or two! All of our Homeworkers are also kitted out
with everything they need to comfortably work from home.
We want to support you to succeed and be your very best,
with opportunities for training and development along with the support of
experienced managers and mentors.
We want to make working for CQC a great experience for
everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an
inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self
to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality
Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality
Network and Gender Equality network.
JD linked below for more role specific details:
Content Design Manager - Job Description
For an informal discussion or further information
about any of these roles please contact Hiring
Managers – Owen Griffiths, Information and
Services Manager, Owen.Griffiths@cqc.org.uk and for general enquiries contact recruitment@cqc.org.uk
Individual adjustments...
We are committed to being open and transparent
around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity
to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support
candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and
facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance
and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the
recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: recruitment@cqc.org.uk
Note for internal candidates:
As
this is a secondment/fixed term opportunity it is important that you read our
recruitment and selection policy relating to secondments and you must discuss
your application with your line manager before applying. Your line manager will
need to consider the implications of the release, agree whether you can be
released for a specific time and that the secondment represents a development
opportunity/meets business needs.
Note for external candidates:
CQC are currently working through an organisational transformation programme which includes the creation of a new target operating model. This role is offered as a fixed term contract as part of the transition process to that new model. For further information on this please visit https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/jobs/information-applicants
CQC is
committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can
flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more
creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from
everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression,
religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
Our Values
Excellence – Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation
Caring – Treating everyone with dignity and respect
Integrity – Demonstrating our passion for ‘doing the right thing’
Teamwork – Enabling us to be the best we can