Service Designer

**Design Better Experiences. Deliver Better Outcomes.**

**Who we are & what we stand for**

**Do you want to help make Gateshead a place where everyone thrives?**If that sounds like you, keep reading - we might be the perfect match.

We’re delighted that you’re interested in working with us. You’d be joining us at a very exciting time.

We pride ourselves on our ambitious and forward-thinking approach to taking care of Gateshead and its people, and we passionately believe that our employees reflect that spirit in truly enabling Gateshead to thrive.

At Gateshead Council you’d be a highly valued member of a team that recognises and respects the skills that you bring to your role, encourages creativity and passionately advocates a great work / life balance. Our actions speak louder than words, and with flexi-time and hybrid working available across many of our roles, as well as a full suite of outstanding employee benefits, we’re confident that it isn’t just the salary that attracts our staff.

**Designing Services That Work for Everyone.**

Our **Customer Experience and Digital** service sits at the heart of transforming how Gateshead Council delivers modern, user-focused public services. You’ll be joining a forward-thinking Digital Team that fosters a culture of creativity, collaboration and continuous improvement who are developing solutions to improve customer contact.

We design with our residents, not just for them - and we work closely with services across the Council to make public services easier to use, more inclusive, and better value for money.

**Join us and Put People at the Heart of Service Design.**

Do you enjoy solving problems, working with data, and improving how services work for people? As a **Service Designer (Service Redesign Analyst)**, you’ll work on end-to-end service design projects to improve user experience, increase efficiency, and support transformation across the Council.

You’ll be part of a highly motivated, multi-disciplinary team using tools like service blueprints and process mapping - helping services make lasting changes that matter.

**What you'll get to do**:

- Gather insights through user research, analyse service data, run co-design workshops, and map service journeys to spot pain points and improvement opportunities.
- Communicate findings through clear visualisations and compelling evidence-based narratives to aid decision-making and help define success measures and identify metrics to evaluate service outcomes.
- Support the development, testing and iteration of digital and service solutions, including prototypes, translating user and business needs into documented requirements, acceptance criteria and scenarios for delivery teams.
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders, influencing and constructively challenging them to adopt user-centred, evidence-led ways of working.

**What you'll bring**:

- Experience in conducting user research using both qualitative and quantitative methods and analysing user research findings to inform service or product design
- Confidence in designing and facilitating collaborative workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions
- Success in mapping and analysing end-to-end services and business processes to identify improvement opportunities, producing evidence-based recommendations and presenting them to diverse audiences
- Experience in working with performance metrics to evaluate services and identify success measures and translating user needs into clear functional and non-functional requirements
- Knowledge in user-centred design principles and practices and service design methods including journey mapping, co-design, and prototyping
- Understanding of inclusive and accessible service design standards and legislation
- Expertise in process and business analysis techniques, utilising data analysis concepts and data-informed decision making
- Effective communication of research and analytical findings through storytelling and visualisation

**What’s in it for you**
- ** Competitive Salary**:We offer fair and transparent pay that reflects your skills and experience.
- ** Generous Annual Leave**:Enjoy 28 days of annual leave, rising to 32 days after 5 years (2 of which can be fixed by the Council), plus the option to buy up to 10 extra days.
- ** Hybrid & Flexible Working**:We support a healthy work-life balance with flexible and hybrid working options.
- ** Learning & Development**:Access a wide range of training, development, and progression opportunities to help you grow your career.
- ** Health & Wellbeing Support**:From discounted gym memberships through our partner GLL to mental health resources, we care about your wellbeing.
- ** Cycle to Work Scheme**:Save money and stay active with our tax-efficient cycle to work programme.
- ** Exclusive Discounts & Salary Sacrifice**:Through our VIVUP employee benefits platform, enjoy discounts on shopping, travel, and services plus salary sacrifice options on white goods, electro