1 to 25 of 52 Permanent Service Design Jobs in the North of England

week onsite in Sheffield Contract Length: 6 months Rate: £500–£600/day (Inside IR35) Start Date: Immediate preferred (2–4 week notice periods considered) Are you an experienced Service Design & Transition Manager, with proven experience as part of a large programme team in enterprise scale environments? If so, apply now for this new contract. The Service Design & Transition Manager will be required to work on-site in Sheffield for 3 days per week. This role is joining a large-scale and highly complex transformation programme, and we’re looking for a Service Design & Transition Manager with a real go-getter attitude. You’ll be a well-rounded Service Manager with proven … experience in Service Design, Service Transition, Vendor management, major incident & problem management, and continuous service improvement. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in large, enterprise-scale environments and can hit the ground running. You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering robust service strategies, ensuring seamless transitions, and driving operational excellence More ❯

week onsite in Sheffield Contract Length: 6 months Rate: £500–£600/day (Inside IR35) Start Date: Immediate preferred (2–4 week notice periods considered) Are you an experienced Service Design & Transition Manager, with proven experience as part of a large programme team in enterprise scale environments? If so, apply now for this new contract. The Service Design & Transition Manager will be required to work on-site in Sheffield for 3 days per week. This role is joining a large-scale and highly complex transformation programme, and we’re looking for a Service Design & Transition Manager with a real go-getter attitude. You’ll be a well-rounded Service Manager with proven … experience in Service Design, Service Transition, Vendor management, major incident & problem management, and continuous service improvement. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in large, enterprise-scale environments and can hit the ground running. You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering robust service strategies, ensuring seamless transitions, and driving operational excellence More ❯

Job title: Service Design and Transition Manager Location: Preston/Frimley - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £51,000 + dependent on experience What you'll be doing: Designing Services for optimal availability via introduction of robust proactive service management … processes and designing for end user consumption ensuring positive User Experiences are delivered Creation of Service Design Packs and implementation of Service Transition Plans to realise new Services meeting agreed requirements Delivering Service Design for multiple projects within a programme in compliance with the organisation's delivery frameworks and as a co-ordinated, seamless transition … effective co-ordination and communication between project managers, the programme leads and the customers Running operational readiness reviews prior to project go-live, ensuring a smooth transition to live service Your skills and experiences: Essential: Knowledge of IT Service Management, Service Design and Service Transition Management Understanding of Service Design principles and artefacts More ❯

DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Service Designer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the … and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Ability to use user research, data, and hands-on service design approaches to solve complex problems and develop end-to-end services that meet departmental needs. Skilled in communicating the value of user-centricity and design decisions … to stakeholders at all levels. Experienced in rapid idea generation and iteration, including sketching and prototyping, to explore and share design concepts effectively. Committed to creating and maintaining a collaborative, positive working environment, regularly consulting with senior stakeholders and contributing to the wider service design community. Delivery. Work. Projects. As a Service Designer at DWP Digital More ❯

DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Service Designer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the … and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Ability to use user research, data, and hands-on service design approaches to solve complex problems and develop end-to-end services that meet departmental needs. Skilled in communicating the value of user-centricity and design decisions … to stakeholders at all levels. Experienced in rapid idea generation and iteration, including sketching and prototyping, to explore and share design concepts effectively. Committed to creating and maintaining a collaborative, positive working environment, regularly consulting with senior stakeholders and contributing to the wider service design community. Delivery. Work. Projects. As a Service Designer at DWP Digital More ❯

DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Service Designer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the … and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Ability to use user research, data, and hands-on service design approaches to solve complex problems and develop end-to-end services that meet departmental needs. Skilled in communicating the value of user-centricity and design decisions … to stakeholders at all levels. Experienced in rapid idea generation and iteration, including sketching and prototyping, to explore and share design concepts effectively. Committed to creating and maintaining a collaborative, positive working environment, regularly consulting with senior stakeholders and contributing to the wider service design community. Delivery. Work. Projects. As a Service Designer at DWP Digital More ❯

