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Selection and Recruitment Examination for the 2024 academic year (for unit chief level (general service equivalent))

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We are looking for an employee at the Unit Chief level (equivalent to General Service staff) who will be in charge of administrative work related to the administrative affairs of the Digital Agency in the following guidelines.
*The application is closed.

1. Job description

Recruitment of personnel at the Unit Chief level (equivalent to General Service) who are responsible for the implementation of administrative work related to the administrative affairs of the Digital Agency will be based on the following four Career course (*).
*Details of the career course can be found at hiring of experienced personnel (national government officer Recruitment Examination)

Career course

1. Policy design

  • Mission: User-centered planning and implementation of policies and services, coordinated with stakeholders and linked to social implementation
  • The main activities are as follows.
    • Planning, implementation and management of digital policies based on the "Priority Plan for the Realization of a Digital Society"
    • Planning, management and coordination of decision-making meetings for policy implementation
    • Research, analysis and documentation required for policy formulation and stakeholder management
  • Examples of assignments are as follows. After you are hired, you will be assigned based on your skill set. In addition, the assignee may change depending on the status of the project after you enter the office.

2. Organization Design

  • Mission: Design and run your own productive, digital-first organization
  • The main activities are as follows.
    • Smooth execution of operations in each specialized area of the back office, centered on general affairs, personnel, and accounting areas
    • Mission, Vision and Values in Digital Agency Formulation and execution of plans and management for organizational design toward realization
    • Review the work flow and develop and improve BPR and work manuals to improve the experience of various employees
    • Team building with members from various backgrounds such as central ministries and agencies, private companies, and local governments
  • The assignee will be determined after hiring based on the skill set. In addition, the assignee may change after entering the office due to personnel changes.

3. Tech

  • Mission: Engineering to improve service quality with modern technology
  • The main activities are as follows.
    • Product management related to measures for sorting out and solving issues in providing products
    • Project management for formulating and executing short -, medium -, and long-term project plans
    • Coordination work related to system development and operation (formulation of specifications, budget requests, vendor control, etc.)
    • Promotion of projects through consensus building with stakeholders such as related ministries and agencies and local governments
  • Examples of assignments are as follows. After you are hired, you will be assigned based on your skill set. In addition, the assignee may change depending on the status of the project after you enter the office.
    • Online counter for administrative procedures: Mynaportal,
    • Corporate certification: gBizID,
    • Administrative Services and Policy Portal: e-Gov
    • Grant Application Platform: jGrants,
    • Social Infrastructure Databank: Registry
    • Standard business environment for all governments (business PCs and network environments): Government Solution Service (GSS)
    • Common Government Cloud Services: Government Cloud

4. Legal

  • Mission: Conduct a zero based review of the current laws and regulations and formulate a new legal system in line with the digital age
  • Skills to be acquired Examples: laws and regulations expertise, research skills, solid clerical skills
  • The main activities are as follows.
    • Planning and coordination of laws and regulations and systems under the jurisdiction of Digital Agency, response to inquiries about interpretation, and liaison and coordination with parties concerned with legal revisions
    • Compiled opinions as the Digital Agency in consultations for Digital Agency, including laws and regulations, which were drafted by the various ministries and agencies, and communicated and coordinated with the related ministries and agencies
  • Examples of assignments are as follows. After you are hired, you will be assigned based on your skill set. In addition, the assignee may change depending on the status of the project after you enter the office.

2. Ideal Human Resources

2-1. Essential Requirements

Common to all career courses.

  • A person who has a strong interest in public affairs and the enthusiasm to work as a servant of the whole
  • A person who has the ability to think logically, judge and express themselves in order to solve problems
  • Individuals with excellent communication skills who can coordinate with a wide range of stakeholders
  • A person who has acquired techniques for efficient and agile business execution as well as other knowledge and ability through his / her work experience
  • A person who is expected to improve his / her knowledge and ability through training or work experience after initial appointment.

2-2. Welcome Requirements

It depends on the career course.

Welcome Requirements for "Policy Design"

  • Persons with consulting experience at consulting firms, experience similar to public relations at private business companies, or at least 3 years of practical experience in planning at public institutions such as central ministries and agencies and local governments
  • A person who is responsible for coordination and negotiations inside and outside a large-scale organization and has high explanatory and coordinating skills to coordinate the opinions of many stakeholders.

Welcome Requirements for "Organization Design"

  • Employees with at least three years of experience in back office work at government agencies such as central ministries and agencies, local governments, and independent administrative agencies, or at public institutions such as universities and hospitals
  • Employees who have a positive attitude toward working in an administrative organization with an organizational culture that is different from that of the private sector and who have a positive attitude toward creating a new organizational culture
  • A person with high management ability to improve productivity and engagement by forming a team with members from various backgrounds

Welcome Requirements for "Tech"

  • A person with knowledge of QCD and experience in producing results and achievements
  • A person who has experience as a PM at a business company, etc. and has one of the following successful experiences
    • Projects with development costs of 1 billion yen or more (regardless of outsourcing or in-house production)
    • Recovery and resolution of problem projects (whether outsourced or in-house)
    • Hybrid outsourcing and in-house projects
  • Employees who actively engage in work not directly related to the technology field (budget management and requests, external explanation, etc.)

Welcome "Legal" Requirements

  • A person who is capable of researching documents necessary for the interpretation, etc. of the laws and regulations Plan and of designing and planning systems, etc.
  • Experience in legislative work, including interpretation and implementation of laws and regulations, response to preliminary examination of Cabinet Legislation Bureau, and revision of ordinance of local governments
  • A person who has a positive attitude even when the work is indirectly related to the laws and regulations (survey of foreign countries, management of meetings, etc.)

