Designer

hackajob is collaborating with Made Tech to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.Job DescriptionMade Tech wants to positively impact the country's future by using technology to improve society. We believe being design-led can create positive outcomes in the public sector through critical services enabled by technology. We’ve built a community of designers and researchers to support the public sector's growing demand for a design-led approach to service delivery.Designers are experienced practitioners who collaborate with others to tackle challenges faced by people and society. They work within a team to design and deliver public services. They do this by influencing the direction, assuring the quality of design delivery within their team and by leading the end-to-end design of a chosen service. They are active members of a healthy user-centred design (UCD) community and culture at Made Tech.Key responsibilitiesHands-on design for one product/teamActs as the design subject matter expert on a product team, facilitating the design process and communicating design decisions to the team and stakeholdersExpected to find out potential problems, shape them, and conduct solutionsRecognises when to ask for further guidance and supportWork is reviewed with the occasional need for direction or implementation changesContributes to communities of practice, discussing and sharing suggestions, approaches and ideas - including proactively seeking feedback on own workPracticeAble to develop new and novel approaches to highly complex design challenges, based on fundamental design principles. An expert practitioner in leading design tools, including but not limited to Figma, the GOV.UK prototyping kit, and Adobe InDesign. Advocate for the Interaction and Service Design practice internally and externally. Able to coach and mentor others, and define the interaction and service design standards which others will apply. Influences the organisation, clients, partners and peers on the contribution of interaction and service design. Develop a wide breadth of knowledge across the industry or business. Contributing to teamsAssure the quality of design delivery within their teamIntroduce good habits for sharing and improving design workCommunityTake part occasionally in the hiring of designers and researchersHelp define Made Tech design principles through delivering good public servicesContribute to a design studio culture at Made Tech and client officesKey measuresDelivery of good public services for users with clientsSkills, knowledge and expertiseClient focusDrive to deliverLearning and mentoringExperienced in their professionFacilitationThinking through makingJob benefitsWe are always listening to our growing teams and evolving the benefits available to our people. As we scale, as do our benefits and we are scaling quickly. We've recently introduced a flexible benefit platform which includes a Smart Tech scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and an individual benefits allowance which you can invest in a Health care cash plan or Pension plan. We’re also big on connection and have an optional social and wellbeing calendar of events for all employees to join should they choose to.Here are some of our most popular benefits listed below:30 days Holiday - we offer 30 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidaysFlexible Working Hours - we are flexible with what hours you workFlexible Parental Leave - we offer flexible parental leave optionsRemote Working - we offer part time remote working for all our staffPaid counselling - we offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal adviceIf successful, you will be required to undertake an SC clearance