Senior Service Designer Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea Salary: Up to £57,400 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time or Part Time Closing Date: 9th September 2025 The Role As Senior Service Designer in the Service Design and User Research team your role will be to help them deliver and … agile teams including policy experts, user researchers, data analysts, developers, content designers and business analysts. Your responsibilities will include, but arent limited to: Designing services which meet the Government Service Standard. Carry out a wide range of service design activities from problem framing, journey mapping, prototyping and workshop facilitation. Translate actionable insights from user research and other … sources into accessible designs. Ensuring services meet public sector accessibility regulations. Development of user-facing features ensuring technical feasibility of UI/UX designs in line with the GDS Design System. Will prototype website designs and UI elements as required. Play a leading role in developing a user centred design community that will discuss methods, best practice and More ❯

Senior Service Designer Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea Salary: Up to £57,400 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time or Part Time Closing Date: 9th September 2025 The Role As Senior Service Designer in the Service Design and User Research team your role will be to help them deliver and … agile teams including policy experts, user researchers, data analysts, developers, content designers and business analysts. Your responsibilities will include, but arent limited to: Designing services which meet the Government Service Standard. Carry out a wide range of service design activities from problem framing, journey mapping, prototyping and workshop facilitation. Translate actionable insights from user research and other … sources into accessible designs. Ensuring services meet public sector accessibility regulations. Development of user-facing features ensuring technical feasibility of UI/UX designs in line with the GDS Design System. Will prototype website designs and UI elements as required. Play a leading role in developing a user centred design community that will discuss methods, best practice and More ❯

Senior Service Designer Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea Salary: Up to £57,400 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time or Part Time Closing Date: 9th September 2025 The Role As Senior Service Designer in the Service Design and User Research team your role will be to help them deliver and … agile teams including policy experts, user researchers, data analysts, developers, content designers and business analysts. Your responsibilities will include, but arent limited to: Designing services which meet the Government Service Standard. Carry out a wide range of service design activities from problem framing, journey mapping, prototyping and workshop facilitation. Translate actionable insights from user research and other … sources into accessible designs. Ensuring services meet public sector accessibility regulations. Development of user-facing features ensuring technical feasibility of UI/UX designs in line with the GDS Design System. Will prototype website designs and UI elements as required. Play a leading role in developing a user centred design community that will discuss methods, best practice and More ❯

Senior Service Designer Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea Salary: Up to £57,400 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time or Part Time Closing Date: 9th September 2025 The Role As Senior Service Designer in the Service Design and User Research team your role will be to help them deliver and … agile teams including policy experts, user researchers, data analysts, developers, content designers and business analysts. Your responsibilities will include, but arent limited to: Designing services which meet the Government Service Standard. Carry out a wide range of service design activities from problem framing, journey mapping, prototyping and workshop facilitation. Translate actionable insights from user research and other … sources into accessible designs. Ensuring services meet public sector accessibility regulations. Development of user-facing features ensuring technical feasibility of UI/UX designs in line with the GDS Design System. Will prototype website designs and UI elements as required. Play a leading role in developing a user centred design community that will discuss methods, best practice and More ❯

Senior Service Designer Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea Salary: Up to £57,400 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time or Part Time Closing Date: 9th September 2025 The Role As Senior Service Designer in the Service Design and User Research team your role will be to help them deliver and … agile teams including policy experts, user researchers, data analysts, developers, content designers and business analysts. Your responsibilities will include, but arent limited to: Designing services which meet the Government Service Standard. Carry out a wide range of service design activities from problem framing, journey mapping, prototyping and workshop facilitation. Translate actionable insights from user research and other … sources into accessible designs. Ensuring services meet public sector accessibility regulations. Development of user-facing features ensuring technical feasibility of UI/UX designs in line with the GDS Design System. Will prototype website designs and UI elements as required. Play a leading role in developing a user centred design community that will discuss methods, best practice and More ❯

