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Service Designer

Government Digital Service
◆Salary X-Ray?Indicative range based on survey data, not a guarantee for this role.£45kExpand ▾
From the 2026 Salary(+) Report
£45k
median base salary
£41k£52k
LowHigh
Based on 109 respondents
mid roles in United Kingdom (UK)
Job description
As a Service Designer you will:
- Play a critical role in the design of cross Public Sector services that protect organisations from cyber security vulnerabilities and risks.
- Use research and analytics to understand users needs, design and prototype solutions that meet these needs, identify service failures and test different designs
- Design services that deliver value through a blend of digital and human channels
- Design collaboratively and in the open, engaging your whole team with the design process and adapting it if necessary
- Champion accessibility and inclusion, consider the impact of new technologies and ensure that designs meet legal requirements
- Collaborate with designers in other teams and departments, reviewing each other’s work and developing shared patterns
- Work effectively in a multidisciplinary, agile environment, adapting quickly to changes in requirements, priorities or user needs
- Utilise your skills and expertise on other projects or other aspects of this project during your engagement should our organisation’s priorities change
Person specification
We’re interested in people who have:
- experience of successfully designing services that are deployed across a large number of organisations or business units
- experience in agile working practices, adapting to iterative feedback and prioritising tasks based on user and business needs
- experience in designing and testing complex user interfaces, using prototyping techniques to validate and refine designs
- experience in designing and testing services delivered by teams of specialists working with client organisations
- experience successfully supporting several services or projects simultaneously
- an understanding of cyber security risk and government cyber security best practices
- experience of working according to the Service Manual
- experience of working in government, public sector or charity sector organisations
- excellent planning and organisational skills
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