Senior Interaction Designer

2 weeks ago

Cardiff, United Kingdom UK Civil Service Full time

Job summary

At Companies House, we have a well-established User-Centred Design team within our Digital and Technology directorate, which includes a team of interaction designers, service designers, content designers, user researchers and performance analysts. Our services are critical for the UK economy, and as an organisation we are committed to making them as user friendly, inclusive, and accessible as possible. �

We�re looking for a Senior Interaction Designer who is passionate about designing accessible digital services that everyone can use.��

Services we have recently designed include: �
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We�re a friendly, sociable team who enjoy meeting up on a regular basis outside the work environment too. �

We offer an excellent benefits package that includes a generous 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day, flexitime with no core hours and enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.�

Job description

As a Senior Interaction Designer, you�ll:�

be an expert practitioner who uses agile methodologies, can work in a fast-paced, evolving environment, and use an iterative method and flexible approach to designing digital services that meet user needs�be an expert at designing concepts, and building advanced prototypes using the  Prototype Kit,as well as apps such as Figma and Mural�be a confident and competent designer who can develop designs for user-centred, accessible services, based on evidence of user needs and organisational outcomes�be able to communicate complex user needs and tell the story of how the digital design meets these needs�communicate complex design decisions with technical, delivery and product teams, and influence the end-to-end design of a digital service�work on multiple concurrent services at different stages of delivery�play an important role in ensuring that our services meet the Service Standard and present evidence at service assessments�contribute to and use the  Design System�be trusted to make good decisions and recognise when to ask for further guidance and support�build relationships across Companies House and cross-government digital delivery communities, to focus on the needs of our users and to influence stakeholders�

Person specification

Please refer to the bullet points below and the technical skills section when writing your personal statement.�

We�re looking for a Senior Interaction Designer who:�

listens to the needs of the technical and business stakeholders��manages stakeholders� expectations and is flexible - being capable of proactive and reactive communication�makes decisions to meet user needs�absorbs large amounts of information and uses it to produce designs�understands and works within the given constraints (including, but not limited to, technology, policy, regulatory, financial, and legal constraints), and challenges constraints that can be changed�shares best practice and can coach others�is aware of the importance of ensuring services are accessible to all�

Front-end development experience would be advantageous but is not essential. Line management experience would also be advantageous but is not essential.�

About Companies House  �

Companies House plays a pivotal role in providing the environment that makes the UK a great place to do business. We have achieved high digital take-up of our services for providing and searching company information, and those services achieve high customer satisfaction. We have led the way in providing an open and transparent company register. The information on the register is searched billions of times a year to support the making of millions of business decisions. It is also used every day by UK and overseas law enforcement, by civil society, and by citizens. The additional services we�ll introduce this year will further enhance our digital capability and move us towards customers being able to undertake every journey digitally. As we introduce those new services, and re-engineer existing ones, our expectation is that improved and enhanced services will attract more customers, increasing our digital take-up rate.�

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Seeing the Big PictureMaking Effective DecisionsCommunicating and InfluencingManaging a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Evidence and context-based designPrototyping in code

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �33,134, Companies House contributes �9,598 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Please note that the minimum salary does not reflect the 2023/24 pay deal and we are therefore expecting this to increase in the near future.

We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we�re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.�

Head to� to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House.��

We celebrate diversity...�

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we�re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.�

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the��and the�

Where will you be working?�

You will be aligned to our Cardiff Office, where we are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on business need, your role and your day-to-day work activities and will be discussed at offer stage.�

We're�currently exploring options for new office space in the Cardiff and surrounding areas as we're due to be moving from our current building - join us on this journey where we can support you in your career and professional growth. Details are still being confirmed about our new building and we're keeping all our colleagues updated.�

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