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2024 Selection Recruitment Examination (Assistant Director level (equivalent to Administrative Specialist))

We are seeking an Assistant Director (equivalent to Administrative Specialist) who is in charge of the implementation of affairs related to the administration under the jurisdiction of the Digital Agency in the following terms and conditions.

1. Job Description

An Assistant Director (equivalent to Administrative Specialist) who is in charge of the implementation of affairs related to the administration under the jurisdiction of the Digital Agency will be hired for each of the following four Career Courses (*).
*Details of the career course can be found at hiring of experienced personnel (National Public Service Recruitment Examination)

Career Courses

1. Policy Design

  • Mission: Design and implement user-centered policies and services, and link them to social implementation in coordination with stakeholders
  • Main business:
    • Planning, execution, and management of digital policies based on "Priority plan for the Realization of digital society"
    • Planning and operation of meetings and coordination of opinions for decision-making for policy implementation
    • Research, analysis, and documentation necessary for policy formulation and stakeholder management
  • Example Assignees:
    *After hiring, the decision will be made in consideration of the skill set. In addition, even after joining the agency, the assignment destination may change depending on the status of the project.

2. design, organization

  • Mission: design and operate a highly productive, self-powered, digital-first organization
  • Main business:
    • Smooth execution of operations in each specialized area of the back office centered on the areas of general affairs, human resources, and accounting
    • Planning, execution, and management for organization design toward the realization of Mission Vision Value in Digital Agency
    • Development and improvement of BPR and operation manuals to review the operation flow and improve the experience of various employees
    • Team building with members from various backgrounds such as central government, private sector companies, local government, etc.
  • Assign to:
    After hiring, the decision will be made in light of the skill set. In addition, even after joining the agency, the assignment destination may change due to personnel changes.

3. Tech

  • Mission: Engineering to align with modern technology and improve service quality
  • Main business:
    • Product management related to Issue arrangement / solution measures for product provision
    • Project management related to the formulation and execution of short-term, medium - and long-term project plans
    • Adjustment work related to system development / operation (formulation of written specifications, budget request, vendor control, etc.)
    • Promotion of projects after building consensus with stakeholders such as related ministries and agencies and local government
  • Example Assignees:
    After hiring, the decision will be made in consideration of the skill set. In addition, even after joining the agency, the assignment destination may change depending on the status of the project.

4. Legal

  • Mission: Conduct a zero based review of the current law and draft a new legal system in line with the digital age
  • Acquired skills Example: law knowledge, research ability, reliable business performance
  • Main business:
    • Planning and adjustment services related to the Digital Agency and systems under the jurisdiction of the law, response to inquiries about interpretation, communication and adjustment with parties concerned with legal amendments, etc.
    • In the consultation on ministries and agencies such as law proposed by each Digital Agency, Digital Agency summarizes opinions, and communicates and coordinates with related ministries and agencies.
  • Example Assignees:
    After hiring, the decision will be made in consideration of the skill set. In addition, even after joining the agency, the assignment destination may change depending on the status of the project.

2. Image of desired human resources

2-1. Essential Requirements

It is common to all career courses.

  • Someone who has a keen interest in public affairs and an eagerness to serve as a servant of the whole
  • A person who has the logical ability to think, judge, and express himself / herself so that he / she can resolve Issue.
  • A person who has the ability to appropriately and effectively engage in interpersonal negotiations and coordination with a wide range of stakeholders
  • A person who has the knowledge and ability of efficient and agile business execution methods and other knowledge acquired through work experience.
  • Persons who have qualities that are expected to improve their knowledge and abilities through training or work experience after employment

2-2. Welcome Requirements

It depends on the career course.

Welcome Requirements in Policy Design

  • A person who has experience as a consultant at a consulting firm, experience similar to that of a person in charge of public relations at a private sector operating company, or at least 3 years of practical experience in planning at a central government agency or a public organization such as local governments
  • A person who is responsible for coordination and negotiation operations inside and outside a large-scale organization and has high accountability and coordination ability to coordinate the opinions of many stakeholders

Welcome Requirements at "organization design"

  • Those who have at least 3 years of experience in back-office work at a public authorities such as a central government agency, local governments, or independent administrative agency, or at a public institution such as a university or hospital.
  • A person who has a positive attitude to create a new private sector while taking a positive view of working in an administrative organizational culture that has a different organization from a organizational culture company.
  • A person who has high management ability to improve productivity and engagement by bringing members from various backgrounds together as a team

Welcome Requirements in Tech

  • A person who has knowledge of QCD and has experience in producing results and achievements
  • A person who has PM experience in a business company, etc. and has any of the following successful experiences
    • Projects with development costs of 1 billion yen or more (regardless of whether outsourced or in-house)
    • Recovery and settlement of trouble projects (whether outsourced or in-house)
    • Hybrid of outsourcing and in-house production
  • A person who has an attitude of actively engaging in operations that are not directly related to the technology domain (budget management, requests, external explanations, etc.)

Welcome Requirements in "Legal"

  • A person who is capable of conducting research on documents necessary for the interpretation of law proposals, etc., and conducting systematic design and planning, etc.
  • Persons who have experience in legal affairs, such as interpretation and operation of law, response to preliminary examination by the Cabinet Legislation Bureau, and revision work of local government regulation
  • In addition, even if the work is indirectly related to law (overseas research, conference management, etc.), the person has an attitude to actively engage in it.

