Senior Service Designer

Dartington Service Design Lab
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£45k
median base salary
Based on 109 respondents
mid roles in United Kingdom (UK)
The Senior Designer will enjoy a varied and independent role spanning public system reform, service design, co-design with young people and place-based systems change related to services for children and families. The role involves collaboration and support for the growing Design team. It also involves working in an inter-disciplinary and collaborative way with the Senior Management, Research and Communications teams to continue to develop methods to integrate Design with evidence-informed social science, research and systems thinking approaches.
The work is rarely routine and the successful candidate would have the opportunity to make the role their own. We are often experimenting and trying to innovate together and with those who we work with. We value empathy, collaboration and community participation, with a focus on using evidence for social good.
We need a Senior Service Designer who is able to take a leading role on Design and related projects, provide support to colleagues and actively grow our Design culture. We are seeking a Designer with at least 3-5 years’ experience, this may be directly in service design or in a related field, ideally within the social sector, and with experience using evidence and research processes. Key responsibilities are included in the job description document.