Interaction Designer Exeter
Job description
Our reward package We're looking for an exceptional Interaction Designer to help us make a difference to our planet. As our Interaction Designer you will work a hybrid pattern and will be on site at Exeter HQ approximately once a month. You can choose to work more frequently in our state-of-the-art office if you'd prefer. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone. Why join us? We invest in our people to unlock their full potential. As our Interaction Designer, we will support you to develop and thrive to be the best you can be. We champion positive physical and mental health in the workplace and are committed to being an inclusive organisation, providing a working culture that actively values an equal and diverse workforce. As our Interaction Designer, your starting salary will be £32100.00. New joiners to the Met Office will start on the salary band minimum. Our 2022-25 pay award means the salary will increase to £33559.00 from 1st April 2024, and you will be able to progress towards £36000.00 over time. In addition you will be paid £2500.00 annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. Whilst in post, you will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2022 until March 2024 in your monthly pay. Your total reward package is potentially worth up to £47196.00 annually, which includes basic salary, potential corporate bonus and employer pension contributions. Your package includes: - Outstanding Civil Service Pension - Flexible hours and homeworking - Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave - Cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment to support healthy, low carbon travel - Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands Who we are We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science to deliver extraordinary impact and benefit across the globe. Our work helps people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. Together: We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers Find out more about our values - Please visit our careers page Job Purpose As our Interaction Designer, you will be designing and creating innovative tools and systems for our world-class Operational Meteorologists. You'll be at the heart of our dedicated User Experience team, using user centred design, agile methodologies and UX best practice to build and support digital solutions for our users. As our Interaction Designer , in the UX team, you will: Create low and high-fidelity prototypes and designs based on evidence of user needs and organisational outcomes Work collaboratively with agile development teams to create and evolve new digital products and services Interpret evidence-based research and incorporate this into your work Present designs and insights to stakeholders, teams and users to help align and inform decision-making Champion user-centred design practices and represent the user in a multidisciplinary team Be an active member of the UX practice to help embed and grow a user-centred culture across the organisation Think strategically to respond to changes in technology and evolving user needs Recommend the best tools and approaches to understand the user story Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities * Evidence- and context-based design. Following user-centred design methodologies, you can absorb large amounts of information and use it to produce simple designs. Prototyping. You can approach prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others. You can establish design patterns and iterate them. You can use a variety of prototyping methods and choose the most appropriate. User focus. Informed by user research, you can represent users internally. You understand what problem the team is trying to solve. You can explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user. You can champion user research to focus on all users. Agile working. You can demonstrate experience working in Agile, and an awareness of Agile tools and how to use them. You can adapt and reflect and be resilient. Communicating between the technical and non-technical. You can listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders, and interpret them in a way that is clear to both audiences. You can effectively manage expectations. You know how to manage discussions within the team and engage stakeholders. Community collaboration. You can work collaboratively in a team and can also network with people outside of your team. You can be an active member and advocate of the user-centred design community to encourage a user focused culture. How to apply If you share our values, we'd love to hear from you. Apply below using your CV and a Cover Letter/ Supporting Statement which evidences how you meet each of the essential criteria - we recommend candidates use the CARL (Context, Action, Result and Learning) method for presenting evidence of skills. Closing date 30/ 07/ 2023 at 23:59 with interviews commencing from 14/ 08/ 2023. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed. Our interviews are taking place remotely via Microsoft Teams. If successful, please note we are unable to offer expenses for travel to your normal place of work. Please ask at interview if you would like extra clarity on how often this requirement is likely to be. How we can help: If you are considering applying and need support to do so, please contact us via . You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/ assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role. We understand that great minds don't always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code. We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us. GOLD Met Office
