Content Team Lead - User-Focused Digital Publishing

Scottish Government OGD Recruitment; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Scottish Government OGD Recruitment is seeking a Gov.scot Content Team Leader to head the Digital Communications publishing team. This role drives content quality, accessibility, and consistency with Scottish Government brand and style.

You will line manage eight staff including three senior content managers and four content managers, and participate in an on-call rota for out-of-hours support. The role focuses on citizen-centred content design and HTML-first publishing.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the gov.scot Content Team to ensure high-quality, accessible content publishing.
• Oversee content design in line with plain language standards and SG brand/style.
• Coordinate with policy teams and use user research, search data and analytics to guide content decisions.
• Support the shift from PDFs to accessible HTML-first publishing.
• Line manage eight staff across three senior content managers, four content managers and one content assistant.
• Participate in an on-call rota to provide urgent out-of-hours support for the website.

Job description

Scottish Government OGD Recruitment is seeking a Gov.scot Content Team Leader to head the Digital Communications publishing team. This role drives content quality, accessibility, and consistency with Scottish Government brand and style.

You will line manage eight staff including three senior content managers and four content managers, and participate in an on-call rota for out-of-hours support. The role focuses on citizen-centred content design and HTML-first publishing.