Solirius Consulting

UX Consultant

Solirius Consulting

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Join a multidisciplinary team designing and delivering innovative, user-centred digital products and public services for Government and Private Sector clients.
  • Be a great listener and communicator with a creative, structured, and logical approach to understanding problems and designing inclusive, human-centred experiences.
  • Develop ‘T-shaped’ skills and take on new challenges as a pragmatic team player.

Requirements

  • Experience designing content and interactions for UK Government or public sector digital services, working to the Government Service Standard, and WCAG
  • Ability to design simple, usable, accessible services that meet user needs, policy intent, and business objectives.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of GOV.UK content and design standards, including plain English and accessibility, ideally with experience of taking services through service assessments
  • Experience working in agile, multidisciplinary teams with developers, researchers, product managers, and stakeholders on government projects and programmes across the phases of the delivery cycle (Discovery through to Beta/Live)
  • Ability to facilitate workshops, co-design sessions, and usability testing.
  • Confidence influencing stakeholders using user needs and evidence.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and facilitation skills.
  • Strong understanding of technical and delivery constraints in government environments.
  • Ability to support teams in user-centred design and agile ways of working.
  • Proven experience writing, editing, and iterating user-centred content to meet identified user needs including pair-writing with colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Ability to devise, test, and refine different content formats (e.g. transactional content or UX microcopy, forms, GOV.UK guidance, notifications) across the whole user journey.
  • Experience iterating content based on user research findings, usability testing, analytics, and service data.
  • Ability to write plain English content that meets statutory, regulatory, or policy requirements while remaining usable and accessible to all users.
  • Experience designing intuitive, accessible interactions for digital services, using GOV.UK patterns.
  • Ability to create and iterate user flows, scenarios, wireframes, and interaction designs, informed by data and user insights.
  • Experience prototyping and testing solutions using paper, digital, and code-based prototypes, using Figma and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit.
  • Ability to test and refine designs for usability and accessibility across devices and platforms.
  • Experience planning and conducting user research with internal and external users, selecting appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods.
  • Ability to analyse research findings and service data, and communicate clear, evidence-based insights to inform design decisions.
  • Ability to support iterative improvement through evidence and data-informed decision-making, clearly communicating to stakeholders.
  • Experience working with stakeholders to define success metrics and evaluate the impact of services.
  • Contributes to the development of the Design practice and community.
  • Supports thought leadership, case studies, and insights showcasing expertise in both content and interaction design.
  • Mentors, coaches, supports and manages colleagues.
  • Contributes to client proposals and presentations to help win new projects.
Benefits
  • Competitive Salary
  • Bonus Scheme
  • Private Healthcare Insurance
  • 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
  • Up to 10 days allocated for development training per year
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days)
  • Statutory & Contributory Pension
  • EAP with Help@Hand
  • Gym Membership Benefits
  • Flexible Working
  • Annual Away Days/Company Socials
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
user-centred designcontent designinteraction designusability testingprototypingwireframingGOV.UK design standardsaccessibility standardsagile methodologiesuser research
Soft Skills
communicationfacilitationcollaborationproblem-solvinginfluencingmentoringcoachingcreativitystructured thinkingadaptability