Senior Interaction Designer - Newport

jobs24.co.uk; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

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Location: United Kingdom Security Vetting, East Cliff, Bournemouth

Job Ref: 189f5a7b2b9b4485846e9fa87cc8fd43

We are looking for a Senior Interaction Designer to join our fantastic community of interaction and content designers who are playing a vital role in supporting our digital transformation programme. This is a chance to work on services that matter, at a huge scale, with people who value design. As a senior designer within the Intellectual Property Office, you will work in multidisciplinary teams, alongside researchers and developers, to deliver world-class, user-centred public services that meet the Government Design Principles.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Identifying and fixing some of the toughest problems in public infrastructure.
2. Focusing on the design of services at scale.
3. Establishing and promoting best practice and standards.
4. Supporting the professionalisation and maturity of user-centred design practice through peer support, tutoring, and mentoring of others in the team.
5. Facilitating design critiques and aligning design patterns across multiple services.
6. Documenting complex user journeys.
7. Building strong working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
8. Demonstrating good leadership and collaborative working skills.
9. Presenting and communicating effectively across a variety of situations and levels of stakeholders.

This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices. This role is based in our Newport office. The requirement for attendance at an office location can vary by role, so we encourage candidates to discuss working arrangements with the recruiting manager.

Benefits:

• Unlimited Pluralsight video learning access
• Access to Microsoft's ESI training suite
• Hybrid working with no core hours
• Substantial support for career progression
• 25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments
• 8 days public leave and 1 day privilege leave

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience of working in an agile, multi-disciplinary team environment; able to deliver iterative design components as part of a project team.
• Experience of designing accessible solutions across a range of channels to meet customer needs.
• Experience of working with the GOV.UK Design System, Service Manual, and design principles.
• Experience of user-centred design deliverables, such as service blueprints, user flows, process flows, and site maps.
• Experience of leading community of practice activities.
• Experience of working with prototyping tools, including GOV.UK prototype kit and Adobe XD.
• Experience of conducting usability testing, either directly or alongside user researchers.
• Experience of mentoring and coaching designers across the user-centred design profession.
• Experience of line management and supporting individuals in development plans.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience, and Technical skills. Additional details on security and vetting will be provided to successful candidates.

Alongside your salary of £46,262, the Intellectual Property Office contributes £13,402 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.