Senior Service Designer Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea Salary: Up to £57,400 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time or Part Time Closing Date: 9th September 2025 The Role As Senior Service Designer in the Service Design and User Research team your role will be to help them deliver and … agile teams including policy experts, user researchers, data analysts, developers, content designers and business analysts. Your responsibilities will include, but arent limited to: Designing services which meet the Government Service Standard. Carry out a wide range of service design activities from problem framing, journey mapping, prototyping and workshop facilitation. Translate actionable insights from user research and other … sources into accessible designs. Ensuring services meet public sector accessibility regulations. Development of user-facing features ensuring technical feasibility of UI/UX designs in line with the GDS Design System. Will prototype website designs and UI elements as required. Play a leading role in developing a user centred design community that will discuss methods, best practice and More ❯

Senior Service Designer Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea Salary: Up to £57,400 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time or Part Time Closing Date: 9th September 2025 The Role As Senior Service Designer in the DVSA Service Design and User Research team your role will be to help DVSA deliver … teams including policy experts, user researchers, data analysts, developers, content designers and business analysts. Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to: Designing services which meet the Government Service Standard. Carry out a wide range of service design activities from problem framing, journey mapping, prototyping and workshop facilitation. Translate actionable insights from user research and other … sources into accessible designs. Ensuring services meet public sector accessibility regulations. Development of user-facing features ensuring technical feasibility of UI/UX designs in line with the GDS Design System. Will prototype website designs and UI elements as required. Play a leading role in developing a user centred design community that will discuss methods, best practice and More ❯

Senior Service Designer Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea Salary: Up to £57,400 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time or Part Time Closing Date: 9th September 2025 The Role As Senior Service Designer in the DVSA Service Design and User Research team your role will be to help DVSA deliver … teams including policy experts, user researchers, data analysts, developers, content designers and business analysts. Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to: Designing services which meet the Government Service Standard. Carry out a wide range of service design activities from problem framing, journey mapping, prototyping and workshop facilitation. Translate actionable insights from user research and other … sources into accessible designs. Ensuring services meet public sector accessibility regulations. Development of user-facing features ensuring technical feasibility of UI/UX designs in line with the GDS Design System. Will prototype website designs and UI elements as required. Play a leading role in developing a user centred design community that will discuss methods, best practice and More ❯

Senior Service Designer Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea Salary: Up to £57,400 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time or Part Time Closing Date: 9th September 2025 The Role As Senior Service Designer in the DVSA Service Design and User Research team your role will be to help DVSA deliver … teams including policy experts, user researchers, data analysts, developers, content designers and business analysts. Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to: Designing services which meet the Government Service Standard. Carry out a wide range of service design activities from problem framing, journey mapping, prototyping and workshop facilitation. Translate actionable insights from user research and other … sources into accessible designs. Ensuring services meet public sector accessibility regulations. Development of user-facing features ensuring technical feasibility of UI/UX designs in line with the GDS Design System. Will prototype website designs and UI elements as required. Play a leading role in developing a user centred design community that will discuss methods, best practice and More ❯

methods. Working in a delivery-focused Agile environment, and in collaboration with members of multidisciplinary agile teams, the successful candidate will act as an advocate of user needs-based design, design thinking and service design in the development of their digital services and products. Your responsibilities will include, but arent limited to: Plan, design and … prepare a range of user research activities to support the design, development and continuous improvement of government services. This will include choosing the right variety of research approaches (such as surveys, usability interviews, card sorting etc.), including conducting research on site at different locations such as garages and test centres Carrying out user research activities from recruiting participants, preparing … the team wall, creating formal reports Work closely with product managers, designers and developers to turn user research findings into stories and actions that lead to valuable product and service features Advocate for user needs and conducting inclusive research in every activity Collaborating with colleagues in developing clear and actionable findings, including working closely with service design More ❯

