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LondonJob SummaryDSIT At DSIT we’re all about improving people’s lives by maximising the potential of science & technology.We accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development.We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared.We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back.We do all this to enable the Government’s 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity and building an NHS fit for the future.Above all, we focus on improving people’s lives. Whether it’s researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do.Our Inclusive Environment We offer flexible working benefits, employee well-being support and a great pension. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.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.Find Out MoreWe regularly run events where you can find out more about the department and tips for the application and interview process. You can sign up for upcoming events here: https://forms.office.com/e/Jae3B4w7xmYou can also follow our LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dsitcareers/Job DescriptionThe Role and Our TeamAt DSIT, we are leading the way in cementing the UK as one of the most innovative economies in the world. By improving lives in the UK through the jobs of tomorrow and new discoveries that advance the health and prosperity of society as well as ensuring people are protected online. We pride ourselves on having an innovative culture of storytelling that highlights the impact of government work on real people.This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our busy, ambitious and supportive team, creating innovative social media content at the heart of a cutting-edge government department.You will share responsibility for the team’s video production for our broad-reaching channels, working on briefs across vital portfolios such as: Science & Space, AI, Online Safety, and many others.We are looking for someone with exceptional creativity and a willingness for collaboration, with well-honed technical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage team members to deliver several priorities under pressure and meet tight deadlines. You will collaborate with others to create engaging content, jumping from shooting 10 second Reels, to 90 second YouTube explainers, to long form in-conversation set-pieces.As well as developing video products for DSIT’s social media channels, you will work with digital influencers and high-profile stakeholders in the science and technology space to reach new audiences.You will be required to travel to different locations across the country and occasionally work non-standard office hours.If you’re passionate about creating engaging content, and you want to work on high-profile world-changing issues, this is the job for you.Here Are a Few Examples Of Our Recent Work:Horizon: Click hereBest minds in engineering: Click hereMars Rover: Click hereThe Role and Our TeamAt DSIT, we are leading the way in cementing the UK as one of the most innovative economies in the world. By improving lives in the UK through the jobs of tomorrow and new discoveries that advance the health and prosperity of society as well as ensuring people are protected online. We pride ourselves on having an innovative culture of storytelling that highlights the impact of government work on real people.This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our busy, ambitious and supportive team, creating innovative social media content at the heart of a cutting-edge government department.You will share responsibility for the team’s video production for our broad-reaching channels, working on briefs across vital portfolios such as: Science & Space, AI, Online Safety, and many others.We are looking for someone with exceptional creativity and a willingness for collaboration, with well-honed technical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage team members to deliver several priorities under pressure and meet tight deadlines. You will collaborate with others to create engaging content, jumping from shooting 10 second Reels, to 90 second YouTube explainers, to long form in-conversation set-pieces.As well as developing video products for DSIT’s social media channels, you will work with digital influencers and high-profile stakeholders in the science and technology space to reach new audiences.You will be required to travel to different locations across the country and occasionally work non-standard office hours.If you’re passionate about creating engaging content, and you want to work on high-profile world-changing issues, this is the job for you.Here Are a Few Examples Of Our Recent Work:Horizon: Click hereBest minds in engineering: Click hereMars Rover: Click herePerson specificationKey ResponsibilitiesProduce visually engaging and innovative videos in partnership with colleagues that communicate key messages clearly and effectively to the public.Attend content planning, brainstorming and storyboarding sessions, aligning video projects with campaign strategies and objectives. Translating campaign messages into engaging and accessible video formats.Establish and uphold best practices for video production, ensuring all content meets high standards of quality, style, and effectiveness.Attend shoots to film with case studies and ministers in laboratories, research facilities, start-ups, schools, and global tech companies, occasionally taking on out-of-hours work, in agreement with your line manager.Stay at the forefront of social video trends, tools, and techniques, bringing fresh ideas to government communications. Regularly testing new formats, styles, and content types to keep government content relevant and engaging.Essential CriteriaExperience in shooting, editing, and producing multi-format video content, with proven examples of high-engagement organic work. Proficient in self-shooting and equipment set-up, including talent direction, and an excellent knowledge of lighting techniques.A deep understanding of social media video trends and platform-specific content requirements, with the ability to translate trends into actionable content strategies for government communications.Experience in setting tone, style, and brand guidelines for video content. Proven track record in developing content that adheres to and advances brand goals. Creative flair and originality – a strong visual sense and ability to challenge where you feel innovation or improvements are needed.A thorough understanding of self-shooting film equipment such as Canon C70’s & R5’s or equivalent brands/models, as well as user-generated style shooting on the latest smart phones.Proficient at navigating editorial software, including an understanding of Adobe Creative Cloud apps, particularly Premiere Pro, and ideally proficiency in After Effects and Lightroom, with a broader understanding of colour grading, audio, and visual effects.Experience working with high profile individuals and/or journalistic experience is desirable but not essential.Desirable CriteriaExperience working with high profile individuals and/or journalistic experience. BehavioursWe’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:Delivering at PaceMaking Effective DecisionsCommunicating and InfluencingAlongside your salary of £33,015, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £9,564 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.Office attendanceThe Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.Selection process detailsThis vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.Please use your personal statement (in no more than 500 words) to tell us a bit about yourself and why you think you would be a good fit for this role. Please also include a viewable link to a portfolio or showreel.Applications will be sifted on CV and Personal Statement.In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the personal statement only.Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.The interview will consist of behaviour questions.Interviewees will be asked to deliver a presentation; further details will be provided nearer the time.Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.Further InformationReasonable AdjustmentWe are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DSIT Candidate Guidance. A DSIT Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.Any move to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.FeedbackFeedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.SecuritySuccessful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirementsThis Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:UK nationalsnationals of the Republic of Irelandnationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UKnationals 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)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 2020Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil ServiceFurther information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)Working for the Civil ServiceThe Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.Diversity and InclusionThe 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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicantsJob Contact :Name : Joel PickardEmail : joel.pickard@dsit.gov.ukRecruitment teamEmail : dsitresourcing.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.ukFurther informationAppointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance DSITrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk . If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints.
