Senior Content Designer

### Posting ID
PIP11801

On behalf of Homes England we are looking for a Senior Content Designer (Inside IR35) for an initial 3 month contract. Remote working with occasional office travel.

Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise , and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market.

Following the publication of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunities across the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.

As a Senior Content Designer your main responsibilities will be to:

- Lead the creation and improvement of digital content across complex services, ensuring content meets user needs and aligns with organisational priorities.
- Provide content design leadership within fast-paced, iterative environments.
- Lead user-centred practices within agile teams, shaping priorities and delivery.
- Use data, research and user insights to shape content strategy and drive improvements.
- Lead the development and application of content standards, style guides and design patterns.
- Coach and mentor Content Designers and colleagues, building capability and fostering learning.
- Lead content prototyping and testing, validating approaches through user feedback and iteration.
- Establish and oversee content improvement processes, using performance data and user insights to optimise outcomes.
- Ensure content supports strategic outcomes by making complex information accessible and actionable.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, using evidence to influence decisions and gain consensus.

Essential:

- Experience designing, managing and publishing digital content across complex services.
- Strong expertise in user-centred design principles , government style guides and accessibility standards.
- Proven ability to use data and user research to drive improvements.
- Significant experience working in agile teams, providing content design expertise .
- Skilled in content prototyping, testing and iteration to meet user needs.
- Experience developing content strategies, standards and improvement initiatives .
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and advocate for user needs.
- Strong understanding of content lifecycle management and continuous improvement processes.

Desirable:

- Public Sector / GDS experience.
- Figma experience.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, Homes England encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates . Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process

Armed Forces Covenant

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, Homes England welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".