Content Designer at Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington

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Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Location: Wellington (Central City)
Business Group: AoG Services Delivery
Branch: Te Kōtui Whitiwhiti - Digital Public Service
Salary: $67,284 - $91,031

• Join the public service and help make a real difference in the lives of New Zealanders
• Apply a human-centred approach to the design and development of digital products and services
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of skilled and passionate digital practitioners
• Permanent fulltime position

Better New Zealand Working at the Department of Internal Affairs, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of New Zealanders.

Content Designer

We're looking for a Content Designer to join our busy Content and Design Services team managing a range of products including Govt.nz and Digital.govt.nz.

We deliver trusted government information, open data and digital engagement to improve users digital experience with government. We do this by providing best practice digital products and guidance, and by working with government agencies and industry to raise the quality and standards of government's digital delivery.

We need someone with skills in taking complex government information and crafting it to meet user needs. You'll work with a passionate team of Content Designers, UX Designers and researchers, Product Owners and Developers to maintain and develop high quality content for our portfolio of products.

To be successful in this role you will have experience in:

• understanding complex language and turning it into plain English
• creating content for the web with a strong focus on user needs
• editing content using content management systems (CMS), preferably Silverstripe, and knowledge of HTML
• using feedback, user research and user needs to guide your work
• working in an Agile framework
• working with diverse stakeholders and subject matter experts to develop content.

You'll also have:

• knowledge of New Zealand Government Web Standards
• excellent stakeholder management skills
• the ability to receive feedback with open mindedness
• understanding of human-centred design principles
• a strong team-focus
• creativity, empathy, passion and problem-solving skills.

If you're looking for a new challenge that encourages you to think innovatively to help make a difference to Aotearoa and its people, then Internal Affairs could be the place for you.

We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We recognise a diverse workforce contributes to better business outcomes. We are committed to creating a workplace where all employees have equal access.

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Applications close: 11:00pm, Sunday 5 February 2023'
For more information please contact: Rebecca Brown at rebecca.brown@dia.govt.nz.
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