Digital Communications Lead

We're recruiting for a Digital Communications Lead here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategy & Operations team. The Digital Communications Lead will lead the communications strategy for Justice Digital, ensuring that the organisation's strategic priorities are clearly articulated and effectively communicated to internal and external audiences. Reporting to the Head of Comms, Engagement, and Recruitment, and working as a key member of the Strategy & Operations leadership team, this role will be instrumental in promoting Justice Digital's mission, driving engagement, and developing strong relationships across the Ministry of Justice and beyond. This role is essential in ensuring that communications align with the wider organisational goals, promote transparency, and drive engagement within Justice Digital and across the Ministry of Justice. The Digital Communications Lead will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, consistent messaging through various channels, including leadership communications, internal events, blogs, and social media. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025, Communications Strategy:

• Lead the overall communications strategy for Justice Digital, ensuring alignment with the broader organisational goals and the 2025 Digital Strategy.
• Develop and implement communication plans that engage internal teams, external partners, and key stakeholders, driving awareness and understanding of strategic initiatives.
• Maintain oversight of all communications channels, ensuring consistent and clear messaging across leadership communications, events, blogs, and social media.
Leadership Communications:
• Manage the production and dissemination of key leadership communications, including Leaders' Weeknotes, capturing strategic updates and insights from senior leadership.
• Develop a consistent leadership voice for the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), working closely with the CDIO and other key leaders to shape and deliver external engagement content.
• Support the Head of Comms and senior leaders in preparing for internal and external speaking engagements, ensuring alignment with Justice Digital's key messages and strategic objectives.
Internal Engagement:
• Oversee the fortnightly all-staff stand-up to ensure it engages teams around key priorities and delivers strategic insights effectively.
• Lead on the delivery of ad-hoc internal communications, ensuring timely, relevant, and impactful messaging that aligns with organisational priorities.
• Collaborate closely with the Engagement Lead to ensure communications and engagement activities are complementary, and work together to promote Justice Digital's values and achievements.
External and Cross-Government Engagement:
• Build strong relationships with Ministry of Justice leadership teams and external partners to increase the visibility of Justice Digital's work and secure support for strategic objectives.
• Manage blogs and social media content that promote Justice Digital's work to both internal and external audiences, strengthening the organisation's brand and reach.
• Collaborate with external conference providers and stakeholders to influence the government communications calendar, ensuring Justice Digital's message is well-represented.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!, Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.,
• 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. Success Profiles Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please click here for further guidance. if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance Supporting document 1 JD - Digital Communications Lead 92067.docx - 12KB Opens in a new window Converted File JD - Digital Communications Lead 92067.docx.pdf - 75KB Opens in a new window 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., 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. For further information and to apply for this position please see the following link: https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigital/Job/JobDetail?JobId=523.

Essential
• Extensive experience in developing and delivering effective communications strategies within a large, complex organisation. Proven ability to manage leadership communications, including drafting key messages, preparing senior leaders for both internal and external engagements, and ensuring consistent and clear communication across various channels.
• Demonstrated success in producing content for multiple platforms, including blogs, social media, and internal communications, with a strong focus on aligning messaging with organisational priorities and engaging diverse audiences.
• Adept at building strong, collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally, to foster engagement, secure buy-in for strategic initiatives, and influence communication approaches at all levels.
• Ability to think strategically and understand the wider organisational context, ensuring communications initiatives align with long-term goals and reflect the broader mission of Justice Digital and the Ministry of Justice.
• Skilled in managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, delivering high-quality communications products to tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail and ensuring strategic objectives are met.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience inspiring and motivating teams to deliver results, promoting a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement, and driving the overall communications agenda to align with wider organisational goals.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.,
• Extensive experience in developing and delivering effective communications strategies within a large, complex organisation. Proven ability to manage leadership communications, including drafting key messages, preparing senior leaders for both internal and external engagements, and ensuring consistent and clear communication across various channels.
• Demonstrated success in producing content for multiple platforms, including blogs, social media, and internal communications, with a strong focus on aligning messaging with organisational priorities and engaging diverse audiences.
• Adept at building strong, collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally, to foster engagement, secure buy-in for strategic initiatives, and influence communication approaches at all levels.
In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership
• Seeing the Bigger Picture
A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above. Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference. Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your extensive experience in developing and delivering effective communications strategies within a large, complex organisation. Proven ability to manage leadership communications, including drafting key messages, preparing senior leaders for both internal and external engagements, and ensuring consistent and clear communication across various channels will be conducted before the sift., 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).

The national salary range is £68,967 - £78,842, London salary range is £73,115 - £83,585. Your salary will be dependent on your base location Number of jobs available 1 Detail of reserve list 12 Months Region National City/Town National Building/Site NATIONAL,
• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
• Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings' birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
• Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
• 5 days volunteering paid leave.
• Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.