Interaction Designer

Grade: HEO 
Total remuneration: £47,590 to £54,482
Pay Supplement: The base salary for this role is £41,026 -£46,968. This job qualifies for Digital, Data and Technology Annual Pay supplement 16% is included in the total remuneration above.
Pension: of salary (RoS contribution). 
Annual leave: 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.
Duration: Permanent. 
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week. We are a flexible employer and will consider a variety of working patterns on a case-by-case basis. For example, compressed hours, term-time working or part-time working. 
Location: Hybrid working model. Contractual base either at Meadowbank House, Edinburgh (EH8 7AU), or St Vincent Plaza, Glasgow (G2 5LD). 
Department: User Centred Design – UX team 
Directorate: Digital, Data and Technology
Role Reports to: Senior User Researcher 
Closing date: 10 of May at 23:59 
Number of vacancies: 1 

Registers of Scotland (RoS) 
Join an award-winning organisation recognised for its technology and innovation. Registers of Scotland is a world-leading pioneer in land and property registration. Our full-stack teams design, architect, and build all our registration products in-house. We work to create digital solutions for the people of Scotland. You will get an opportunity to nurture your creativity and develop with us through access to the latest data, software engineering and product delivery techniques.

This job is for you if you want… 

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The Role 
Join Registers of Scotland as an Interaction Designer and help shape inclusive, user centred digital services that make a real difference. You’ll design and improve services that support key moments in people’s lives, using fresh thinking and leading-edge technology to enhance how members of the public and business customers interact with Registers of Scotland. 

As part of the User Centred Design (UCD) team, you’ll work closely with a Senior Interaction Designer and User Experience Researchers from early discovery through to live services. You’ll champion best practice, contribute to research and workshops, and apply strong design principles to create accessible, effective and rewarding user experiences at scale. With support from the Senior Interaction Designer, this is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress your career, collaborating with researchers and multidisciplinary service teams as your experience develops. The role focuses on ensuring our services are usable, accessible and designed to best practice standards, including the Government Digital Service Design System, the Scottish Government Design System and the Registers of Scotland Design System. 

On a typical day you will… 

Key Responsibilities 

Essential Criteria – Skills and Attributes for Success 

Technical Experience: 
We will assess you against the following Technical skills during the application and assessment process:

Behaviours 
At application stage, you will be scored against the bolded Behaviours and against all Behaviours for the assessment: 

Changing and Improving 

Communicating and Influencing 

Working Together 

Managing a Quality Service and Delivering at Pace 

Stage one - Application Process
To apply, click on 'Apply now' and complete the online application form.
You will need to submit: 

Please note: 

Stage two – assessment 
If successful at application stage, you will be invited to an in-person interview which will include the following:

Recruitment Timeline: 

Information on Success Profiles 
For further information on success profiles, visit our . 

Feedback 
Feedback will only be provided if you progress to interview stage. 

Reserve List 
In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months. 

Nationality and immigration status
In general, only nationals from the following countries (and associations of countries) are eligible for employment in the Civil Service: the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and the Commonwealth. EU nationals (with settled or pre-settled status), certain EEA nationals, Swiss and Turkish nationals are also eligible for employment. Detailed provisions on determining eligibility on the grounds of nationality and, where relevant, immigration status can be reviewed . 

Security 
Successful candidates must undergo a check.
Individuals working with government assets must complete baseline . 

Equality, diversity and inclusion
As a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We’re not as diverse as we’d like yet, and we’re working on it. We especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups – people who are disabled, minoritised ethnic groups, and younger people (16-24 years of age). To learn more please see our .

As part of the application process, we would like to invite you to please complete our diversity monitoring form. This information is not shared with recruitment panels. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via . Please see for more information on adjustments. 

DDaT supplement
This post is part of the Digital, Data and Technology profession (DDAT) and attracts a pay supplement. This is a tool which RoS uses to benchmark our salaries against current market rates. A review of the benchmark is undertaken every two years, this means that the supplement may go up or down depending on market activity. Advance notice will be given of any changes.

Further information 
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