Interaction Designer for Police Intelligence - NLEDP 082

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Summary of the work The interaction designer will lead the design of a national police intelligence service based on police officers’ user needs. The product will be used by Police Forces on a daily basis to manage national intelligence and is hoped to set a design pattern for other search services. Specialist role Designer Expected Contract Length 18 Months Latest start date Thursday 1 March 2018 Maximum Day Rate Maximum day rate of £625 excl VAT Who Speclialist Work With The specialist will be working as part of the Law Enforcement Digital Services (LEDS) programme which is developing a service to replace the current Police National Database and Police National Computer. LEDS will replace the service that police users find intelligence on at a national level with a new UI supported by modernised search capabilities. As some team members may be more junior or new to agile ways of working, the role will likely include elements of coaching and mentoring colleagues on all levels. The designer will work on product until it goes live and work on other LEDS products. What Specialists Work On The specialist will design the new product (at Alpha stage) for policing intelligence officers and work as part of an agile and user need-led team, alongside other designers including a content designer. Their work will be informed and iterated based on user needs gathered through user research and usability testing. Key patterns and learning developed in this process will be reused in other products. The role will involve prototyping on all levels of fidelity, from paper to use of GDS design toolkit. There will a need to work with cross-government design community to help define new cross-government interaction design patterns. Skills & Experience • Experience of interaction design in cross-functional agile teams • Experience of introducing user-centered design to organizations • HTML/CSS knowledge • Experience of working within Government/public sector • Prototyping Experience • Experience of leading the design and working autonomously in an agile delivery team • Demonstrable ability to work closely with others, including user researchers, front-end developers and product and delivery leads • Strong communications skills and the ability to explain design decisions to others, inside and outside of the delivery team Nice to Haves • Knowledge of accessibility good practice and experience of designing accessible interfaces • Police Domain Knowledge Work Location Bernard Wetherill House, 8 Mint Walk, Croydon, CR0 with some travel to London and other locations. Working Arrangments The specialist must be onsite at least 3 days a week. Please note that this role is deemed to be outside of the HMRC IR35 Regulations. Security Clearance Security Cleared (SC) - an application to obtain SC Clearance can be made if SC is not already held but appointment is subject to accreditation No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Work as part of a team with our organisation and other suppliers • Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions • Take responsibility for their work • Share knowledge and experience with other team members • Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers No questions have been answered yet.