GOV.UK Content Designer

Working at HM Treasury puts you at the heart of government, making a difference to the UK economy and ultimately to people’s lives right across the UK.

Jobs at the Treasury are fast-paced, fun and can offer unparalleled perspective – not least the opportunity to advise Ministers on the decisions which directly determine the UK’s prosperity. Deep in our DNA is a commitment to empowering our people: maximising individual and collective impact, with interesting work no matter your role or seniority.

Day-to-day you could be supporting Ministers to decide the right level of a specific tax or line of government spending; helping maintain the stability of financial markets; analysing the long-term trends impacting the future of the economy; or enabling this work as part of our vital corporate functions.

We are a high-performing department and proud to have outstanding staff from a wide range of backgrounds. We are also a friendly, inclusive and sociable workplace that prides itself on fostering great team spirit. Our two largest offices are 1 Horse Guards Road in London, opposite St James’ Park, and the Darlington Economic Campus, which also contains eight other departments. We work seamlessly across all our sites, including Norwich, Birmingham and Leeds, as one Treasury.

We are both a 1,000-year-old institution and dynamic, forward-looking economics and finance ministry, with a strong direction set by our organisational strategy, the Future Treasury Vision. The 21st century offers huge opportunities and poses new challenges for the UK. Working at the Treasury is your chance to help the country chart the right course.

This role sits within HM Treasury’s Digital Communications team and supports the publication of the department’s documents and announcements on GOV.UK, including major fiscal events such as the Budget.

HM Treasury publishes more than 1,000 documents each year, including some of the government’s most high profile economic announcements. This role offers the opportunity to work at the centre of those publications, helping ensure complex policy documents and announcements are published clearly, accurately and accessibly for a wide public audience.

Working closely with the Senior Content Designer for GOV.UK, you will help manage the end to end publishing process for Treasury documents, ensuring they meet high editorial and accessibility standards.

You will work with policy teams, press officers and other colleagues across the department to plan, edit and publish digital content. The role requires strong organisation, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple publications in a fast paced and high profile environment.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver the publication of HM Treasury documents and announcements on GOV.UK, working within departmental publishing standards and guidance set by the Senior Content Designer.
• Coordinate the digital publishing process for major Treasury publications, including supporting the delivery of fiscal events such as the Budget, managing timelines and working with teams across the department to ensure content is ready for publication.
• Edit and structure complex documents and web content so they are clear, accessible and suitable for online audiences, ensuring content meets GOV.UK style and accessibility requirements.
• Work closely with policy teams, press officers and other stakeholders to provide advice on preparing documents for digital publication and navigating the publishing process.
• Provide day to day advice to colleagues across the department on preparing content for publication and using Treasury publishing templates.
• Work with the wider digital communications team to coordinate supporting content for GOV.UK, including graphics and other digital outputs linked to key announcements.
• Identify opportunities to improve publishing processes and accessibility, contributing to the development of departmental guidance and best practice.

Experience of GOV.UK publishing tools is helpful but not required. We welcome candidates with relevant digital publishing or content design experience from other sectors.

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact Elizabeth Lovegrove elizabeth.lovegrove@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

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

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Please review the candidate guidance for an overview of the Success Profiles and STAR approach, along with top tips for applications and interviews.

Recruitment Timeline

• Closing date: 21st September 2026
• Shortlisting: from 22nd September 2026
• Interviews: w/c 5th and 12th October 2026

This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline.

If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs Profile.

Reserve Lists

You will be placed on a reserve list if your application is successful, but we cannot offer you a role immediately. Where more than one location has been advertised, candidates will be posted in merit order by location. You will be asked to provide your location preference on your application form. Please note that a place on the reserve list does not guarantee an offer.

If you are offered a role in your first preferred location and you decline the offer or are unable to take up the post within a reasonable timeframe, you will be removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Those on the reserve list may also be approached for similar roles at a lower grade. If you are offered a role at a lower grade and choose to decline, you can remain on the reserve list.

Internal Fraud Database Check

Candidates cannot apply to roles in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Successful candidates will be subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database. This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This also applies to those who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the database will be refused employment.

National Security Vetting

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks. Additionally, successful candidates will be subject to National Security Vetting. The level of security vetting required for this role is Security Check (SC).

To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out, applicants will need to have lived in the UK for at least 3 out of the past 5 years. You will be asked to provide residency information within your application form, and eligibility for national security vetting will be checked once the advert closing date has passed. In certain circumstances, for example if you have been working abroad on a government posting, a lack of residency would not be a bar to security clearance however the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case-by-case basis once the advert closing date has passed.

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