Salary: £47,200 (National) or £51,200 (Croydon) plus skills allowance of up to £5,000 pending assessment.
Location: Croydon, Liverpool, Manchester or Sheffield on a hybrid basis
Advert Close: 11:55 pm Sunday 10th May 2026
Please note that this role requires Security Check (SC) clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years.
What youll bring to the role
You will join the Home Office’s Policing and Public Protection Technology (PPPT) portfolio, embedded in a central user‑centred design (UCD) team that works like an in‑house agency across public safety and homeland security. Your initial focus will be on modern slavery, working on services that sit at the intersection of safeguarding, serious crime and victim support. While modern slavery work can sometimes overlap with areas such as migration and borders – for example, when a case involves someone who has recently arrived in the UK – this role does not involve migration or borders policy or delivery. Over time, as demand for modern slavery support evolves, you’ll also have opportunities to work on other products and services across the wider PPPT portfolio.
You will be assessed against the following skills and experience during the selection process:
* User research: understanding and applying a range of user research methods (including but not limited to usability testing, interviews, and contextual research) correctly for different life‑cycle phases.
* Communicate, persuade and advocate: clearly articulating to stakeholders the benefits of taking a user‑centred approach, based on evidence.
* Research ethics: applying ethical research standards and practices to ensure the safeguarding and wellbeing of participants and researchers.
* Accessibility and inclusion: conducting research with diverse audiences to deliver accessible and inclusive digital services.
* Analysis and synthesis: analysing and synthesising research data, communicating clear research findings to inform decisions.
* Collaboration: participating in and facilitating group work, and actively seeking feedback on your work.
Whats in it for you
* A civil service pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28.97%.
* In‑year reward scheme for one‑off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
* The ability to potentially adopt flexible working options that suit your work/life balance, plus the opportunity in future to take a career break.
* 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
* Eight days public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
* 26 weeks maternity, adoption or shared parental leave at full pay, followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, after qualifying service.
* Maternity and adoption support leave (also known as paternity leave) of two weeks full pay, after qualifying service.
* Paid leave for fostering approval processes, support when a child is substantively placed with you plus a foster to adopt policy.
* Support for guardians and kinship carers.
* Corporate membership of ‘Employers for Carers’ providing additional information and advice for carers, plus a ‘Carer’s Passport’ to discuss workplace needs and underpin supportive conversations.
* Time off to deal with emergencies and certain other unplanned special circumstances.
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