About the job

Job summary

About the Government Legal Department

From energy to security, health to human rights, we help the Government deliver life changing law for citizens.

The Government Legal Department is the largest provider of legal services across government, working on high profile matters that are frequently scrutinised in Parliament and the media. Our work includes:

• Developing and drafting legislation
• Providing legal advice on policies
• Securing our economic and trade relationships
• Ensuring value from commercial contracts worth billions of pounds
• Providing the Civil Service’s employment law advice

We are at the heart of delivering the Government’s priorities and our success depends on our people.

GLD is a non-ministerial government department, sponsored by the Attorney General. We are headed by the Treasury Solicitor, our Permanent Secretary and employ nearly 3000 people, including over 2000 legal professionals. Our offices include London, Leeds, Bristol, Croydon and Manchester as well as overseas. We provide specialist legal services including Litigation, Employment and Commercial Law as well as advising most Government Departments on the policies and services they deliver.

GLD also depends on a range of vital corporate services. These are essential to the smooth and efficient running of the Department and provide the foundation to enable GLD to deliver outstanding legal services. Our corporate functions include Strategy, HR, Finance, Digital, Data and Technology, Communications, Security, Commercial and Project delivery. 

Our vision is to be an outstanding legal organisation and a brilliant place to work where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. This is an exciting time for GLD, with cutting edge legal work on global issues and a transformation agenda which is ensuring the Department exemplifies the Modern Civil Service.  

To find out more about what we do visit the Government Legal Department’s webpage or have a look at this short film which showcases the breadth of work government lawyers and legal trainees are involved in.

Job description

About the Communications Team

This is an exciting time for the Communications Team in GLD; a recent review has seen the team restructure and specialise to increase professionalism, capability and build career paths.

We provide modern, professional communications and professional expertise to deliver a trusted service. Our team works to the standards expected by the Government Communications Service (GCS) professional body – and are therefore committed to the team’s personal and professional continued learning and development, to keep abreast of modern communications techniques and practises, to provide the best communication service to GLD.

Our channels and services engage colleagues and stakeholders with GLD’s work, offer and purpose and we gather feedback and use insight to provide user centred communications advice and services to GLD.

As trusted strategic communications advisors, we build relationships and capability to help our leaders, clients and stakeholder communicate effectively.

The Communications and Engagement Team is part of the Strategy, People and Culture division, along with colleagues in HR, Strategy, Governance and Project Delivery, supporting legal colleagues in the Government Legal Department.

The Role

We’re looking for an experienced Intranet Manager to join GLD’s Communications Team to help us continue to plan and deliver meaningful, engaging and impactful digital communications. As part of the GLD’s internal communication team you will engage colleagues through our intranet about GLD’s strategic priorities and support organisational and cultural change.

The Intranet Manager sets, co-ordinates and guides the implementation of digital publishing activity, based on user needs, as part of an overarching plan to deliver against agreed priorities to measurable effect.

Through this role we are looking to enhance our internal communications capability and improve how we engage staff with GLD’s priorities.

This is a key role for the organisation, working to a Deputy Head of Communications. As a member of the Government Communication Service (GCS) you will be awarded with fantastic learning and development opportunities. For further information about GCS please visit GCS , The professional body for government communicators (civilservice.gov.uk)

The main responsibilities of the role are:

• Coordinate intranet publication, aligned with departmental key messages, strategic priorities and forward planning processes
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including senior leaders and corporate services colleagues to build strong relationships and provide them with effective intranet publishing advice and service delivery
• Managing intranet content by drafting, commissioning and editing compelling content to support GLD’s strategies, projects and programmes and evaluate activity using the GCS Evaluation Framework
• Manage re-development of the intranet platform to meet user needs, collaborating with multi-disciplinary project team including Digital, Data and Technology colleagues and managing suppliers
• Contribute to GLD’s external communications when required, including by publishing on GOV.UK

Person specification

Behaviours

Below are details of the Success Profiles that make up this role. You will be expected to provide evidence to show how you meet the criteria at interview and/or selection stage.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and influencing
• Working together
• Changing and improving
• Delivering at pace

Experience  

• Experience working in an intranet publishing role 
• Experience of digital content management system(s) for publishing
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Technical Skills

• Knowledge and understanding of digital content management system(s)
• Knowledge and understanding of Sharepoint, including Sharepoint Modern

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £39,728, Government Legal Department contributes £10,727 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Application

To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process accessed via the advertisement listed for this role. This should be completed no later than 23:55 on Thursday 11 April 24:

1.An online CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years, as part of the online application form. This will be used to assess Experience as set out in the Person Specification. CV will be scored.

2.Submit a statement for each of the following criteria (see skills and qualities above for the detail of each criteria). Each statement should not exceed 250 word:

• Communicating and influencing (Lead behaviour)
• Working together
• Changing and improving
• Delivering at pace

In the event of a large number of applications we will sift on the lead criteria Communicating and Influencing

Selection Process

After the closing date, the appointing panel shall assess candidates’ suitability for the role based on evidence provided in their application against the behaviours and experience outlined in the person specification.

Interview

Should you be successful in being invited to interview, you will be assessed on your performance in all essential criteria as listed in the Person Specification, alongside scenario-based exercises and strength-based questions. Candidates invited to interview will be given further information on the day and time to prepare.

• Behaviour: Communicating and influencing (Lead behaviour)
• Behaviour: Working together
• Behaviour: Delivering at pace
• Behaviour: Changing and improving
• Experience
• Technical Skills

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

Interviews will take place remotely via video conference, full details of the interview format will be provided to shortlisted candidates prior to interview. The timeline later in this pack indicates the date by which decisions are expected to be made, and all shortlisted candidates will be advised of the outcome as soon as possible thereafter.

Offer

Regardless of the outcome, we will notify all candidates as soon as possible after the final interview.

We appoint in strict order of merit. If you meet the minimum criteria for this position but are not successful for a post, you will be placed on the reserve list for up to 12 months.  We then may contact you to see if you are interested in a post at the same, or a lower grade, in GLD should one arise.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

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 requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals 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 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

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.