The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DfID) merged on 1 September 2020 to form the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

The FCDO pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

As a Senior Service Designer your main responsibilities would be:

• Oversight of direct reports and line management duties throughout their team.
• Managing team prioritisation and utilisation.
• Leading recruitment within the Service Design team.
• Displaying role model values of diversity and inclusion, leadership and change management in the team, engaging and maintaining the commitment of staff.
• Developing a supporting environment for staff, promoting a culture of constructive feedback, learning, development and flexible working.
• Building an open and collaborative culture within the IDD Service Design team.

You’ll have relevant experience in:

• Agile working
• Communication skills
• Digital perspective
• Evidence- and context-based design
• User focus

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.