Senior Interaction Designer - London, United Kingdom - OFGEM

OFGEM

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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- £45,614 - £62,699

London £48,331£62,699 National £45,614£58,519. Please ensure that you read the Pay and Reward information for civil service and internal colleagues before applying.
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:

Grade 7

Level 2b
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
OFGEM
Eserve
Type of role:
Digital
Environment and Sustainability
Operational Research
Project Delivery
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
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Cardiff, Glasgow, LondonAbout the job

Job summary:

Join Ofgem to ensure safe, affordable, sustainable energy for UK consumers and contribute to the Net Zero transition. Our expanding team offers new roles in Service, User, and Interaction Design with learning opportunities in the DDaT field. Enjoy hybrid working flexibility and impact energy solutions in a dynamic setting.

Additionally, the senior interaction designer will play a pivotal role in aiding the development of Ofgem's interaction design community. This involves offering leadership, mentorship, and support to less experienced designers. As a senior designer, your role will involve collaborating with Product Managers and Service Owners to evolve design concepts. You will be responsible for setting the direction and ensuring the quality of design delivery across teams. Additionally, you will spearhead interaction design for multiple or highly complex services.

In this role, a primary duty will be to champion best practices in interaction design and promote a development approach that is both accessible and centred around the user.

Your key responsibilities will also encompass facilitating interaction design efforts across Delivery & Schemes projects. You'll manage and mentor designers, fostering the growth of interaction design within the Ofgem User-Centred Design (UCD) community.

Additionally, you'll mentor other UCD roles to enhance their understanding of interaction design and increase awareness and understanding of the field across Ofgem.

As a Senior Interaction Designer, you will be expected to collaborate with the Principal Designer to support the creation of clear and efficient processes for User-Centred Design

If you are also a Personal Development Lead, you'll guide staff in growth, leveraging Ofgem's diversity and inclusion principles. You'll manage feedback and performance, resolve disputes and oversee deployment to uphold Ofgem's resourcing and inclusivity.

Job description:

Ofgem works on behalf of energy consumers to ensure that every household and business in the UK can rely on a safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable energy supply.

We are playing a vital part in accelerating the transition to Net Zero and a carbon neutral energy system - a goal that everyone wants to achieve.

The senior interaction designer will also align and support the growth of the interaction design community in Ofgem, providing guidance, support and mentorship for more junior designers.

As an senior practitioner, you will:

work with Product Managers and Service Owners to develop design concepts

- set direction and assure the quality of design delivery across teams
- lead interaction design on multiple or highly complex services

A key responsibility of this role will be driving best practice in interaction design, and advocating for an accessible, user-centred approach to development.

As a Senior Interaction Designer you will:

support and mentor junior designers

- advocate for accessibility and inclusion in development and delivery
- develop consistent ways of working, in collaboration with other user centred design disciplines
- facilitate the development of best practice

Key Responsibilities

Support interaction design activities on projects across Delivery & Schemes
Drive interaction design best practice across Digital & Schemes, representing interaction design
Manage and mentor designers
Grow and support interaction design in the Ofgem UCD community
Support and mentor other UCD roles to have a better understanding of interaction design
Increase awareness and understanding of interaction design across Ofgem

Key Outputs and Deliverables

Work with the Principal Designer to support the development of clear and efficient ways of working for User Centred Design
Develop and implement frameworks and templates contributing to best practice
Embed interaction design in the development of new services and products
Develop and maintain design artefacts for projects and products

Person specification:

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Professional experience in interaction or UX design role (LEAD):

Experience using the GDS Design System, and ability to prototype using the GDS prototyping kit (LEAD):
Professional experience of working with Service