Senior Service Designer
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Are you passionate about creating outstanding service experiences As a Senior Service Designer with the City of Edmonton youll be instrumental in ensuring Edmontonians receive the high-quality municipal services they expect.
This is a chance to lead complex service design initiatives applying your expertise in service design design thinking and user experience (UX) design. Youll conduct in-depth user research facilitate collaborative design processes and develop key deliverables like service blueprints journey maps and prototypes. Your work will directly influence how citizens interact with City services both digitally and in person making a significant impact on our this role youll work autonomously influencing and mentoring junior designers and analysts.
What will you do
- Lead the design of complex end-to-end service journeys that span multiple departments and channels ensuring alignment with the Citys vision and strategic objectives
- Drive the development and implementation of integrated corporate-wide planning policy and performance processes as they relate to service design such as service design project processes or design standards
- Oversee and coordinate the activities of cross-functional teams involved in service design studies and implementations providing expert guidance and mentorship
- Lead a selection of key digital service initiatives playing the primary role of service designer for these projects with a focus on leading corporate level initiatives that have a positive strategic impact
- Guide project teams to navigate ambiguity and systemic challenges
- Conduct studies of organizational structures methods systems and procedures to identify strategic opportunities for greater efficiency and effectiveness across the corporation
- Analyze synthesize and clearly explain complex evidence from large data sets user research and policy analysis to inform strategic service design decisions
- Apply advanced analytical techniques including operations research and statistical modeling to optimize service delivery models and predict future trends
- Direct and conduct ongoing primary and secondary research interpret complex data and develop high-level briefings and recommendations for senior leadership
- Implement iterative design and agile methods across teams or the wider organization for service development or improvement
- Guide the prototyping of complex ideas at any level of detail helping teams quickly adapt to changing needs
- Create and champion new design patterns and components that support the organizations design system and strategic goals. Design patterns are reusable solutions to common design problems
- Other related responsibilities
- A university degree in business administration public administration or a related field (e.g. Human-Computer Interaction Service Design Strategic Design Industrial Engineering Information Systems)
- A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in a combination of: strategic and operational business planning and project management with a significant focus on service design or large-scale process improvement
Skills required for success:
- Extensive knowledge of strategic and operational business planning including its application in service design
- Strong knowledge of performance measurement strategies and tools for large-scale service delivery
- Deep understanding of corporate priorities strategies and reporting processes
- Advanced knowledge of research methodologies including complex data collection analysis and strategic presentation
- Expertise in project and process management with strong ability to gather synthesize and analyze complex data for strategic outcomes
- Proficiency in analytics and data intelligence to support strategic service design decisions
- Exceptional ability to communicate complex ideas effectively both verbally and in writing
- Proven skill in leading integrated interdisciplinary teams for collaborative strategy and service innovation
- Demonstrated ability to integrate strategic planning into operational design practices
- Expert proficiency in core service design competencies: communication inclusive design strategic design collaboration evidence-based design and iterative design
Work Environment:
- Note: This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and the worksite as per the Letter of Understanding between the City of Edmonton and Civic Service Union 52.
- The weekly hours of work for this position are currently under review and may change at a future time. Any changes will be made in accordance with the City of Edmonton/Civic Service Union 52 collective agreement and the incumbent will be notified in advance.
- Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies ( a culture of equity diversity reconciliation and inclusion
- Applicants may be tested
The City of Edmonton values applicants with a diverse range of skills experiences and competencies and encourages you to apply. We strive to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the recruitment process. To request an accommodation please contact . Learn more about our benefits to 1 permanent full-time position
Hours of Work: 33.75 hours per week
Salary Range: $48.767 - $61.623 (Hourly); $85915.26 - $108564.32 (Annually)
Salary ranges are in the process of being updated in accordance with the recently ratified collective agreement between the City and CSU 52 and will be forthcoming shortly.
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Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
