Job description
- Federal Government opportunities in Surry Hills and Newcastle
- 12 months Contract with possible extension
- APS6 - $60.26 per hour + super
- EL1 - $80.34 per hour + super
- Hybrid work arrangement
This Government body works with people with disability, providers, and the community to deliver nationally consistent, responsive, and effective regulation of service providers. They seek to uphold the rights of, and promote the health, safety, and wellbeing of people with disability receiving supports or services.
The Role:
The Service Designers leads complex efforts in Participant Experience Design within the agency. This pivotal role involves team leadership with authority to manage and resolve detailed issues and risks. Responsibilities include leadership, planning, resource and performance management, and decision-making for team members and contractors.
Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Leading research to contribute to agency understanding.
- Conducting qualitative and quantitative research.
- Documenting current service states and identifying participant and staff experiences.
- Managing process design improvements.
- Advocating for participants and stakeholders.
- Facilitating design-thinking sessions and testing future experiences.
- Applying knowledge of agency roles and impacts.
- Overseeing end-to-end service experiences to ensure consistency across touchpoints.
- Human-centred design: Proficiency in designing services and experiences that prioritise the needs and preferences of end users
- User research: Ability to conduct both primary and secondary research, including developing research plans and guides, conducting user research including interviews, surveys and workshops to gain insights into user pain points and opportunities
- Persona development: Creating user personas to represent different user groups and their characteristics
- Journey mapping: Skill in creating user journey maps to visualise and improve the user experience
- Service blueprinting: Proficiency in service blueprinting to define and map out service processes and enablers
- Co-Design and Facilitation: Ability to lead co-design sessions with stakeholders and users to gather input and ideas
- Design thinking: Strong understanding of design thinking methodologies and approaches
- Usability testing: Experience in conducting usability testing to validate service design concepts and products
- Visual design: Proficiency in visual design principles to create aesthetically pleasing designs
- Cross-functional collaboration: Ability to collaborate effectively with other team members and stakeholders
- Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with agile methodologies like Agile or Kanban
To be considered for this role, applicants must hold Australian Citizenship.
If this sounds like the role for you, please submit an updated copy of your resume in MS Word format by hitting APPLY NOW or call Ankita on 02 9200 3683 for more information.
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