GESR Website Lead

Job summary

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a cross-government hub bringing people together to tackle key national issues while working closer to the communities we serve.

Job description

The Government Economic and Social Research (GESR) Team is the central support team for the Government Economic Service (GES) & Government Social Research (GSR) professions.

The central platforms for communicating and engaging with members of the Government Economic Service (GES) & Government Social Research (GSR) professions across government are their respective Members’ Intranet sites. With over 6,000+ members currently signed up across both sites, the Government Economic and Social Research (GESR) Team leads on all aspects of the curation, administration, management, development and maintenance of these across government platforms.

We are looking for someone with the knowledge, skills and/or experience needed to lead and deliver continual curation, operation, maintenance and development of the Members’ Intranet sites for the GES and GSR professions.

The successful candidate will need to be able to: balance a variety of priorities; have the flexibility to respond to changes; and the ability to progress work without supervision and manage their own workload.

This role is a great opportunity for a candidate who has skills and/or experience in maintaining a website, use of content management systems, and either has or wishes to develop their customer management and communication skills.

The role would suit a proactive and self-motivated individual - as Website Lead the successful candidate will be expected to act on their own initiative, identify opportunities for improvement and then make those improvements happen, all within a team context.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

1) Lead on the curation, maintenance, updating and delivery of the GES & GSR Members’ Intranet Sites

• Lead on sites Content Management System (CMS), delivering regular content updates (across the content spectrum - text, visual, audio and video), sourcing content from internal and external stakeholders, ensuring content is relevant, engaging, speaking to audience / membership, meeting member and professional needs, and ensuring stability of service and user experience.
  
  
• This will involve working closely with many members of the GESR Team - including the Marketing Lead, GES & GSR G7 Leads, GES & GSR Learning & Development, GES & GSR Recruitment – and working with GES & GSR members across government.
  
  
• Maintain Member Intranet User Profile databases. This will include processing new user requests, user profile change requests, lead work to maintain and/or improve data quality and coverage of User Profiles, and leading on any related queries or issues.
• Technical lead on members’ sites – fielding related queries from members, users and stakeholders. This will include leading on regular engagement with the supplier on any technical issues, concerns and/or problems.

2) Lead on Supplier Management and continuous technical development of the GES & GSR Members Intranet Sites

• Lead on all aspects of engagement with, and management of, the contracted supplier of the GES & GSR Members’ Intranet sites. This includes all related contract and financial management, such as leading on the operation and annual renewal of hosting, support, and maintenance services from the supplier.
  
  
• Lead on all aspects of continuous technical development and improvement to the sites. This will include:

▪ scoping, researching and identifying possible technical improvements to the sites.

▪ regular engagement with GES & GSR members to identify new demands and/or desired changes to their members sites.

▪ engaging with supplier on feasibility and costs.

▪ engaging within GESR to triangulate and assess desirability of any given potential improvement/s to the member sites.

▪ leading on delivery of agreed developments and improvements (full cycle - design, build, user testing, roll-out, communication of, and all related supplier engagement).

3) Lead on management and development of GOV.uk web pages related to GES & GSR;

• Lead on management and development of GOV.uk pages and content owned by GESR.
  
  
• Deliver changes, updates and improvements to GOV.uk pages and content owned by GESR, as directed by and working with content owners.

4) Corporate, Development and other Business activities:

• Support the co-ordination of internal communications across the GESR Team, ensuring that communication is sequenced and delivered for the maximum impact.
  
  
• Working flexibly and proactively across the GESR team to support changes in priorities or additional activities as required (in line with business needs).
  
  
• When workload allows, this post will have the opportunity to undertake additional responsibilities (in concert with the core responsibilities outlined above) on an agreed basis. GESR place a premium on staff development, providing staff development opportunities, and developing their broader set of professional skills and experiences. For example, this could involve leading on and/or contributing to other tasks and activities within GESR, across the GES & GSR professions, or within HM Treasury.

Candidate Drop-In Sessions

The hiring manager will be running candidate drop-in sessions to give you greater insight about the role and HM Treasury, and ask any questions you might have. If you would like to join us, use the link below to join the call at the right time.

GESR Website Lead Candidate Drop-In Session 1
Wednesday 1 July 2026, 13:00 - 13:45 – Link to Join Drop-In Session 1

GESR Website Lead Candidate Drop-In Session 2
Monday 6 July, 13:00 - 13:45 – Link to Join Drop-In Session 2

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact Dan Donohoe daniela.donohoe@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Person specification

Application Stage

Application Form

Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and a 250-word statement demonstrating evidence of each of the below shortlisting criteria. Your CV and employment history won’t be scored. It’s used to give context to your application and support discussions at interview.

The panel will review applications and invite those that best demonstrate evidence of the shortlisting criteria below for interview. Please keep this in mind when writing your application.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

1. Experience - Please describe the website maintenance, and use of Content Management Systems, experience and/or skills you have that are relevant to this role.

2. Changing & Improving - Please describe how you’ve taken the initiative to identify and deliver changes to a website, platform, process, system or other aspect of your team’s work.

3. Managing a Quality Service - Please demonstrate how you have worked with customers or colleagues to understand their needs and expectations, and then gone on to deliver a good service, product or output for them.

The lead criterion is: Experience

If we receive a high volume of applications, we’ll first sift using the lead criterion (Experience) only. Those meeting the minimum score will then be assessed against all remaining criteria.

Interview Stage

If you are successful at the application stage, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Experience
• Behaviours:
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Changing and improving
  • Working Together
• Strengths

Interview Task / Presentation

Prior to your interview, we will contact you about a presentation that the panel would like you to deliver as part of the assessment. Further details will be communicated to you nearer the time.

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,820, HM Treasury contributes £10,087 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Generous Annual Leave - 25 days (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus public holidays and the King’s birthday.
• Outstanding Pension Scheme - Defined Benefit pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
• Parental Leave Packages - Including 6 months’ occupational pay for maternity/adoption, shared parental leave options.
• Flexible & Hybrid Working - Options include part-time, job-share, compressed hours, flexitime, and hybrid working (where business needs allow).
• Advance Schemes & Discounts - Rental deposit, cycle-to-work, SmartTech, season ticket loans, and access to HM Treasury’s benefits portal for a wide range of discount codes.

You can review HM Treasury’s full offer here.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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

Candidate Guidance

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: Wednesday 8th July 2026
• Shortlisting: From 9th July 2026
• Interviews: w/c 27th July 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.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Dan Donohoe
• Email : Daniela.Donohoe@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Further information

Complaints Process: Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment based on fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact HMT by email at: hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

Attachments

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