27718 - Campaigns Advisor
About the role
Looking for an opportunity to work in a high-performance team on issues that really matter?
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has an exciting vacancy for a Campaigns Advisor in the Department’s Strategic Communications & Campaigns team. This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious and talented communications professional to work on high-profile domestic and international campaigns for the Ministry.
The Strategic Communications & Campaigns team sits within the Ministry’s Policy, Communications and Analysis Directorate. The Ministry of Justice is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. We work to protect and advance the principles of justice and our vision is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society.
Job description
The Campaigns Advisor role offers the opportunity to deliver first class communications and campaigns to influence public opinion, behaviour and help shape the perception of the Ministry’s work with key stakeholder audiences. Ideal for a dynamic and creative communicator, you will help areas of the business define their objectives, understand their audiences, create content for external channels and evaluate the impact and success of their communications.
The successful candidate will help deliver campaigns and external communications which support the Ministry’s key priorities, covering areas such as our offender employment campaign and access to justice; along with the opportunity to work on our international “Legal Services are GREAT” campaign.
Key responsibilities
- Work with other team members to develop, deliver and evaluate high-profile campaigns and strategic communications against clear objectives, outcomes and timeframes.
- Collaborate with colleagues inside and outside the Directorate to deliver the best results for the department, building relationships with other government departments and external organisations.
- Develop creative, written content for external communications channels in support of campaigns and communications activity.
- Develop a good understanding of the business priorities for your policy areas, and strong knowledge of your audiences, helping to identify opportunities and flagging risks.
Skills, experience and attributes
- Effective and persuasive communicator with previous communications experience and strong written skills.
- Creative thinking and keenness to develop and deliver innovate, low and no cost external communications and campaigns, using digital and offline channels.
- Excellent organisational skills, motivated to work in a fast-paced, highly-motivated professional team.
- Customer orientated with a focus on delivering a great professional service and confident working with senior colleagues.
- Ability to understand complex and technical policy issues and translate these for different external audiences; reacting quickly to unexpected developments.
- An enthusiastic team-player with a pro-active attitude.
Civil Service competencies
You must show strong experience of working in a communications environment and provide evidence of the following competencies:
Communication Core Competencies:
You are also expected to be proficient in each of the Government Communication Service (GCS) competencies to IO level, particularly skills and knowledge under the ‘Campaigns and Marketing’ discipline. The summary below is not exhaustive - you should examine the full version on the GCS website.
Insight
- Review existing sources of insight (including previous communication activity) to understand the overall context for communication and audience influences/influencers.
- Interpret quantitative and qualitative data to identify stakeholder and audience insight.
- Use insight to identify target audiences and partners, support decision making and help inform the overall communication approach.
Ideas
- Design and develop engaging, targeted content and messages suitable for use across a range of channels.
- Demonstrate an awareness of how channels work together and complement each other.
Implementation
- Ensure communication products are cost effective and delivered to high quality.
- Demonstrate good written and oral communication skills. Write clearly, concisely and accurately.
- Select appropriate visuals to improve the impact of communication plans are delivered on time and to budget.
Impact
- Support the design and delivery of techniques to assess the effectiveness and impact of communication.
- Advise on, monitor, summarise and provide analysis of campaign effectiveness indicators.
Further information
- Job title: Campaigns Advisor
- Directorate: Communications and Information Directorate
- Department: Ministry of Justice
- Grade: Band C
- Working hours: Full time
- Location: 102 Petty France, London
For more information about the role please contact Zoë Holder, Head of Campaigns at:zoe.holder@Justice.gov.uk
Working Arrangements & Further Information
Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.
Flexible working hours
The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.
Benefits
The MoJ offers a range of benefits:
Annual Leave
Generous allowances for paid holiday starting at 25 days per year, and rising as your service increases. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Pension
The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
Training
The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Support
- A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
- Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits,retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
- For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Networks
The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.
There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why.
For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).
If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:
- You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
- You were studying abroad
- You were living overseas with parents
In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.
Candidate Information
You may be required to provide statements describing your skills and experience relevant to each of the selection criteria. We recommend that you structure any examples as Situation, Task, Action and Result. For more information about the recruitment process and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
In the event of a large number of applications, we reserve the right to undertake the following processes:
- An automated online test where a benchmark must be passed to progress;
- A sift on the lead selection criteria. If this happens, the lead criteria will be the first one listed in the advert.
During the selection process, you may be asked to undertake an additional assessment (such as written test). If this is applicable you will be notified of this when you are invited to interview.
We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.
Application form stage assessments
Interview stage assessments
A Great Place to Work for Veterans
The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
Redeployment Interview Scheme
Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.
MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
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) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
· 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) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules
This Vacancy is closed to applications.