Senior Service Designer - Belfast
5 days ago
Belfast
About the job Job summary Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what it's really like to work at HMRC. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential. HMRC is looking for a passionate Senior Service Designer, who can champion user-centred design across our department. Working as part of the HMRC Guidance Team in our new Customer Experience Directorate, you'll help shape user experiences that impact millions of people and make sure our services meet user needs. Our team are responsible for designing HMRC's GOV.UK guidance and internal guidance products. These products play a vital role in helping people access digital services, meet their tax obligations and get targeted financial support. We're looking for a Senior Service Designer to join us so we can continue to make sure we're designing the best possible experience for our users. This is an opportunity to make a real difference and help simplify the tax system for everyone. You'll be part of a user-centred design community that's breaking the mould of traditional government work. And you'll work in a supportive environment with plenty of opportunities to learn, grow and thrive. If this sounds like the sort of thing which excites you, this is the job for you. Job description HMRC's services are complex, you'll need to enjoy tricky problems and thinking about how content, services, processes and policies connect across end-to-end journeys to help users achieve their goals. Millions of people have to use our services, which means we need to design for a range of complex needs and outcomes. You'll need to be curious about who will use our services, as well as how: • they will interact with them, • provide service design expertise across complex user journeys, • develop user-centred experiences that meet user needs and fulfil business outcomes, • shape the Service Design function in the team based on best practice from the wider Service Design profession, • use and promote best practice and standards to design usable and inclusive experiences consistent with the rest of government and HMRC, • analyse pain points and failure points within the user experience and create recommendations to address any issues identified, • map current user journeys and design service blueprints for new or improved experiences or processes across multiple channels, • effectively communicate complex information and ideas using sketches, scenarios, diagrams, maps, prototypes, and written narratives for multiple audiences, • build collaborative relationships within multidisciplinary teams and with senior stakeholders across the organisation, • line manage, coach and mentor Service Designers - providing them with guidance, support, constructive feedback and design direction, • lead peer review sessions with other profession members to make sure service design standards are upheld across the organisation, • actively participate in the HMRC and cross-government design communities by leading community sessions and supporting initiatives, • designing large or complex services that meet user needs and organisational outcomes, across all channels, • using user research and data to understand user needs, identify and understand problems, inform design decisions and influence stakeholders, • clearly and effectively communicating complex information and ideas, using things like sketches, user journeys, diagrams, maps, prototypes, and written narratives, • planning and facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders across organisational boundaries, end users and/or internal users, • working with the Government Service Standard, Service Manual and Design System, • Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle., • Evidence-based design, • Designing strategically, • Designing together, • Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary., • Family friendly policies., • Personal support., • A name-blind CV, to include your Job History, Previous skills/experience and Qualifications., • Evidence-based design, • Designing strategically, • Designing together, • UK nationals, • nationals of the Republic of Ireland, • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window), • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS), • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020