Interaction Designer

· Provide design guidance and hands-on interaction design for complex projects and portfolios of work within an agile development framework.

· Use best practice and standards consistent with the rest of government

· Advise and support software engineers in the development of designs, and iterate gov.uk patterns and components

· Work closely with service designers to gather and interpret evidence from service design walkthroughs and analysis, using this insight to design solutions and communicate well-reasoned rationale to stakeholders, ensuring that chosen approaches are grounded in user needs and service context.

· Work closely with user researchers to provide appropriate designs and prototypes, attend user research sessions, discuss findings use evidence to inform and iterate interaction designs

· Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team on services by planning and running design sessions, supporting workshops, and communicating design decisions to your team and internal business stakeholders

· Ensure that the design work aligns to the vision and goals of the team, be able to identify risks and uncover opportunities for improvements

· Oversee and maintain consistency of patterns and components that are used across projects in collaboration with the Senior Interaction Designer

· Tackle complex design challenges by balancing user needs, business objectives, policy constraints, and technical feasibility. Apply critical thinking and design expertise to evaluate competing priorities and deliver solutions that are both user-centred and technically feasible within the context of government services.