Deputy Director of Digital Content & Publishing

Location

The locations for this role are Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), Manchester, London & Darlington. We operate a flexible hybrid working model across the UK, with colleagues linked to one of our contractual locations and working between office and remote throughout the week. All SCS colleagues are required to work from their contractually allocated site for at least 60% of their working time.

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Apply before 11:55pm on Thursday 12th March 2026

The Communications and Digital Publishing (CDP) directorate is responsible for sharing these statistics so that a broad spectrum of users across government, business, civil society and citizens can find, understand, explore and act upon them.

The Deputy Director of Digital Content and Publishing plays a critical role in ensuring all our statistics are published in a timely and accurate manner and that our information products are of high-quality, meeting user needs. The role requires working closely with colleagues across the organisation to ensure an aligned vision for the website and our other digital and data channels, which is informed by users and uses evidence to continuously improve.

You will be joining at an exciting and pivotal time as we roll out our new ONS website and content management system. As Deputy Director you will be the overall service owner for the ONS website and our broader web estate. You will be accountable for the phased implementation of our new website and content approach, set the requirements for our digital products and tools, including data visualisations, and lead across teams to transform our data dissemination in the context of increasing use of AI.

We are looking for an inspiring and collaborative leader with experience of delivering complex digital change with users at the heart.

For a full job description and details of the skills & experience we are looking for, please click the APPLY button to see our full advert on Civil Service Jobs.

• Hybrid working and flexi-time so you can work around your life, not the other way around!
• A market leading pension scheme – our employer contribution rate is around 29%
• A choice of working patterns for 95% of roles: full-time, part-time, compressed hours, job-share.
• Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Opportunities to learn new technology & skills on the job, utilising blocked out Protected Learning Time in your weekly schedule and taking advantage of the support of our Communities of Practice
• Employee Assistance Programmes
• Diversity Network Groups
• Mental Health Allies
• Civil Service Sports and Social club
• Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

For more information about this role, a full application pack, and to apply, please hit APPLY to be taken to Civil Service Jobs.