methods. Working in a delivery-focused Agile environment, and in collaboration with members of multidisciplinary agile teams, the successful candidate will act as an advocate of user needs-based design, design thinking and service design in the development of their digital services and products. Your responsibilities will include, but arent limited to: Plan, design and … prepare a range of user research activities to support the design, development and continuous improvement of government services. This will include choosing the right variety of research approaches (such as surveys, usability interviews, card sorting etc.), including conducting research on site at different locations such as garages and test centres Carrying out user research activities from recruiting participants, preparing … the team wall, creating formal reports Work closely with product managers, designers and developers to turn user research findings into stories and actions that lead to valuable product and service features Advocate for user needs and conducting inclusive research in every activity Collaborating with colleagues in developing clear and actionable findings, including working closely with service design More ❯

with strong UX expertise to shape intuitive, impactful digital experiences. In this role, you will: Support Discovery & Strategy – framing problems, testing ideas, and guiding your squad toward validated solutions. Design Holistic Experiences – owning the end-to-end user journey, ensuring our products deliver real value and feel effortless to use. Conduct & Guide UX Research – planning and running user interviews … usability testing, and embedding insights into every design decision. Facilitate Collaboration – leading workshops and design sprints to align stakeholders and accelerate discovery. Balance Business & User Needs – creating solutions that are desirable, feasible, and commercially viable. Elevate Design Quality – raising the standard for design craft and UX thinking across your squad and the wider community. Champion Design … experimentation, user engagement, and continuous learning. About You You are a passionate, discovery-led designer with significant experience in large, regulated organisations. You bring: Depth in UX and product design , with breadth across service design, user research, content design, design systems, or strategy. The ability to inspire and deliver innovative solutions through cross-functional teamwork. More ❯

with strong UX expertise to shape intuitive, impactful digital experiences. In this role, you will: Support Discovery & Strategy framing problems, testing ideas, and guiding your squad toward validated solutions. Design Holistic Experiences owning the end-to-end user journey, ensuring our products deliver real value and feel effortless to use. Conduct & Guide UX Research planning and running user interviews … usability testing, and embedding insights into every design decision. Facilitate Collaboration leading workshops and design sprints to align stakeholders and accelerate discovery. Balance Business & User Needs creating solutions that are desirable, feasible, and commercially viable. Elevate Design Quality raising the standard for design craft and UX thinking across your squad and the wider community. Champion Design … experimentation, user engagement, and continuous learning. About You You are a passionate, discovery-led designer with significant experience in large, regulated organisations. You bring: Depth in UX and product design , with breadth across service design, user research, content design, design systems, or strategy. The ability to inspire and deliver innovative solutions through cross-functional teamwork. More ❯

Job summary Are you passionate about using technology to make a real impact in public service? Do you have experience in supporting software in the workplace and ensuring essential services are maintained and effective. If so, we would love to hear from you. As an Application Support Developer at the NHS Business Services Authority, you will play a key … a motivated and proactive individual looking to contribute to the NHS goals and work alongside talented IT professionals. What do we offer? 27 days leave (increasing with length of service) plus 8 bank holidays Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours) Flexi time Hybrid working model (we are currently working largely remotely) Career development … and much more. Our services are used by NHS organisations, contractors and the public: we're proud to be part of something meaningful, that touches millions of lives. We design our services around customer needs and place people at the heart of our organisation. That's why when you join us, you'll be empowered and supported to help More ❯

The User Researcher will play a pivotal role in delivering actionable insights that shape effective digital services focused on real user needs. Acting as an advocate for needs-based design, design thinking, and service design, they will champion best-practice user research and mentor others in the discipline. Working as part of a growing Experience Design … to millions of people. The team takes pride in designing with integrity - prioritising positive user experiences over marketing gimmicks or dark patterns. Key responsibilities Lead, plan, develop, and conduct design research using the most suitable methods for each project. Produce robust, data-driven artefacts that inform design decisions. Collaborate with client teams to deliver relevant and practical research … plans. Apply both qualitative and quantitative research techniques effectively. Provide coaching and guidance to other researchers. Demonstrate a sound understanding of information architecture, interaction design, and visual design principles. Operate effectively within Agile delivery environments. Communicate clearly with stakeholders at all organisational levels. Apply strong commercial awareness to all activities. Manage stakeholder relationships with confidence and professionalism. Desirable More ❯

