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2025 Selection Employment Examination (Section Chief Level (General Service Equivalent))

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We are looking for a Section Chief level (equivalent to General Service) employee who is in charge of duties such as implementation of affairs related to Digital Agency jurisdiction administration according to the following guidelines.

  1. Job description
  2. Desired image of a person
  3. Eligibility
  4. Salaries and allowances
  5. Working hours and leave
  6. Selection Schedule (planned)
  7. Planned number of new hires
  8. Planned date of hiring
  9. Selection procedure
  10. How to apply
  11. Other
  12. Contact Information

1. Job description

Section Chief level (equivalent to General Service) employees who are in charge of duties such as implementation of affairs related to Digital Agency jurisdiction administration in the following guidelines will be hired for each of the following four career courses.

1-1. Career Course

1-1-1. Policy Design

1-1-2. Organization Design

  • Course Mission: Design and Operate a Productive, Digital First Organization Yourself
  • Main business:
    • Smooth execution of operations in each specialized area of the back-office, focusing on general affairs, human resources, and accounting
    • Planning, implementation, and management of organizational planning for the realization of Mission, Vision and Values in Digital Agency
    • Review the work flow and develop and improve BPR and work manuals to improve the experience of various staff members
    • Team building with members from various backgrounds such as central government agencies, private companies, and local governments

1-1-3. Tech

1-1-4. Legal

  • Course Mission: Review the current laws and ordinances on a zero basis and draft a new legal system in line with the digital age
  • Main business:
    • Planning and coordination related to the laws and ordinances and systems under the jurisdiction of the Digital Agency, response to inquiries about interpretations, and liaison and coordination with parties concerned with legal revisions
    • Compilation of opinions as the Digital Agency, and liaison and coordination with related ministries and agencies in the consultation on laws and ordinances and other Digital Agency drafted by the Cabinet Office and each ministry and agency
  • Example of assigned to:
    *After being hired for all courses, the assignment destination will be decided based on the skill set. In addition, the assignment destination may change depending on the project status, etc. after entering the agency.

2. Desired image of human resources

2-1. Essential Requirements

It is common to all career courses.

  • A person who has a strong interest in public affairs and an eagerness to work as a servant of the whole
  • A person who has the ability to think logically, make judgments, and express themselves so as to be able to solve problems
  • A person who has a high level of communication ability to coordinate with a wide range of stakeholders
  • A person who has the skills and knowledge, including methods for efficient and flexible business execution, acquired through work experience
  • A person who has qualities that are expected to improve his / her knowledge and ability through training or work experience after his / her employment

2-2. Welcome Requirements

It depends on the career course.

2-2-1. Welcoming Requirements in "Policy Design"

  • A person who has at least 3 years of experience as a consultant at a consulting firm, experience in charge of public relations at a private business company, or practical experience in planning at a public organization such as a central government agency or a local public entity
  • A person who is in charge of coordination and negotiation inside and outside a large-scale organization and has a high level of explanatory ability and coordination ability to coordinate the opinions of many stakeholders

2-2-2. Welcome Requirements for "Organizational Design"

  • A person who has at least 3 years of practical experience in back-office work at an administrative organization such as a central government agency, local government, or incorporated administrative agency, or a public organization such as a university or hospital
  • A person who has a positive attitude toward working in an administrative organization with an organizational culture different from that of private companies and who has a positive attitude toward creating a new organizational culture
  • A person who has high management ability to improve productivity and engagement with members from various backgrounds as a team

2-2-3. Welcome Requirements for "Tech"

  • A person who has knowledge of QCD and has experience in producing results and achievements
  • A person who has experience as a PM at an operating company, etc. and has any of the following successful experiences
    • Projects with a development cost of 1 billion yen or more (regardless of whether they are outsourced or in-house)
    • Recovery and convergence of troubled projects (whether outsourced or in-house)
    • Hybrid outsourcing and in-house projects
  • A person who has an attitude to actively engage in operations that are not directly related to the technology area (budget management, requests, external explanations, etc.)

2-2-4. Welcome Requirements for "Legal"

  • A person who is capable of investigating documents necessary for the interpretation, etc. of the laws and ordinances Plan, and designing and planning systems
  • A person who has experience in legal duties such as interpretation and operation of laws and ordinances, response to preliminary examination of Cabinet Legislation Bureau, revision work of municipal ordinance, etc.
  • Persons who are willing to actively engage in other work that is indirectly related to the laws and ordinances (research on foreign countries, management of meetings, etc.)

