Service Designer ( SC Cleared)

Service Designer ( SC Cleared)My client are a large top -tier consultancy and are seeking a Service Designer (SC Cleared) to join their team.Note: SC (Security Check) Clearance - this is an essential requirement Role Responsibilities:Maximise the value we deliver for our clients right from the inception to real life application of Service Design. Support our clients through the end-to-end service design process to design and develop innovative products and services. This process will be all the way from ideation and inception through to solution build and testing. Champion user-centricity – with a set of tools and methods you can draw upon to embed design thinking / user-centricity Work on new ideas and work alongside solution team to design and develop innovative products and services Use current and emerging trends to identify and lead improvements to existing services as well as introduce innovative and industry first service experiences influencing service managers, user researchers, UI/UX designers and programme directors to understand the value as a result of user focused transformationAs part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events. Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development. L&D – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc. Skills good to have:Proven experience working across a service design process, autonomously with minimal supportAbility to create service design artefacts and outputs, such as current and future-state user journeys, personas, service concepts, service blueprints and other artefacts Client readiness’, with experience facilitating workshops, design sprints, ideation sessions or similar Ability to visualise complex services in an easy-to-understand format for varying audiences Ability to adopt a curious and inquisitive mindset – with a passion for asking ‘why’ Ability to critically break down complex problems in a fast-paced environment, with a knack for storytelling Strong understanding and experience of working in an agile (scrum) environment in a cross-functional team including but not limited to user researchers, UX/UI designers, business analysts, product owners, delivery managers and developers Ability to manage competing priorities in a tight timeframe with a proactive mindset Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to balance competing views as part of the design process Aptitude for being an advocate for user-centricity, with the ability to develop and translate user stories and propose design approaches or services to meet these needs and engage in meaningful interactions and relationships with users Experience working in sectors that operate in complex regulatory environments (e.g. healthcare or public sector) or performing a consulting function to private sector clients Experience working with Government Digital Service (GDS) service standards, applying GDS design principles Certification and/or qualifications in Service Design or Design Thinking Experience in running training around Service Design or Design Thinking Experience managing and leading high performing teams Experience working with various tools such as Miro, Mural, Teams, PowerPoint