Senior Interaction Designer

We are recruiting for a Senior Interaction Designer to join our Digital Change team.

The team supports and oversees the design, development, and continuous improvement of Ofsted's digital services and technology infrastructure. We work closely with Customer Technology, Colleague Technology, and colleagues across Ofsted to deliver effective, reliable, and user-focused digital solutions.

We help projects adopt User-Centred Design (UCD) principles and design-led development approaches, ensuring that the services we buy, build, and improve meet user needs. The team provides expertise in User Research, Content Design, Interaction Design, and Architecture, bringing together specialists in Technical, Information, and Enterprise Architecture.

As an Senior Interaction Designer, you will play a key role in shaping and improving Ofsted's web-based digital services. You will help redesign and enhance our digital services, websites, and systems, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, contractors, and suppliers to create user-focused, accessible, and effective solutions.

This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted’s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home.

Please refer to the job specification for further information.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Application and shortlisting

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences. Your CV should detail your job history, including responsibilities, skills, accomplishments, relevant qualifications, and training. Please do not include any identifying information.
• A personal statement of up to 1,250 words that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria, providing evidence where possible and detailing the personal attributes you believe you can bring to the role. The STAR model may help you structure your statement.

Interview

In preparation for the panel interview, we will ask you to review a screen design or set of designs. We will share the designs with you before the interview. During the interview we will look out for:

• Your comments on the design or set of designs and your next steps if given the task to redesign the screen(s).
• Point out accessibility issues and what advice you’d offer to the design team.
• Demonstrate your experience and technical skills relevant to the role, explaining your use of technology and general approach and principles
• Demonstrate a knowledge of GDS / Gov.uk patterns & standards

Interviews will be held during the week commencing 2 November 2026 remotely via Microsoft Teams.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.