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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.

Lead interaction designer

You will

  • work strategically across different teams to understand common patterns and components in design
  • 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 good 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)
  • experience of using node.js and JavaScript
  • expert in understanding accessibility and inclusive design guidelines and practices
  • planning and facilitating workshops
  • training and developing more junior designers
  • evidence and context based design
  • leading the design experience
  • working within constraints

Desirable

  • You’ll have experience of using the GOV.UK prototype kit