Lead Interaction Designer - Leeds, United Kingdom - Leeds City Council

Leeds City Council

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Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Lead Interaction Designer

Leeds City Council is transforming local public services by putting technology at the heart of the organisation.

The Integrated Digital Service works across Leeds City Council and the Integrated Care Board (Leeds) - opening up a number of exciting prospects to work within the health and care sector and local authority.

The Integrated Digital Service is improving how services are delivered, using user research to inform technology solutions that are accessible, easy to use and reliable.

We are innovating and changing services by investing in automation through technologies such as power platform and RPA.

It is a very exciting time to join the growing team within a city renowned for excellence in the digital sector.

We hope to attract people who want to innovate and transform IT to help improve the services we provide and ultimately improve individual's lives.

We're looking for Lead Interaction Designers who will take a key role in developing and leading the service design community across Leeds City Council and the Integrated Care Board and the city organisations as directed by the Head of Digital Change.

Directly leading the interaction design of our most complex, risky, and interdependent new digital services, working in the open with the user at the centre of all you do, including working across multiple teams.

You will have the experience and ability to:

Guide design decisions in complex service areas, helping stakeholder see opportunities and leading process change and plotting a path forward
Understand technical complexity and risks, run collaborative design activities, influence senior leaders and others.
Help services build and deliver on transformation vision
Prototype in different ways: on paper, in static code or in conversation

Leeds City Council is a caring and responsible employer and beyond working on exciting projects that impact the city of Leeds you'll receive great benefits including a minimum of 26 days holiday plus bank holidays increasing by 5 days after 5 years and the opportunity of home working, compressed hours, flexi-time and a pension scheme.

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds and the communities we serve. Leeds City Council is an Inclusive employer, ranked 70 on the Stonewall top 100 employers 2023 list. We are also an Age friendly employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident leader.
**This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.