UK Home Office
Senior Interaction Designer
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Senior Interaction Designer
Location
Liverpool | Sheffield | Salford (hybrid with 60% office attendance)
Salary
£62,109 with skills allowance of up to £6,000
Closing Date
Wednesday 15th July
About the Role
We’re seeking a Senior Interaction Designer to join our fast-paced Home Office Digital Enablers Portfolio Channels Team.
You’ll create user-centred designs for the Home Office SharePoint intranet and other internal channels, ensuring they are simple, secure, and accessible to all users.
Key projects may include:
- Enhancing the user experience (UX) and new features of our SharePoint intranet, including the Home Office Directory.
- Developing and refining internal systems such as the Ideas Lab, SharePoint communication sites, and content sections.
- Assisting with new SharePoint page designs, improving design templates, and creating prototypes based on user-led research.
- Supporting senior user researchers in Discovery and Alpha phases.
You’ll collaborate closely with:
- Internal communication teams
- Senior Home Office stakeholders across digital services, technical teams, and policy officials
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Your role also includes ensuring the best way for users to interact with services, decision-making on workflows, and mentoring junior designers.
You must be driven to help government deliver simpler, faster, and more accessible services.
Responsibilities
Your ** core daily tasks** will include:
- Applying government design standards and best practices to Home Office services.
- Line-managing, mentoring, and training junior interaction designers, allocating tasks, and providing guidance, constructive feedback, and ongoing skill development.
- Championing user needs to design simple, effective, and inclusive services.
- Creating prototypes and concepts, conducting user testing, and refining designs through evidence.
- Mapping user journeys, processes, and visualising design challenges.
- Facilitating collaboration in multidisciplinary teams, assisting in workshops, research activities, and stakeholder decision-making.
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Applicants will be assessed on:
- Evidence-based design – Leads initiatives for complex projects, mentors junior staff on research-driven methodologies.
- Prototyping and concept creation – Manages high-impact prototyping, applies advanced techniques, and advises on team practice.
- Interaction design – Guides complex projects, balancing user needs, technical considerations, and business objectives.
- Accessibility and inclusion – Ensures adherence to standards, understanding web technology constraints.
- People management – Coaches designers, fosters skill growth, and delivers construction feedback.
- Communication – Advocates for user-centred design (UCD) across varied stakeholders, ensuring clarity.
Benefits
Discover more at Home Office Careers – Benefits, including:
- Civil Service Pension (employer contribution: 28.97% minimum)
- In-year reward scheme for personal/team successes
- 25 days annual leave (increases with tenure)
- 8 public holidays + 1 additional privilege day
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