3. Eligibility

  • Persons who have graduated from a university, junior college, college of technology, or high school, or persons who are deemed to have academic ability equivalent or superior thereto, and who have a certain level of work experience (as of April 1 of the twenty twenty-five (including expected dates), persons who have graduated from a university have 16 years or more of work experience, persons who have graduated from a junior college or college of technology have 19 years or more of work experience, and persons who have graduated from a high school have 21 years or more of work experience);
    *In order to confirm whether or not the relevant qualifications are met, the final successful candidates will be required to submit a Certificate of Employment, etc. Please note that the period during which a Certificate of Employment, etc. cannot be submitted will not be included in the calculation of work experience. In addition, if a Certificate of Employment, etc. cannot be submitted or a Certificate of Employment, etc. containing false statements is submitted, the employment offer may be canceled.

Please note that those who fall under the following items cannot apply.

  • A person who does not have Japanese nationality
  • A person who cannot be a national public officer pursuant to the provisions of Article 38 of the National Public Service Act
    • A person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment and who has not completed the execution of the sentence or to whom the sentence still applies
    • A person who has been dismissed due to disciplinary action and less than two years have passed since the date of the disciplinary action
    • A person who, on or after the date on which the Constitution of Japan comes into effect, has formed or joined a political party or any other organization that advocates the overthrow by force of the Constitution of Japan or the government established thereunder;
  • Persons who have been declared quasi-incompetent under the provisions of the Civil Code prior to the revision in 1999 (excluding those due to diminished capacity)
  • Employees who will reach the mandatory retirement age stipulated under Article 81-6 (Retirement due to Mandatory Retirement Age) of the National Public Service Act no later than the scheduled date of employment (the mandatory retirement age in fiscal year 2024 was 61)

4. Salary and Allowance

  • Remuneration shall be paid in accordance with the Act on Remuneration of Employees in the Regular Service (Act No. 95 of 1950). The amount of remuneration shall be determined individually according to educational background, employment history, etc.
  • Allowances include dependent allowances, housing allowances, commuting allowances, overtime allowances, term-end and diligence allowances (bonuses), and allowance for employees on unaccompanied postings, and are paid according to the actual circumstances of the employee.
  • Example Models
    Assistant level at headquarters (Row (I) 5th level: from 391,880 yen per month)
    *Includes area allowances and allowances for work adjustment at headquarters.

5. Working Hours and Leave

  • Daily working hours are 7 hours and 45 minutes, and in principle, we are closed on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and other holidays.
  • Leave includes annual leave of 20 days per year (in the case of employment on April 1, the year of employment is 15 days, and the remaining number of days is carried over to the following year up to a limit of 20 days), sick leave, special leave (summer, marriage, childbirth, bereavement, volunteer work, etc.), nursing care leave, etc.
  • In addition, as a support system for work-life balance (balancing work and family life), there is a childcare leave system.

6. Selection Schedule (planned)

*The schedule may be changed due to social conditions and other factors.

Part 1

*The reception is closed.

  • Application period: From 15:00 on Monday, June 17, 2024 to 23:59 on Wednesday, July 31, 2017 (reception is valid)
    * 10. How to apply Please see .
    Application is completed with both form entry and submission of documents (resume, job history, essay).
    *Documents to be submitted: Resume, job history, essay
  • First selection pass announcement: Until August 6, 2024 (Tue)
    *All applicants will be notified of the results by email.
  • Second selection: Designated day from the announcement of the results of the first selection to August 27 (Tue), excluding Saturday and Sunday
  • Final acceptance announcement: Wednesday, August 28, 2024
    *Only successful candidates will be notified by e-mail on the day of the announcement.

Part 2

  • Application period: From 15:00 on August 1, 2024 (Thursday) to 23:59 on October 31 (Thursday) (reception valid)
    * 10. How to apply Please see .
    Application is completed with both form entry and submission of documents (resume, job history, essay).
    *Documents to be submitted: Resume, job history, essay
  • First selection pass announcement: Until November 6, 2024 (Wed)
    *All applicants will be notified of the results by email.
  • Second selection: A designated day from the announcement of the results of the first selection to Thursday, November 28, excluding Saturday and Sunday
  • Final acceptance announcement: November 29, 2024 (Friday)
    *Only successful candidates will be notified by e-mail on the day of the announcement.

7. Planned Number of Employees

A few people for each course

8. Scheduled Hiring Date

As a general rule, twenty twenty-five: April 1
*The specific timing will be adjusted individually.
*If the selection schedule changes, the scheduled date of employment may also change.

9. Selection Method

9-1. Selection Details

  • First Selection
    • Document Screening (Career Assessment)
    • Essay examination (examination to determine whether an employee has the ability necessary to perform his / her duties)
  • Second Selection
    • Aptitude tests (tests of basic ability and personality)
    • Interviews (tests of personality, interpersonal skill, etc.)

9-2. Test Site

The second round of screening is scheduled to be held in person at Digital Agency (address: Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioi-cho, 1-3 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) or online.

10. Application Method

10-1. Application Form Entry

10-2. Submission of Necessary Documents

After completion of the application form, an e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address entered to inform you of the submission of the necessary documents. Submission will be completed by attaching the necessary documents to the received e-mail and replying. Please complete the submission of the necessary documents by the application acceptance period. (Strict observance of deadlines)
The necessary documents are as follows.
*Application documents will not be returned. The personal data stated in the application documents will not be used for any purpose other than the procedures related to the hiring.

Please select one of the following three topics for your essay and write it in no more than 2000 characters based on your past experience.

  • The Impact of Advances in Digital Technology on Leadership and Management
  • On the Need for organization Transformation in public authorities and How to Implement It
  • Management methods for utilizing human resources with diverse backgrounds

11. Other

We have posted an archive (video) of business briefings and events held by Digital Agency in the past. If you are interested in Digital Agency, please watch it.

12. Contact information

Digital Agency Recruiter
Tel: 03 6771 8180
Email: saiyo _ atmark _ digital. go. jp
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