Job Description – Service Designer (Senior)
Job ID: GOAPRDJP00000925
Client: Government of Alberta (GoA) – Technology and Innovation
Division: Digital Design and Delivery (DDD)
Role: Service Designer – Senior
Location: Edmonton, Alberta (Primarily Remote with occasional onsite meetings)
Contract Type: GOA Standard Contingent Resource
Duration: Up to 24 months extension possible
Hours: 36.25 hours/week
Positions: 17
Role Overview
The Government of Alberta’s Digital Design and Delivery (DDD) division is seeking up to seventeen (17) Senior Service Designers to support enterprise-wide digital transformation, service innovation, and program modernization initiatives across government ministries.
The Service Designer will work within cross-functional Agile teams alongside product owners, researchers, developers, policy teams, and business stakeholders to improve citizen-facing and internal government services using human-centred design methodologies.
The role focuses on understanding user needs, improving end-to-end service experiences, designing future-state services, conducting research and usability testing, facilitating co-design workshops, and supporting organizational change initiatives.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
Human-Centred Service Design
- Integrate human-centred design methods into digital transformation and program review initiatives
- Analyze current-state and future-state service experiences
- Design and improve citizen and employee service journeys across channels:
- Web
- Mobile
- Phone
- In-person
- Social media
- Print/mail
Research & Discovery
- Conduct qualitative field research and behavioral research
- Plan and facilitate:
- User interviews
- Discovery sessions
- Co-design workshops
- Concept testing
- Service prototyping
- Analyze findings and present actionable recommendations
Service Design Deliverables
Create and maintain:
- Journey maps
- Service blueprints
- Process maps
- User story maps
- Strategy and roadmap documents
- Service performance metrics
- Prototype designs and usability reports
Agile Product Delivery
- Work within Agile cross-functional product teams
- Participate in:
- Sprint planning
- Backlog refinement
- Iterative delivery
- Continuous improvement activities
Change Management & Transformation
- Support organizational and service transformation initiatives
- Collaborate with executives and frontline teams to:
- Redesign processes
- Improve policies
- Support adoption of new services
- Enable operational integration
Mandatory Requirements
Must Have
- Minimum 2 years of experience in service design research and outputs
- Minimum 3 years of experience working in or for the public sector
- Minimum 2 years working in Agile cross-functional product teams
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience conducting qualitative field research
- Experience facilitating co-design workshops
- Experience with usability testing and reporting
- Experience delivering digital services as a Service Designer
- Experience supporting change management initiatives
- Experience with Government of Alberta digital transformation projects
- Experience working on large-scale service innovation or modernization programs
Preferred Skills & Competencies
- Human-centred design
- Design thinking
- Service blueprinting
- Journey mapping
- User research
- Usability testing
- Agile/Scrum delivery
- Stakeholder engagement
- Facilitation and workshop leadership
- Digital transformation
- Organizational change management
- Communication and presentation skills
Work Arrangement
- Primarily remote within Canada
- Occasional onsite meetings/workshops in Edmonton
- Some travel within Alberta may be required for field research and interviews
Security Requirements
- Criminal Record Check required
- Enhanced Security Clearance may be required for some projects
- Potential eligibility for RCMP Top Secret Clearance
Deliverables
The Service Designer will contribute to:
- Service innovation projects
- Digital transformation initiatives
- Program modernization
- End-to-end service experience improvements
- Service performance measurement
- Prototype development and testing
- Strategy and roadmap planning