Senior Interaction Designer
Pay up to £66,058, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
We are looking for a Senior Interaction Designer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.
Were using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.
DWP is the UKs largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.
The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. Wed love you to join us.
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
User Focus
Working with User Researchers to plan and develop research activities that help teams to better understand users.
Evidence and context based design
Leading the design of solutions that are based on evidence and help identify any gaps in knowledge.
Prototyping
Use a variety of prototypingtools and methodologies, advising others on prototyping best practice.
Communication
Present your work and explain ideas in a way that people understand. Actively listen to other peoples input and facilitate discussions.
Accessibility
Promote the importance of inclusive design and how to design with accessibility in mind. You need to be familiar with the WCAG 2.1 guidelines and able to design to meet AA standards.
Collaboration
Work in the open, engaging others in the design process. Offer advice on improving working practices, leading to better collaboration across teams. Lead community activities across workstreams and departmental areas.
You and your role
As a Senior Interaction Designer youll be driving innovation, creating new UX/UI designs that are simpler, faster and easier to user, making DWP systems and services accessible to all.
You will make design choices based user data and user research, and create prototypes to test that your designs meet the needs of the end user.
We work in collaborative agile teams. Youll work alongside researchers, developers, product managers, architects and more to deliver services that really work for our users.
Youll also be part of a wider DWP design community where you share solutions and best practice, and access learning and development that helps you be at your best now and in your future career.
Details. Wages. Perks.
Location: Youll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield. Whichever is most convenient for you.
Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.
Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £66,058 .
Pension: Youll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £19,090 per year.
Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.
You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. Youll also get all the usual public holidays.
We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
Time off volunteering and charitable giving
Bring your authentic self to work with I Can Be Me in DWP
Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so its even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
Sports and social activities
Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.
Process:
We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:
1. Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Therell be full instructions when you click through.
2. Interview: a single stage interview online.
CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.