Senior UX Designer x2

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Join the Council's in-house Digital Development Team of our vibrant city's local government. We are transforming existing services and web is the only viable vehicle for many new services.

Would you like to join an organisation that affects the lives of an entire city's population?

Would you like to grow skills and experience with us?

We urgently need a Senior UX Designer to help drive change.

Responsibilities include

Work as part of multi-disciplinary agile delivery teams to deliver excellent new products

Develop an expert understanding of the users' needs by gathering user insights and testing

Build user journeys, prototypes & wireframes that communicate your ideas to the team

Helping to mentor more junior UX designers on the team

Skills required

Be comfortable building relationships with the team and people at all levels of the organisation, including high level management and working with them to develop digital solutions that meets the user needs.

Question existing solutions and processes and assess requests, working with the service to find a balance between user and service needs.

Present projects and explain design decision to non-technical audiences.

Enthusiasm for working in collaborative, cross-functional teams.

Skilled at appropriately challenging the accepted way of doing things, eliciting innovative solutions.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you'll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you'll be working in a supportive environment where you'll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button.

Closing date: 9 June 2022.

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Young People, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and Female candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.