Service Designer - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Scottish Government

Scottish Government

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £41,642 - £49,860

DDat
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer

B3
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
Revenue Scotland
Type of role:
Information Technology
Working pattern:
Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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About the job

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Location

Edinburgh, GlasgowAbout the job

Job summary:

Revenue Scotland is Scotland's devolved tax authority and contributes to Scotland's public services through the taxes we collect.

We are a diverse, high performing organisation and have a reputation for delivering excellence and a commitment to continually improving the way we work while supporting the health, wellbeing, and development of our employees.

Revenue Scotland is a great place to develop new skills and you will be supported in your role with learning and development to enable you to perform at your best.

Look at our video that celebrates our success. If you would like to learn more about Revenue Scotland, please visit our website.

Our current way of working supports a hybrid approach, and the preference of home and workplace working is to be agreed with the line manager to achieve the right balance between collaboration, in-person engagement and flexibility.

Your home office would be Victoria Quay, Edinburgh with the opportunity to work from our Glasgow hub office.

Job description:

This role will involve leading on development of all the digital platforms within Revenue Scotland in line with the corporate plan, and continuing user research.

Service Design plays a crucial role in contributing to our corporate strategic outcomes, and the post-holder will have service design oversight of all digital platforms.

Collaborating with multiple stakeholders, the Service Design Manager will lead and oversee the end-to-end user journey of the Scottish Electronic Tax System (SETS) system.

You will work across a group of multidisciplinary teams to ensure that the features that are being designed are informed by evidence and put our users first.

Additionally, this role involves managing regular updates and enhancements to the Revenue Scotland website and digital content, as well as improving user feedback through web analytics, feedback mechanisms, and qualitative research methods.

DDat Professional Role

This post is part of the Scottish Government DDaT profession which aims to attract and retain talent across disciplines. DDaT includes a capability framework consisting of a standard set of job roles. As a member of the profession you will join the professional development system, currently BCS RoleModelplus.

DDaT Job Family:
User-centred design

DDaT Job Role:
Service designer

DDaT Job Role Level:
Senior service designer

DDaT Role Description

Service designers design the end-to-end journey of a service. This helps a user complete their goal and government deliver a policy intent.

In this role, your work may involve the creation of, or change to, transactions, products and content across both digital and offline channels provided by different parts of government.

Key DDat Capability Descriptor

Capability framework:
Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework

Senior service designer - Service designer

SFIA Skills directly associated with this role

Skill Name

Skill Level

% of time

User experience design

5

70%

Professional development

5

10%

User research

5

20%

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Person specification:

Main Duties Of This Role

Advocate for inclusive, collaborative, user centred design practices and embed them into service design and delivery
Assist the facilitation of codesign with business analyst/project leads, citizens services users, and other stakeholders
Plan, design and prepare a range of user research activities to support the design, development, and continuous improvement services. This will include choosing the right variety of research approaches (such as surveys, usability interviews, card sorting, quantitative research etc)
Prototype and validate proposed design solutions using a variety of prototyping tools.
Make and guide on design decisions based on user needs and communicate how decisions have been reached.
Take responsibility for content quality and mentor content colleagues
Write and map user stories
Review the work of others to assure quality
Train employees on accessibility standards
Work with colleagues to action user insights.
Contribute to DDaT community such as by participating in events and reviewing processes, tools and guidance.
Other duties as required by the organisation to support wider corporate activities

Competencies