What should the Director of Digital Engagement do?
The UK Government is hiring a senior Director of Digital Engagement:
This is not a role for a generalist. The professional skills required are formidable. Engagement in the digital space is a young ‘profession’ and the job requires someone who would be acknowledged by their peer group to be a leader in this field. The successful candidate will have a CV that creates instant credibility and confidence with Ministers, senior officials and digital communicators in Whitehall.
The to-do list in the job description is… challenging. Fix consultation. Embed digital in day-to-day working. Bring the web into the Press Office. With so much to do, and so many pressures, what should the poor soul do first?
I like the online customer feedback and ideas generation tool UserVoice, so inspired by ObamaCTO – a wish list of priorities for Obama’s new CTO – I’ve put together a list of priorities for the new UK Director. It’s starting to fill up nicely with issues of procurement, access to social media and opening up public information. What would you like to see them do?
http://digitalengagement.uservoice.com/
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13 Responses to “What should the Director of Digital Engagement do?”
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Nice application of User Voice, Steph. Good thinking.
There are some grand requirements in there.
Is there a consensus amongst the ‘digital community’ about what world class digital engagement looks and feels like when applied by government?
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I’d love that job and would totally do it well. But I’m not eligible as a US citizen. :\
It’s not the US Presidency y’know! Here in the UK, for a job like that we’ll take anybody (assuming they have the right visa)…
Heh. The requisition says “National Eligibility: UK National, EEA National, Commonwealth Citizen”
@Aaron: Hmmm, interesting. Good spot! Seems strange to bar US citizens…
Wow! That’s been a long time in the gestation. Glad its finally made it into the wild. Will watch with interest.
Thank you Steph, for choosing to use UserVoice! How’s everything going so far? Any new hires?
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Is there a consensus amongst the ‘digital community’ about what world class digital engagement looks and feels like when applied by government?
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