Senior Service Designer - London, United Kingdom - Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £37,470 - £47,400

National: £37,470 £39,200 London: £45,400 £47,400 This vacancy is being offered on the DDaT Pay Framework (see Further information for more details)
Job grade:
Senior Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
BEIS
Corporate Services
Corporate Services
Digital

Directorate
Type of role:

Digital
Information Technology
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

Job summary:

Our Mission
At BEIS, we are leading the UK's recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission

We lead on the UK's commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.

Our Inclusive Environment

We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves.

We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension.

We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer.

We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

Job description:

Our Team
As a core part of BEIS Digital you will be part of a multi-disciplinary delivery and advisory team.

You will get the opportunity to work with fellow user centred design professions including service designers, content designers and user researchers.

You'll also work with other specialists such as product managers, business analysts and software developers.

You will be part of a team that works very collaboratively and is a leading example of how a user-centred approach can add value and drive efficiency in government.

In addition to frequent learning opportunities and flexible working, the opportunity to work very closely with other disciplines will give you an amazing opportunity to learn how each specialism adds value to a service.

The Role

As a Senior Service Designer within BEIS Digital, you'll support internal teams across BEIS to ensure that their service is user-centred.

Your role will be to design accessible services that reduce friction and complexity across the whole service.

You will work with senior stakeholders and customers to develop design concepts and support them by finding solutions to complex problems.

As a Senior Service Designer you will also work with the Lead Service Designer to set direction and embed good practice within the team.

Your experience in having delivered agile services means that you understand how to support your team in prioritising work, so that you can quickly iterate.
You'll also be a mentor for junior members of the User Centred Design team and help build the service design community in the department.
You'll be able to work with mínimal support and supervision

Person specification:

As a Senior Service Designer within Digital, you will
Carry out user research and analytics to understand users' needs, identify service failures and test different designs
Identify opportunities for cost reduction and improvement within an existing service
Select and use appropriate design tools and methods to collaboratively explore service opportunities and problems and reduce unnecessary complexity
Understand the existing supporting system of a service and design targeted improvements to that system to accommodate the new service both digital and process based
Create and rapidly iterate service prototypes, maps and blueprints
Translate user needs into inclusive design concepts and prototypes for the endtoend journey
Work effectively in a multidisciplinary, agile environment, adapting quickly to changes in requirements, priorities or user needs
Communicate design solutions effectively and influence key stakeholders of different design directions
Explain design decisions and be able to represent a service at a service assessment.

Skills and Experience