16700 - Senior Interaction Designer
| Posting date: | 14 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £58,511 to £70,725 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £58,511 - £65,329, London salary range is £63,343 - £70,725. Your salary will be dependent on your base location. Salary: National: £58,511 - £65,329 London: £63,343 - £70,725 (which may include an allowance up to £332) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 April 2026 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 16700 |
Summary
Senior Interaction Designer
Location: National*
Closing Date: 26th April 2026
Interviews: W/C 11th May 2026
Grade: 7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary:
National: £58,511 - £65,329
London: £63,343 - £70,725 (which may include an allowance up to £332)
Working pattern: full-time, part-time, flexible working
Contract Type: Perm
Vacancy number: 16700
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for a senior interaction designer here at Justice Digital, Data & Science, to be part of our warm and collaborative Justice Digital, Data and Science team.
This role aligns against Senior Interaction Designer from the Government Digital and Data Framework
These are exciting times at Justice Digital, Data and Science. We have a clear vision — to develop a digitally-enabled justice system that’s simpler, faster, better for everyone. We’re looking for talented people who are passionate about this mission and ready for the challenge.
You’ll be welcomed into a thriving design community and into multidisciplinary teams, alongside user researchers, product owners, delivery managers and software developers to deliver world-class, user-centred services.
As well as doing great work, we’re creating a place that’s great to work in. We offer brilliant training opportunities, excellent kit and support from expert colleagues. On top of that, you’ll find flexible working, an inclusive culture, and a place where your opinion is valued.
Working with the other MOJ Designers, you’ll also be a part of advancing our approach across the department, helping to grow our design culture, and standardising and systemising the way we work to enable better re-use of design components across government.
To help picture your life at Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog and our Justice Digital Strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
Analyse and interpret user needs and business objectives in highly complex service areas
Produce design concepts that help reimagine how services can be delivered end-to-end
Facilitate design workshops and design sprints with the team, senior stakeholders and users
Rapidly design and test digital prototypes with users
Develop and maintain design standards, ensuring patterns and components are consistent, accessible, and easy to use across our digital products & services.
Mentor a junior designer
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Benefits
37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow.
Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates).
25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the King’s birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
Nurturing professional and interpersonal networks including those for Carers & Childcare, Gender Equality, PROUD and SPIRIT.
Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location).
Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
5 days volunteering paid leave.
Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Person Specification
Essential
You have a firm grounding and experience in user-centred design, from concept to final delivery. You know how to give direction on which tools, processes or methods to use and how to bring an agile delivery team along with you.
You can listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders, and interpret them in a way that is clear for both audiences. You know how to manage stakeholder expectations, set direction and navigate difficult discussions.
You are experienced in rapid paper and digital prototyping. You can confidently work with developers and understand security, accessibility, version control and hosting.
You are a strong team player who knows how to work with and get the best out of a multi-disciplinary agile delivery team
You know what good end-to-end public services look like and how to design in an inclusive, accessible way.
You know how to share best practice and can coach others to help them find the best way to achieve outcomes for their team.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance
We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.
Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Location: National*
Closing Date: 26th April 2026
Interviews: W/C 11th May 2026
Grade: 7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary:
National: £58,511 - £65,329
London: £63,343 - £70,725 (which may include an allowance up to £332)
Working pattern: full-time, part-time, flexible working
Contract Type: Perm
Vacancy number: 16700
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for a senior interaction designer here at Justice Digital, Data & Science, to be part of our warm and collaborative Justice Digital, Data and Science team.
This role aligns against Senior Interaction Designer from the Government Digital and Data Framework
These are exciting times at Justice Digital, Data and Science. We have a clear vision — to develop a digitally-enabled justice system that’s simpler, faster, better for everyone. We’re looking for talented people who are passionate about this mission and ready for the challenge.
You’ll be welcomed into a thriving design community and into multidisciplinary teams, alongside user researchers, product owners, delivery managers and software developers to deliver world-class, user-centred services.
As well as doing great work, we’re creating a place that’s great to work in. We offer brilliant training opportunities, excellent kit and support from expert colleagues. On top of that, you’ll find flexible working, an inclusive culture, and a place where your opinion is valued.
Working with the other MOJ Designers, you’ll also be a part of advancing our approach across the department, helping to grow our design culture, and standardising and systemising the way we work to enable better re-use of design components across government.
To help picture your life at Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog and our Justice Digital Strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
Analyse and interpret user needs and business objectives in highly complex service areas
Produce design concepts that help reimagine how services can be delivered end-to-end
Facilitate design workshops and design sprints with the team, senior stakeholders and users
Rapidly design and test digital prototypes with users
Develop and maintain design standards, ensuring patterns and components are consistent, accessible, and easy to use across our digital products & services.
Mentor a junior designer
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Benefits
37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow.
Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates).
25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the King’s birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
Nurturing professional and interpersonal networks including those for Carers & Childcare, Gender Equality, PROUD and SPIRIT.
Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location).
Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
5 days volunteering paid leave.
Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Person Specification
Essential
You have a firm grounding and experience in user-centred design, from concept to final delivery. You know how to give direction on which tools, processes or methods to use and how to bring an agile delivery team along with you.
You can listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders, and interpret them in a way that is clear for both audiences. You know how to manage stakeholder expectations, set direction and navigate difficult discussions.
You are experienced in rapid paper and digital prototyping. You can confidently work with developers and understand security, accessibility, version control and hosting.
You are a strong team player who knows how to work with and get the best out of a multi-disciplinary agile delivery team
You know what good end-to-end public services look like and how to design in an inclusive, accessible way.
You know how to share best practice and can coach others to help them find the best way to achieve outcomes for their team.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance
We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.
Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.