Interaction Designer

Interaction Designer

Pay up to £49,906, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

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DWP. Digital with Purpose.

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We are looking for an Interaction Designer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

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We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

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DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

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The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

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What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• User focus - Use data from research and analytics to understand user's needs and test designs to meet them.
• Evidence and context-based design - Work with others to design solutions that are based on evidence and help identify gaps in knowledge.
• Prototyping - Use a variety of prototyping tools and techniques.
• Communication - Present your work and share design decisions, explaining ideas in a way that people understand and actively listen to other people's input.
• Accessibility - Design with accessibility in mind, showing familiarity with the WCAG 2.1 guidelines and designing to meet AA standards.
• Collaboration - Work in the open, engaging others in the design process. ul>

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You and your role

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As an Interaction Designer you'll be driving innovation, creating new UX/ UI designs that are simpler, faster and easier to user, making DWP systems and services accessible to all.

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You will make design choices based user data and user research, and create prototypes to test that your designs meet the needs of the end user.

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We work in collaborative agile teams. You'll work alongside researchers, developers, product managers, architects and more to deliver services that really work for our users.

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You'll also be part of a wider DWP design community where you share solutions and best practice, and access learning and development that helps you be at your best now and in your future career/

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Details. Wages. Perks.

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Location: You'll join us in our brilliant digital hub in Westminster, London.

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Hybrid Working:We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

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Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £49,906.

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Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £14,422 per year.

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Holidays:A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

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You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

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We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. ul>

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Process:

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We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

1. Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

• Interview: a single stage interview online. ol>

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