The Elections Directorate is responsible for how elections are run and who participates. The Directorate is implementing the government's elections strategy, including introduction of votes for 16 and 17-year-olds, improvements to voter registration and changes to voter identification.
The Senior Interaction Designer will be part of the Election's Digital team. Our services include:
* Register to vote
* Apply for a proxy vote
* Apply for a postal vote
* A website to support Electoral Registration Offices in Local Authorities
In this role you would work to develop and improve services using evidence about users and their needs, with a strong focus on those with accessibility needs and low digital confidence. Your work will benefit millions of people who use our services each year.
Interaction Designers are key figures in our team. They help us find the best way to let users interact with services, in terms of both overall flow and at the level of individual design elements. Their skills help our team design services that meet user needs and achieve their intended outcomes.
You'll be an experienced designer who works with minimal support and can influence and mentor others. You'll lead design work on complex services, help set direction, and embed good practice across teams. You'll work in a multidisciplinary team alongside service designers, user researchers, content designers, developers and product managers to deliver high-quality services that meet user needs and deliver business outcomes.
As a Senior Interaction Designer You'll:
* Lead and coordinate design work across teams and services
* Influence and mentor other designers, supporting their development
* Help set direction and embed good design practice within teams
* Design usable and inclusive interfaces that meet user needs, using research and data to develop, test and iterate multiple design ideas
* Follow the GOV.UK Design System, the Service Manual and the GOV.UK Style Guide
* Work with digital and data leaders to align design with strategic goals, communicating the value of user-centred design to stakeholders
* Prototype ideas at different fidelities to explore and test designs
* Ensure designs meet accessibility standards and are environmentally sustainable
The salary for this role is £54,531 - £64,641 (National) or £59,946 - £70,011 (London). The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes £15,797 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
We offer learning and development tailored to your role, an environment with flexible working options, a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, and a Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
How to Apply
Please note that near miss offers may be made at the lower grade to candidates who do not meet the grade criteria for this campaign. You must apply for this role via the application link on Civil Service Jobs.
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