Interaction Designer: Interim/Contractor
Location: Bristol and Manchester
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Day Rate: £475 per day
If you have any enquiries please contact: gds-interim-recruitment@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk
Who we are:
At the Government Digital Service (GDS), our mission is to build a simple, joined-up and personalised experience of government for everyone. Using our unique position at the centre of government, we develop services that work for the user, however complex the underlying systems may be. We believe that ensuring things work for end users is the only way to realise the efficiencies that come with digital transformation.
Our focus is on delivering five missions in the following areas:
GOV.UK as the single and trusted online destination for government information and services
Joined-up services that solve whole problems and span multiple departments
A simple digital identity solution that works for everyone
Common tools and expert services
Joined-up data across departments
You can read more about these missions and our vision for the transformation of government in our 2021-2024 strategy
Deliverables:
use research and analytics to understand users needs, identify service failures and test different designs
use evidence to challenge assumptions, negotiate with product owners and rationalise your design decisions
design collaboratively and in the open, engaging your whole team with the design process and adapting it if necessary
set the design direction and good practice within your teams
champion accessibility and inclusion, consider the impact of new technologies and make sure that designs meet accessibility, legal and security requirements
encourage knowledge sharing within and between teams, making sure that your designs are reusable and consistent with the GOV.UK Design System
contribute to the government design community and assess and review the design of other government services
Skills
have relevant experience in designing services or a design related degree
are skilled at sketching and prototyping in different fidelities
are able to work quickly in an agile environment
are experienced in explaining their designs in a way that other people understand
know how to interpret user research
are skilled at designing simple, accessible, responsive user interfaces
are able to mentor and review the work of more junior designers
have experience in engaging the whole multidisciplinary team with the design process
