Job summary
- Main area
- Communications
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-STR-6834391-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS England Office in London or Leeds
- Town
- London or Leeds
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (exclusive of London weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Editorial Content Officer
NHS AfC: Band 6
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
NHS England is looking for an editor to join a very busy content team. The successful candidate will work alongside our head of editorial and 2 editorial content managers to make publications clear, readable and informative for NHS staff.
The role sits in the Content team in NHS England’s Public Accountability, Communications and Engagement sub-directorate.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a team player who shares our passion for making high-profile and often complex content clear, succinct and accessible.
- You will be focused on giving readers the information they need in formats that work for them – while ensuring the publications you edit are accurate and meet NHS England's objectives.
- This will require well developed editing skills. You'll often need to restructure, rewrite and cut content, while ensuring the publications you are working on stay absolutely faithful to the purposes of the authors.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- You will be able to establish positive working relationships with authors and will be confident and responsive when talking to them about your suggested changes. You will, of course, have a keen eye for correct grammar and spelling, good proofreading skills and the ability to quickly master our style guide.
- We are committed to digital-first, accessible publishing, so you’ll be expected to develop your user-centred content design skills in this role. You’ll be committed to the principle that everybody, whatever their accessibility needs, must have equal access to the information NHS England publishes.
- You’ll also play a role in supporting the administrative processes of the wider Content team, including joining rotas to support key operational tasks. You’ll have excellent administrative, interpersonal and organisational skills and a willingness to master the processes that keep the wider team running smoothly.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Person specification
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience in creating a range of professionally published content, including written content and visual elements.
- Working knowledge of usability, accessibility and web standards.
- Experience of editing and proofing to a high standard.
- Experience of writing effectively and tailoring information, approach and style for a range of audiences and channels
Skills, capabilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to high quality
- Advanced editing and proofreading skills
- Knowledge and understanding of producing accessible, user centred content
- Good organisational and administrative skills with an ability to co-ordinate and prioritise and work in inter-disciplinary teams.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject – or an equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in this specialist area
- Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Bunting
- Job title
- Lead Senior Editorial Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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