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Senior Service Designer, Newcastle upon Tyne
Client: Version 1
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: c23ca7941424
Job Views: 3
Posted: 26.04.2025
Expiry Date: 10.06.2025
Job Description:
We are looking to recruit an adaptable Service Designer on a permanent basis who can work effectively in multidisciplinary, agile teams to deliver excellent results across GDS projects for Version 1’s customers in the public sector.
Working with users and stakeholders to determine the best way to design products and services, considering both the end-to-end journey and individual design elements.
Your portfolio will demonstrate your ability to understand users and design to meet their needs, work to relevant design standards, and communicate your design decisions effectively.
Please note you need to be eligible for Security Clearance to apply for this role
SC Typically requires 5 years continuous UK address history (including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.
Qualifications
* Design thinking and evidence-based design. You have a strong understanding of design thinking. You can apply frameworks and approaches as appropriate to the circumstances of a project. You seek to test your assumptions to ensure that your designs are the simplest feasible approach to solving problems for users.
* Focus on users and their needs. You can undertake basic user research activity as appropriate to your design work. You can collaborate with user researchers to understand your users and their needs and to test your designs to ensure usability and accessibility. You can design to meet a wide range of user needs, explain design decisions in relation to user needs, and explain the constraints on your designs.
* Concepts and prototyping. You can create and iterate a variety of different prototypes, selecting the appropriate level of fidelity and tools for the task. You can evaluate concepts and prototypes and explain them to stakeholders and team members. You can select, apply, and adapt appropriate design patterns, and participate in wider design community discussion and activities.
* Experience of accessible/inclusive design. You understand key principles and considerations for accessible/inclusive design and can apply these appropriately. You can evaluate your designs against accessibility standards.
* Knowledge and experience of design standards. You understand common design standards and how to demonstrate compliance. You are aware of standards relevant to UK public sector projects and GDS assessment processes.
* Consultancy skills. You can communicate your design process and decisions effectively, manage stakeholders, escalate issues, and seek support when needed.
* Agile working in multidisciplinary teams. You understand user-centred design practices, align your work to agile workflows, and work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment.
Additional Information
At Version 1, we offer comprehensive benefits focusing on well-being, professional growth, and financial stability. Our hybrid work model, tech benefits, health coverage, incentivized certifications, Profit Share scheme, and career development programmes are designed to support our employees' full potential.
Contact: Ashley Smith - Talent Acquisition Capability Partner
Email: [emailprotected] #LI-AS1 #LI-Hybrid
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