The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.

Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:

1. joining up public sector services
2. harnessing the power of AI for the public good
3. strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure
4. elevating leadership and investing in talent
5. funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation
6. committing to transparency and driving accountability

We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK's geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government.

We're part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol.

The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you'll be working with some of the world's most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale.

Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation's highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need.

As the lead interaction designer on the GOV.UK website, you are responsible for design direction on a website that sees approximately 12 million visits per week, and is one of the most recognisable and trusted sites in the UK. You'll have a passion for accessible, inclusive and usable design in the public sector.

You'll be part of a fantastic design community in government, where we share ideas and challenges with 1000s of designers across the public sector. This is a chance to work on emerging services that matter, at a huge scale, with people who value design. Find out more about what it's like designing in government on our Design in Government blog.

As a Lead Interaction Designer, you'll:

• lead design across the teams that work on our GOV.UK website, ensuring that they meet user needs and achieve organisational priorities
• shape product strategy and delivery in collaboration with the rest of the leadership team, by forming a narrative around the team's work, whilst planning for future design work on the platform
• collaborate with other design leads in adjacent directorates such as the publishing platform, to deliver a joined up and coherent user experience
• represent the work with senior stakeholders, ensuring it meets the needs of other parts of the public sector and is clearly understood
• develop design patterns in the public sector, in collaboration with other parts of GDS and the public sector, through communities of practice
• collaborate with the Head of Design to design a community within the directorate and beyond that delivers quality work on time, to a high standard, and that is bold and innovative 
• guide, support and mentor design team members within your team and beyond, ensuring designers have what they need to deliver quality work

We're interested in people who have demonstrable experience in:

• designing usable, accessible digital products that work at scale across multiple channels, for example apps, conversational interfaces, or web
• working on products and services that offer personalisation and customisation
• collaborating with other designers to develop new patterns or principles
• negotiating important design decisions with senior stakeholders
• communicating long-term design vision for a product area
• supporting designers or design teams in delivering quality work, or in their own professional development

There are many benefits of working at GDS, including:

• flexible hybrid working with flexi-time and the option to work part-time or condensed hours
• a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
• 25 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year up to a maximum of 30 days
• an extra day off for the King's birthday
• an in-year bonus scheme to recognise high performance
• career progression and coaching, including a training budget for personal development
• paid volunteering leave
• a focus on wellbeing with access to an employee assistance programme
• job satisfaction from making government services easier to use and more inclusive for people across the UK
• advances on pay, including for travel season tickets
• death in service benefits
• cycle to work scheme and facilities
• access to an employee discounts scheme
• 10 learning days per year
• volunteering opportunities (5 special leave days per year)
• access to a suite of learning activities through Civil Service learning

Any move to Government Digital Service from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk 

Office attendance
The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.
DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home). 

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