3. Application Requirements

  • Persons who have graduated from a university, junior college, technical college, or senior high school, or are deemed to have academic ability equivalent thereto, and who have a certain level of work experience (as of April 1, 2025 (including expected date), eight years or more for those who have graduated from a university, 11 years or more for those who have graduated from a junior college or technical college, and 13 years or more for those who have graduated from a senior high school).
    *In order to confirm whether or not such qualifications are met, the final successful candidate will be asked 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 if a Certificate of Employment, etc. containing a false statement is submitted, the offer of employment may be cancelled.

Please note that those who fall under the following categories will not be able to apply.

  • A person who does not have Japanese nationality
  • Persons who are not eligible to become a national government officer under Section 38 of the national government officer Act.
    • A person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a severer punishment and who has not yet completed the execution of the sentence or to whom the sentence still applies
    • A person who has been subject to disciplinary dismissal and for whom two years have yet to elapse from the date of such disposition
    • A person who, on or after the day on which the Constitution of Japan came into effect, formed or became a member of a political party or any other organization which advocated the overthrow by force of the Constitution of Japan or the Government established thereunder;
  • Persons who have been declared quasi-incompetent pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Code prior to revision in 1999 (excluding those due to diminished capacity)
  • Persons who fall under the retirement age prescribed in Article 81-6 of the national government officer and Harbor Act (retirement due to retirement age) by the scheduled time of employment (the retirement age in the 2024 academic year is 61 years old)

4. Salary and Allowances

  • Salaries are paid in accordance with the Act on Salaries of Employees in the Regular Service (Act No. 95 of 1950). The amount of salary is determined individually according to academic and professional background, etc.
  • Allowances include dependent allowances, housing allowances, commuting allowances, overtime allowances, term-end / diligence allowances (bonuses), allowance for employees on unaccompanied postings, etc., which are paid according to the actual situation of the employee.
  • Model Example
    Unit Chief level at headquarters (Grade 3, Administrative Division (1): 306,580 yen or more per month)
    *Includes regional allowances and headquarters adjustment allowances.

5. Working Hours and Leave

  • The working hours per day are 7 hours and 45 minutes, and in principle, holidays such as Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays are closed.
  • In addition to the 20 days of annual leave per year (if an employee is hired on April 1, the number of days is 15 in the year of hiring, and the remaining 20 days are carried over to the following year), employees may take sick leave, special leave (for summer, marriage, childbirth, bereavement, volunteer work, etc.), and family care leave.
  • In addition, as a system to support work-life balance (balancing work and family life), we have a childcare leave system.

6. Selection Schedule (tentative)

*The schedule is subject to change due to social conditions, etc.

  • Part 1
    *The reception is closed.
  • Part 2
    *The reception is closed.

Part 1

*The reception is closed.

  • Application period: from 15:00 on Monday, June 17 to 23:59 on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 (reception is valid)
    * Please see 10. Application Method .
    Your application will be completed upon completion of the form and submission of the required documents (resume, curriculum vitae, and essay).
    *Documents to Submit: Resume, Work Experience, Short Essay
  • Announcement of results of the 1st selection: By Tuesday, August 6, 2024
    *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 August 27 (Tue), excluding Saturdays and Sundays
  • Final Exam Results: Wednesday, August 28, 2024
    *Only successful applicants will be notified by e-mail on the day of announcement of results.

Part 2

*The reception is closed.

  • Application period: From Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 15:00 to Thursday, October 31 at 23:59 (reception is valid)
    * Please see 10. Application Method .
    Your application will be completed upon completion of the form and submission of the required documents (resume, curriculum vitae, and essay).
    *Documents to Submit: Resume, Work Experience, Short Essay
  • Announcement of results of the 1st selection: By Wednesday, November 6, 2024
    *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 November 28 (Thursday), excluding Saturdays and Sundays.
  • Final Exam Results: Friday, November 29, 2024
    *Only successful applicants will be notified by e-mail on the day of announcement of results.

7. Number to be hired

Several people for each course

8. Scheduled Hiring Date

April 1, 2025, in principle
*Specific timing will be adjusted individually.
*If the selection schedule changes, the scheduled recruitment date may also change.

9. Selection Process

9-1. Details of Selection

  • Primary screening
    • Document Screening (Career Evaluation)
    • Short Essay Test (a test to determine whether or not an applicant has the ability necessary to perform his / her duties)
  • Second Selection
    • Aptitude tests (tests that measure basic abilities and personality)
    • Face-to-face Examination (to examine personality, interpersonal skill, etc.)

9-2. Test Site

The second round of screenings will be held in person at Digital Agency (address: Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, 1-3 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) or online.

10. How to Apply

10-1. Entering the Application Form

10-2. Submission of Required Documents

Please attach the necessary documents when you fill out the application form. Please complete the application process by submitting the necessary documents by the application deadline.

  • Required documents
    *Application documents will not be returned. The personal information provided in the application documents will not be used for any purpose other than the procedures related to this employment.
    • Resume / Work Experience (Form 1)
    • Short Essay (Form 2)
      Referring to the most recent "Priority Plan for the Realization of a Digital Society," list the fields and measures in which you are interested. Based on your past work experience, describe specifically what you consider to be problem awareness and methods for solving those problems (within 2000 characters).

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

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