Job Description

Editorial Specialist

Division: Operations

Department Strategic Communications & News

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £39,100 to £43,500 and London from £41,600 to £46,000 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Associate – level 8 - Corporate

• Your external recruitment contact is Benjamin via benjamin.paulon@fca.org.uk.

• Your internal recruitment contact is Fizah via FizahFarouk.Ibrahim@fca.org.uk

• Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

About the FCA and team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.

The FCA Strategic Comms & News team works to deliver our strategic vision of being a smarter regulator, supporting growth, helping consumers navigate their financial lives, and fighting financial crime.

Our work is underpinned by our Communications Plan, which sets out our priorities, the activities we will focus on and how we will measure success in a changing and challenging comms landscape.

This department is at the heart of what and how the organisation communicates – setting the strategic direction and making sure the FCA’s external communications are clear, concise and compelling. Our advice on how best to use communication can help to shape behaviours and the FCA’s reputation, not just manage it.

Role responsibilities

• Develop key explanatory chapters of FCA publications by drafting and refining content in collaboration with policy teams and strategic communication partners to ensure key messages are developed early, understood clearly and embedded in summary material

• Edit a range of publications, digital content, corporate documents and blogs to ensure they are clear, concise and meet plain English standards, while peer writing with colleagues across the FCA where necessary

• Use AI tools to improve drafting and editorial processes through building, testing and refining prompts to guide policy and corporate teams so they consistently deliver sharp, clear and easily digestible documents

• Support and advocate for the organisation’s tone of voice and writing style by educating colleagues so they understand why this approach is used and how to apply it effectively

• Guide and shape the tone and content of written work using experience and creativity to enhance communication impact and consistency

• Collaborate with colleagues across the Communication Directorate, including Strategic Comms and News, Digital and Design, social media and Speechwriting to ensure joined up and effective outputs

Skills required

Minimum:

• Ability to turn complex information into clear, concise and compelling messages, with advanced written skills and the capability to match an organisation’s tone of voice

• Understanding of best practice in creating engaging written content, alongside good knowledge of plain language and clear, accessible communication

• Stakeholder management experience, with the ability to convince internal colleagues of the need for clear content and advocate for where necessary

Essential:

• Solid editorial experience both writing and editing corporate documents like annual reports/business plans, as well as consultation and policy papers

• Relevant experience of working in a similar role

• Technical specialism in clear content (plain language), experience of writing and editing all sorts of content – turning technical information into compelling, accessible content

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)

• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary

• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance

• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually

• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values & culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability Confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timeline

• Advert Closing: Midnight on the 30/06

• CV Review/Shortlist: 02/07

• First Stage Interviews: from the 09/07 moving forward

• Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.