Senior Service Designer
£215.06 per day PAYE
£274.29 per day Umbrella
INSIDE IR35
Full Time
4 Months with option to extend
BACKGROUND
This is an opportunity to contribute to the discovery phase of the Integrated Care Record, a key initiative to explore and document the best way to codesign and create a shared digital care record in Wales that improves care by making patient/citizen information available both across and within health and social care.
REQUIREMENT
Suppliers are required to provide CVs accompanied by the daily rate (inclusive of all fees) for the provision of a Senior Service Designer.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Management, Leadership & Training
* Act as an expert and advocate for best practice, coaching and mentoring teams.
* Advise and coordinate staff, deliver training, and share knowledge.
* Identify and resolve team issues, foster collaboration, and create a positive working environment.
Planning & Design
* Lead complex service design activities and implement new ways of working.
* Design services and components to meet business needs and user requirements.
* Prioritise user stories, evaluate design options, and manage risk.
* Apply Agile principles and tools effectively.
Improvement & Monitoring
* Document work using standard methods and tools, including prototypes.
* Contribute to user experience design and iterate design patterns.
* Generate and test multiple solutions, implement policies, and align with best practice.
Communications
* Communicate complex and sensitive information clearly across teams and stakeholders.
* Facilitate collaboration, provide constructive feedback, and represent user needs internally.
Digital & Information
* Recommend tools and methods, adapt to technological changes.
* Use prototyping techniques and basic HTML skills.
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
* Educated to post-graduate level (or equivalent qualification / experience in an associated professional field)
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential Skills
* Experience of working in a similar role as a confident and competent designer, developing designs based on evidence of user needs and organisational outcomes.
* Experience of interpreting evidence-based research and incorporating this into your work.
* Familiar with graphical human/computer interfaces that facilitate effective communication between human operator and computer.
* Aware of applying relevant standards, practices, codes, and assessment and certification programmes to the specific organisation or business domain.
* Familiar with iterative methods and techniques to allocate and optimise the division of functions between the human, machine and organisational elements of IT systems, and the functions themselves in terms of ergonomic impact.
* Knowledge and understanding of the brand image and personality of the organisation's products and/or services and the overall culture and personality of the work environment.
Essential Experience
* Teamwork skills in working collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal.
* Written and Verbal Expression Skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, such as reports and via emails.
* Creativity skills in taking innovative approaches to problem solving and/or devising inventive and creative solutions.
* Attention to detail skills to ensure accuracy and high-quality standards in given tasks, to ensure deliverables are accurate and complete.
* Interacting with people skills in establishing relationships, contributing to an open culture and maintaining contacts with people from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. Effective, approachable and sensitive communicator in different communities and cultures.
* Adaptability Skills to adapt style and approach and to meet the needs of different audiences.
If this role is of particular interest and matches up well with your skills/experience then please do apply immediately