Senior Interaction Designer

Salary: £62,109 (National) or £66,229 (Croydon) plus skills allowance of up to £6,000 pending assessment.

Location:
Croydon, Manchester or Sheffield on a hybrid basis

Advert Close: 11:55 pm Monday 9th February 2026

Please note that this role requires Security Check (SC) clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years.

We are looking for a Senior Interaction Designer to join the team delivering the Multi-Agency Public Protection Service (MAPPS), part of the Policing and Public Protection Technology (PPPT) portfolio within Home Office Digital. MAPPS is replacing the register for violent and sexual offenders, supporting police, probation services, and partner agencies to manage offenders who present a risk to the public after release from custody.

This high-profile role offers an exceptional opportunity to navigate complex stakeholder needs and design services with real impact on public safety. Whilst you will initially focus on achieving parity with the legacy system, you will later move into continuous improvement of the service.

You will determine the best way for users to interact with services, the overall flow and individual design elements. You will mentor and train other designers, supporting the growth and development of the interaction design team.

You will have experience of designing software in an agile environment. You must be driven to help government transform the way it delivers services so that they are simpler, faster and easier to use.

You can learn more about design and research in the Home Office on our blog:

• sharing user-centred design lessons learnt at the Home Office
• applying user-centred design in a data-focused product
• and by looking at our design system

We have a thriving user-centred design (UCD) community. If you want to work with us to ensure that our services are easier and simpler to use, apply now.

Essential skills

You will be assessed against the following skills and experience during the selection process:

• evidence-based design: leads evidence-based design initiatives for significant projects, often involving complex user needs and multiple stakeholders. Mentors junior staff in evidence-based design methodologies
• prototyping and concept creation: manages the prototyping and concept creation process for high-impact projects. Applies advanced techniques, like interactive and complex prototyping in code, to validate and refine concepts. Provides guidance to junior team members
• interaction design: able to manage and guide the interaction design process for complex projects. Balances user needs, technical constraints, and business objectives to achieve optimal design solutions
• accessibility and inclusion: applying accessibility standards, understanding how the internet works and the technology constraints that may need to be considered in design
• managing people and leading: coaching and mentoring other interaction designers, growing skills, and providing constructive feedback on work
• communicate, persuade and advocate: talking about, and advocating for UCD to various audiences and stakeholders, in a way that other people understand

The essential skills listed above are reflective of the Home Office Government Digital and Data Profession Career Framework (based on the industry standard SFIA framework). Use the SFIA levels of responsibility to understand what would be expected for each technical skills listed below.

• A civil service pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28.97%.
• In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
• The ability to potentially adopt flexible working options that suit your work/life balance, plus the opportunity in future to take a career break.
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
• Eight days public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
• 26 weeks maternity, adoption or shared parental leave at full pay, followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, after qualifying service.
• Maternity and adoption support leave (also known as paternity leave) of two weeks full pay, after qualifying service.
• Paid leave for fostering approval processes, support when a child is substantively placed with you plus a foster to adopt policy.
• Support for guardians and kinship carers.
• Corporate membership of ‘Employers for Carers’ providing additional information and advice for carers, plus a ‘Carer’s Passport’ to discuss workplace needs and underpin supportive conversations.
• Time off to deal with emergencies and certain other unplanned special circumstances.

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