Senior UX Designer Contract

On behalf of our Public Sector client, Wirehead has a new contract opportunity for a Senior UX Designer.

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Client: Government
Type: Contract
Role: Senior UX Designer
Term: 8 Months + extension
Pay Rate: $90
Start date: Negotiable
Req ID: 5849
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Requirements: What you’ll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications

Deliverables:

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
• UX and Service Designer skills – 45 points (weighted score)
• 5+ years experience in Digital Service Design
• 5+ years experience in Digital UX Design and Research
• Demonstrated experience in conducting users research and user consultation
• Demonstrated experience in Evidence- and context-based design. Has experience in designing systems for use across multiple services and can identify the simplest of a variety of approaches.
• Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches
• Demonstrated experience in Ontario Design System https://designsystem.ontario.ca/
• Demonstrated experience conducting iterative design proof-of-concepts / wireframes in Figma or other tools
• Demonstrated experience in AODA act 2005 for WCAG elements implementation https://www.ontario.ca/page/about-accessibility-laws

Business Analysis skills:

• Experience in managing user stories with Agile, SCRUM, Lean, DevOps methodologies
• Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client’s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined•
• Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives
• Develops sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mockups, etc.
• Conducts business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects
• Monitors progress, resolves problems and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders
• Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up
• Experience conducting requirements gathering, developing documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement

Soft Skills:
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience reporting progress on deliverables to team, project leads and management, including proactively raising risks/issues with migrations
• Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change request are complete

Agile Experience:
• Experience with Agile scrum methodologies
• Demonstrated experience with agile sprint management, bug tracking and testing life cycle management using Azure DevOps
• Thorough understanding of SDLC, specifically QA processes in agile development environments

Design Validation:
• Demonstrated experience conducting validation and verification of all design elements on webpages
• Demonstrated experience conducting Ontario Design System validation for each UI object https://designsystem.ontario.ca/

Experience with Service design and User research with First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous:
• Previous experience working with First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous
• Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply for this opportunity by using the Apply button or sending your resume directly to careers@wirehead.com

We thank all candidates for their interest but advise that only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted directly. Rest assured that your resume will be kept on our database and will be considered for all future opportunities.

Wirehead is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC). Should you require accommodations during the recruitment and selection process, please let our recruiter know.

***This opportunity is in Toronto; preference will be given to local candidates. Wirehead does not offer a relocation package. We encourage you continue to refer to our Job listing page as new opportunities become available and updated on a regular basis. Thank you again for your interest in Wirehead!