The User Researcher will play a pivotal role in delivering actionable insights that shape effective digital services focused on real user needs. Acting as an advocate for needs-based design, design thinking, and service design, they will champion best-practice user research and mentor others in the discipline. Working as part of a growing Experience Design … to millions of people. The team takes pride in designing with integrity - prioritising positive user experiences over marketing gimmicks or dark patterns. Key responsibilities Lead, plan, develop, and conduct design research using the most suitable methods for each project. Produce robust, data-driven artefacts that inform design decisions. Collaborate with client teams to deliver relevant and practical research … plans. Apply both qualitative and quantitative research techniques effectively. Provide coaching and guidance to other researchers. Demonstrate a sound understanding of information architecture, interaction design, and visual design principles. Operate effectively within Agile delivery environments. Communicate clearly with stakeholders at all organisational levels. Apply strong commercial awareness to all activities. Manage stakeholder relationships with confidence and professionalism. Desirable More ❯

to local hub -London, Leeds, Gosforth, Glasgow, Edinburgh Contract type : Permanent Our Team Virgin Money is two years into an exciting transformation journey. We've successfully established a Customer Service Design Centre of Excellence (CoE) within CIO Products and Channels (COO), embedding design thinking and customer-centricity into how we shape experiences. Now, we're ready to … take the next leap, expanding our strategic design capability across the organisation and maturing our approach to digital operational excellence. It's a fun and fast-paced place to be, and we want you to help take us to the next level. This is a critical leadership role supporting the Customer Service Design Leadership Team in scaling … the CoE's impact, embedding strategic journey design principles across Virgin Money, and enabling the next phase of transformation. You'll play a key role in shaping how we evolve our operating model, with a focus on future-state design, systems thinking, and enterprise-wide capability building. Your expertise will guide our strategic decisions, spark innovation, and ensure More ❯

the general tasks related to this opportunity below, as well as required skills. Production Network Engineering is a new mission aligned operating model within the newly formed Network Product Design & Engineering domain at Barclays. Network Product Design & Engineering is responsible for the design, build and run of the underlying strategic network infrastructure platforms and the over-the … guests and partners To be successful in this role as an Infrastructure Engineer – Production Network Engineering, you should possess the following skillsets: Extensive experience as an individual contributor that design, build and operate network products across all 7 layers of the OSI stack from physical through to virtual (i.e.,Openstack, Kubernetes, KVM) infrastructure ecosystems across Cloud platforms, On-prem … supporting Corporate and Guests users, including experience with concepts of zero trust networking Skilled in lifecycle management of network products and services including requirements analysis, platform selection, technical architecture design, service design & development, testing and deployment at scale, including proficiency in Agile Methodologies Scrum/Kanban, backlog and workflow mgmt. and SRE specific reporting (MTTR, deployment frequency More ❯

You'll harness technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. Production Network Engineering is a new mission aligned operating model within the newly formed Network Product Design & Engineering domain at Barclays. Network Product Design & Engineering is responsible for the design, build and run of the underlying strategic network infrastructure platforms and the over-the … and partners To be successful in this role as an Infrastructure Engineer – Production Network Engineering, you should possess the following skillsets: Extensive experience as an individual contributor in the design, build and operate of Telco hardened virtual infrastructure ecosystems such as Openstack, Kubernetes, QEMU, KVM, HCI spanning Cloud Platforms for example Public, Edge, Private and uCPE Platforms for example … Application Layer Network Protocols - TLS/SSL, DNS, DHCP, etc. an added advantage Skilled in lifecycle management of network products and services including requirements analysis, platform selection, technical architecture design, service design & development, testing and deployment at scale, including proficiency in Agile Methodologies Scrum/Kanban, backlog and workflow mgmt. and SRE specific reporting (MTTR, deployment frequency More ❯