3. Eligibility

Persons who have graduated from a university, junior college, college of technology, or senior high school, or who are deemed to have scholastic ability equivalent to or higher than these, and who have a certain level of work experience (as of April 1, 2025 (including expected years), eight years or more for persons who have graduated from a university, 11 years or more for persons who have graduated from a junior college or college of technology, or 13 years or more for persons who have graduated from a senior high school);
*In order to confirm whether or not the relevant qualifications are met, the final successful candidate will be required to submit a Certificate of Employment, etc. Please note that the period during which the Certificate of Employment, etc. cannot be submitted will not be included in the work experience. In addition, if the Certificate of Employment, etc. cannot be submitted or a false Certificate of Employment, etc. is submitted, the employment offer may be cancelled.

Please note that applicants who fall under any of the following categories are not eligible to apply.

  • Persons who do not have Japanese nationality
  • A person who is unable to become a national government officer pursuant to the provisions of Article 38 of the national government officer Act
    • A person who has been sentenced to imprisonment without work or a severer punishment and who has not yet finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;
    • A person who has received a disposition of dismissal by disciplinary action and for whom two years have not passed since the date of such disposition
    • A person who, on or after the day on which the Constitution of Japan comes into effect, has formed or joined a political party or any other organization which advocates the overthrow of the Constitution of Japan or the government established thereunder by force or violence;
  • A person who has been sentenced to quasi-incompetency pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Code prior to its revision in 1999 (other than due to diminished capacity)
  • Persons who meet the mandatory retirement age set forth in Article 81-6 (Retirement Due to Mandatory Retirement Age) of the national government officer Act by the time they are scheduled to be hired (the mandatory retirement age in FY 2025 was 62)

4. Salary and Allowances

  • The monthly salary at the time of initial appointment shall be determined in consideration of the balance with the monthly salary received by an employee who has been appointed through the national government officer General Service Examination (university graduate) or the national government officer Level II Employment Examination and who has the same level of years of experience as the appointed employee.
  • Allowances include dependent allowances, housing allowances, commuting allowances, overtime allowances, end-of-term allowances and diligence allowances (bonuses), and allowance for employees on unaccompanied postings, which are paid according to the actual circumstances of the employee.
  • Model example: Section Chief level at headquarters (from 335,860 yen per month for Grade (I) 3)
    *Including regional allowances and allowances for work adjustment at headquarters.

5. Working Hours and Leave

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

6. Selection Schedule (tentative)

We are hiring throughout the year. It takes about three months from the time you apply to the time you get a job offer.
*The schedule is subject to change due to social conditions and other factors.

7. Planned Number of Hires

A few students in each course

8. Scheduled Date of Employment

After May 1, 2025 in principle
*The specific timing will be adjusted individually.

9. Selection Process

9-1. Selection Process

  • 1st selection
    • Document Screening (Career Evaluation)
    • Essay test (a test to determine whether a person has the ability necessary to perform his / her duties)
  • Second round selection
    • Aptitude tests (tests to measure basic ability and personality)
    • Multiple face-to-face examinations (examinations on personality, interpersonal skill, etc.)

9-2. Test Site

We are planning to conduct online using Microsoft Teams.

10. Application Procedures

10-1. Application Form Entry

Please apply for the course of your choice below.
List of Jobs for Selection - Digital Agency (HERP Hire)

10-2. Submission of Required Documents

Please attach the necessary documents when filling out the application form.
*Application documents will not be returned. Personal information included in application documents will not be used for purposes other than the procedures related to this employment.

  • Resume (Word/37KB)
  • CV (Word/26KB)
  • Essay (Word/27KB)
    Please refer to the most recent "Priority Plan Toward the Realization of a Digital Society," list the fields and measures you are interested in, and describe in detail the problem awareness and problem-solving methods you consider, based on what you have learned from your past work experience (up to 2000 characters).

11. Others

An archive (video) of Digital Agency's past business briefings and events is posted. If you are interested in Digital Agency, please watch it.

12. Contact Information

Digital Agency Recruiter
Email: saiyo _ atmark _ digital. go. jp
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