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Content Designer (12 months maternity cover)

Do you believe in the power of data to improve people’s lives? Do you want to enable exciting data driven research to take place securely and for the public good? Research Data Scotland needs you!

Are you a creative organised individual with a passion for producing detailed, engaging and informative content? Do you always put service user needs at the heart of your work, seeking out their feedback to make user journeys simpler and easier?

We have an exciting Maternity Cover opportunity to work in an agile multi-disciplinary project team to support the development of our Researcher Access Service and design content for our web and digital channels. This role works with stakeholders at every level in our organisation and across multiple technical disciplines, as such we are looking to appoint a highly motivated and conscientious individual.

Key details

Role: Content Designer (12 months maternity cover)
Salary range: £38,649 - £45,599 (B2) (RDS employees start at the first point on the scale)
Hours: 32 per week, full-time. At RDS we offer a four day (32 hours) week for our full-time colleagues
Employment type: 12 months fixed term contract
Closing date: 13 April 2025

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If you would like an informal chat about RDS and the role, or if we can make any adjustments to our standard application or selection process to make things easier for you, please let us know. To get in touch, please email us at jobs@researchdata.scot.

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