Service Designer
- Employer
- TPP Recruitment
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £35000.00 - £42000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 12 Jul 2018
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- Function
- Policy & Research
- Sector
- Environment / Conservation
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Details
Our client, an innovative NGO centered around smarter cities, is seeking a brilliant concept and service designer with a broad design background who can apply design thinking and service design methodologies to city challenges. This is a permanent position offering an exciting opportunity to work across multi-disciplinary teams of service designers, urban planners and strategists, insight specialists, data scientists and developers. You will have a knowledge and an interest in new technologies, with a particular focus on emerging technologies, demonstrating hands on experience in using service design in technology pilots in real life environments.
Leading a team of researchers, you will need to stay abreast of the cutting edge in smart technologies, Internet of Things, local and international initiatives and standards and citizen led experiments.
Key Duties:
- Concept development - Developing strong project concepts that can then be built out into prototypes
- Insights and workshops - Planning and delivery of different types of workshops to involve citizens, small businesses and researchers within their established program of projects.
- Stakeholder management - Working closely with team members to ensure relationships with all project partners are managed successfully.
- Communicating research - Their projects will develop cutting-edge thinking and practice. Besides making them happen, you'll be communicating what the projects are about, what they mean, and how they will change thinking and practice in the urban development sector.
- Service design - Apply the tools of service design such as user journeys, blueprints and design probes in multiple projects
With a qualification in product or service design, you will demonstrate proven experience mastering service design tools and methodologies with experience in solving urban challenges. It is desirable that you have a familiarity with high growth start ups within the technology sector and with city governments and key urban issues in 21st century cities.
Please apply with your CV and a Cover letter by no later than 9am on Thursday 14th June.
Company
PRINCIPLED RECRUITMENT FOR WORK THAT MATTERS
TPP Recruitment is a specialist, highly respected and well-established UK-wide consultancy. Established as The Principle Partnership, our foundation of ethics and principles are still what make us TPP.
Our areas of expertise enable us to provide dedicated support to organisations across the following non-profit and public sector organisations:
Charitable | Educational | Health & Social Care | Professional Membership | Awarding Bodies | Cultural | Housing
Our team of committed consultants and support staff specialise in the following functional areas:
Education & Training | Finance, IT & Facilities | Fundraising & Development | Healthcare | Human Resources | Leadership & Governance | MarComms & Digital | Office & Specialist Support
TPP has connected organisations and candidates across the UK since 1996, from our head office in London.
We develop trusted, long-term relationships, supporting people with their careers and helping organisations achieve their purpose. A specialist recruitment partner for the non-profit and public sector, regarded as recruiters who do the right thing and exceed expectations. We also proudly provide a wide range of free value-added services, that educate and inform.
Our aim is that when you use TPP, our principles shine through in the service you receive.
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- Website
- http://www.tpp.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 020 7198 6000
- Location
-
20 St Dunstan’s Hill
London
England
EC3R 8HL
GB
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