Senior Service Designer
ADLIB Recruitment
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- Senior Service Designer role blending delivery, facilitation, and cross‑disciplinary leadership.
- Purpose‑driven work within the space sector.
- Join a high‑impact UCD team and anchor design thinking in complex, technical environments. We're supporting a forward‑thinking organisation in the search for a Senior Service Designer to join in November for a 5-month Fixed Term Contract. Working across diverse, high‑stakes missions for space and communications sectors, this addition to the User-Centred Design team will be proficient in User Research, Service Design, and UX Strategy. You will lead complex discovery, translate business needs into technical understanding, and facilitate strategic change within a multidisciplinary organisation. You'll thrive in an environment where no two days look the same, moving between innovative project spaces ranging from transport to communications to remote connectivity. Candidates will need to be immediately available, or with a short notice period to be considered for this role. What you'll be doing As a Senior Service Designer, you will shape the end-to-end delivery of a range of programmes aiming to improve the UK's infrastructure and digital ecosystems. You'll shape early‑stage problem spaces by driving research, mapping insights, designing service concepts, and producing artefacts such as blueprints, systems maps and prototypes. Being confident in uncertain spaces is key, as this role will involve making sense of ambiguity and identifying what stakeholders need before solutions are defined. A core part of this role is translating user needs and business goals into clear direction for highly technical teams. You'll design and lead workshops, co‑creation sessions and decision‑making forums, acting as facilitator and mediator between internal and external stakeholders. This Senior Service Designer role is hands‑on, strategic, and central to the success of high‑impact programmes. What experience you'll need to apply
- Significant experience in service design, design research or strategic design.
- Ability to independently lead ambiguous discovery without a defined brief.
- Strong problem‑framing skills and comfort working across shifting contexts.
- Experience facilitating workshops and cross‑disciplinary sessions with senior stakeholders.
- Proven ability to create artefacts (blueprints, system maps, prototypes, concepts) that shape decisions.
- Comfortable working in technical or regulated domains, even without being a technical specialist.
- Confident external‑facing communicator with strong stakeholder rapport. What you'll get in return for your experience In addition to a pro rata salary of up to £62k FTE, you'll benefit from hybrid working from an Oxford office (2 days per week), 28 days holiday pro rata (plus Bank Holidays), up to 10% employer pension contribution and more. You'll join a collaborative team, receive regular development support, and contribute to meaningful work with real‑world impact. What's next? If this Senior Service Designer role sounds like your next step, please apply for more details.
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