Overview
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Ready for a new challenge? This is a 12 month fixed term contract and you must have eligibility for SC Clearance.
Opencast is a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for clients in government and business. If you’re looking for work that makes a difference and to work with people who learn and grow together, Opencast could be the place for you.
Role
As a Consultant Interaction Designer, you’ll design journeys and interactions which help users complete their goals. You’ll work closely with other user-centred design roles, such as User Researchers and Content Designers, to solve complex and interesting problems for our clients. You’ll create designs based on insights from user research and data, apply best practice design principles, and make complex processes easy to use.
Essential Experience
To succeed in this role, you need experience of designing to meet user needs. You don’t need to have previously held the job title ‘interaction designer’.
* created designs and prototypes based on insights from user research and data
* designed solutions to make complex processes easy to understand
* ensured your work is inclusive and accessible
* placed accessible design practices at the heart of your process
* clearly documented design decisions and articulated your rationale
* taken a supportive role in user research to test your designs
* designed to government service standards
Core Skills
In addition to interaction design skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to work effectively as a consultant. In the interview, please show how you have:
* taken a methodical and considered approach to solving problems
* planned your own tasks, to achieve the aims of your project
* respectfully challenged decisions or solutions you didn’t agree with
Desirable Experience
There are some areas of experience which are not essential, but relevant to this role. If you don’t have this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas when you join us:
* the Government Digital Service (GDS) assessment process
* using prototyping tools
* HTML and CSS experience
* working in Agile delivery teams
* planning and facilitating workshops
Salary
Consultant salary range: £45,000 - £63,000
What our offer includes
* A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.
* Flexible hours and 25 days' holiday. Generous training budget.
* People to support you every step of the way.
Where you’ll work
Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes into account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.
Want to know more?
Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com.
We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* IT Services and IT Consulting
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