These are exciting times at the Department for Education. We are transforming to become a user centred organisation, delivering better outcomes for all our users through agile and iterative software development and continuous improvement.

You will work with user researchers, product managers, designers, business analysts, delivery managers and content specialists as part of a multi-disciplinary team to directly deliver better outcomes for users. You will innovate to radically transform how public services are delivered and improved.

Read more about software development on the DfE Digital blog.

Interaction designer

You will

have extensive understanding of interaction and user interface design
have industry or government experience in designing elegant, accessible, responsive user interfaces
be confident in designing at low and high fidelity, for different screen sizes
have a broad range of experience prototyping interactions
have an ability to talk about, and advocate for, user-centered design in a way that other people understand
understand the importance of working with research and business analysis to inform design decisions
have the ability to lead the design direction and advocate for user centered design in communities of practice
have experience of working collaboratively in a dynamic agile environment and using agile tools
have experience in removing complexity from services and solving problems
can identify and understand constraints and can communicate these and work within them
are able to manage stakeholder expectations and facilitate difficult discussions with a wide range of stakeholders

You’ll have

Essential

prototyping in code (HTML and CSS)
understand accessibility and inclusive design guidelines and practices
contribute in workshops and planning activities
use appropriate tools to create prototypes of services or user interactions

Desirable

you’ll have experience of using the GOV.UK prototype kit
planning and facilitating workshops
training and developing more junior designers