Responsibilities

• Lead and develop five Senior Executive Officers and their teams across digital partnerships, content production, social media and GOV.UK publishing.
• Manage resource allocation, workflow coordination and capacity planning across competing priorities.
• Work collaboratively with media, strategy, events and policy teams to integrate digital into wider communications planning.
• Provide first-line quality control and clearance, ensuring high standards and compliance with Civil Service Code
• Apply political instincts and attention to detail to spot risks and opportunities in content before publication.
• Lead performance management, setting objectives and providing regular feedback.
• Create a culture of excellence, innovation and collaboration, identifying development opportunities and supporting career progression.
• Build strong relationships with Private Offices, special advisers, policy officials and press teams.
• Deputise for the Head of Digital Communications with senior stakeholders when required.
• Manage relationships with external suppliers, agencies and partners.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading digital communications in a high-profile, fast-moving environment, with responsibility for coordinating delivery across multiple channels and priorities.
• You are confident leading and developing teams through others, setting clear expectations, managing performance and building capability across a range of digital disciplines.
• Strong judgement and attention to detail and can provide effective quality control and clearance in politically sensitive or reputationally important situations.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders and partner teams, and can influence decisions while balancing strategic goals, delivery pressures and governance requirements.
• Bring broad digital communications expertise and are comfortable being hands-on when needed, ideally with practical content creation skills as well as the ability to spot opportunities for innovation and improvement.

Preferred

• Practical content creation skills, for example drafting or editing copy, overseeing asset production, or shaping content directly when needed.
• Experience managing high-profile or sensitive communications where accuracy, judgement and reputational risk are critical.