Cabinet Office front-end designer

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Who Speclialist Work With The Race Disparity Unit is a multi-disciplinary team covering policy, data and digital work streams. As well as policy officials, statisticians, analysts, and social researchers, the digital team includes developers, user researcher, delivery manager, content designers, product manager and service manager - this will change to reflect priorities and needs over time. What Specialists Work On Work in an agile, multi-disciplinary team, primarily with developers, product manager, and user researcher. Help identify user needs, prototype and test potential solutions, and deliver easy-to-use, accessible user experiences. Design and develop front-end interactions for internal users as well as members of the public. Create user journey maps, produce interaction and visual design in line with ONS and GDS style guides and patterns. Where the Work Takes Place 1 Horseguards Road, London SW1A 2HQ Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements Our team is based in Horse Guards. Occasional remote working is accepted, but will primarily be co-located onsite with the existing team. We work Mon-Fri with usual office hours. Travel to user research sessions at various London locations is expected. Work Location 1 Horseguards Road, London SW1A 2HQ Security Clearance CTC is required to work at 1 Horse Guards. Minimum of baseline clearance (BPSS) is required for the work itself. Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Experience in designing accessible, easy to understand data visualisations for online services, including statistical data using the GDS and ONS style guides. Developing production cross-browser javascript code for complex user interface enhancements. Writing cross-browser HTML and CSS (using SASS pre-processor) Producing rapid high-fidelity prototypes for user-testing Experience of browser and mobile device testing Familiarity with GOV.UK web design patterns Understands user needs and designs services that meet them Have proven experience of working on agile projects as part of a multidisciplinary team, with regular user research, as outlined in the Government Service Design Manual and Digital Service Standard Technical expertise and past experience in building accessible front-end interfaces using GDS design patterns and responsive design. Source control (using Git), TDD/BDD Nice to Haves Familiarity with Python 3 and the Jinja2 templating language Familiarity with the Highcharts javascript library Experience with writing unit tests for javascript No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria Experience of successful collaborative working as part of a multi-disciplinary delivery team, sharing knowledge within the team Experience delivering in an open, collaborate, agile way according to the principles outlined in the Government Service Design Manual Experience of working with stakeholders and team members with low technical expertise Experience of successful agile delivery in non-agile environments and bridging the two worlds Demonstrate simplicity (e.g. do less but better, explaining complex issues in a clear, simple way, break down and prioritise complex issues) Displays cultural sensitivity and awareness Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range