Service Designer - Senior (26-23765)

Russell Tobin & Associates is hiring on behalf of one of its esteemed clients.

Job ID: 26-23765

Job Title: Service Designer

Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Duration: 252 Business Days with Possible Extension

Client: Public Sector

Pay Rate: CAD $80 - $90 per hour

Must Have:

• Must have experience withomni channels- experience working with both internal/external stakeholders.
• 7+ years of experience in service design focusing ondevelopment and review of experience design projects (including user research, UX design and service design initiatives) end-to-end and develop innovative approaches andalternative solutions to deliver high quality, efficient services and products that meet end user and business expectations and needs.
• Lead or supervise service design activities and deliverables, including stakeholder workshops, research sessions, analysis and synthesis of insights, experience design direction, service design blueprints and service design or UX prototypes which address end user and business needs and are in accordance with established strategy, standards and protocols.
• Focus on experience design projects (including user research, UX design and service design initiatives) end-to-end and develop innovative approaches andalternative solutions to deliver high quality, efficient services and products that meet end user and business expectations and needs.
• Proven ability to apply enterprise thinking by assessing how policy, operations, governance, technology, data, and funding models interact across organizations, and designing solutions that can scale beyond a single program or team.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

1. Service Delivery & Service Design - 30%

You demonstrate advanced, applied service design capability across complex environments.

• Design and evaluate service ecosystems that span multiple organizations, roles, and jurisdictions, identifying handoffs, dependencies, governance impacts, and interoperability considerations.
• Lead end-to-end omni-channel service design initiatives using structured methods such as value stream mapping, service blueprinting, stakeholder mapping, journey mapping, and prototyping, and show clear examples of outputs and outcomes.
• Design and execute generative and evaluative research across service channels (e.g., interviews, surveys, focus groups, usability testing) and explain how findings change service direction.
• Define service KPIs and outcome measures and demonstrate how they were used to evaluate and improve service performance.
• Facilitate collaborative design workshops and co-creation sessions that produce documented insights, prioritized actions, and agreed service improvements.
• Apply emerging service delivery practices and digital service standards to improve both digital and in-person service models.

2. Relationship Building & Communication - 30%

You influence, align, and build trust across diverse stakeholder groups.

• Facilitate workshops and working sessions with stakeholders who have competing priorities and document how alignment was achieved.
• Communicate complex service design concepts clearly in written reports, visual artifacts, and executive briefings tailored to non-specialist audiences.
• Build and sustain productive relationships with program areas, partners, and vendors, demonstrating examples of cross-functional collaboration.
• Prioritize and delegate work within service design initiatives while maintaining stakeholder engagement and momentum.

3. Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills - 30%

You translate complexity into structured, defensible recommendations.

• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into clear service insights and actionable recommendations, including documented risks and mitigation strategies.
• Evaluate competing service or UX design options and articulate the rationale for selected approaches, considering short- and long-term impacts.
• Design service models that support phased adoption, stakeholder readiness, and ecosystem scaling, including identification of barriers to uptake and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure service design recommendations align with digital standards, reusable patterns, governance, privacy, security, and compliance requirements, identifying regulatory constraints, escalation paths, and business impacts.
• Develop performance measurement frameworks and apply industry-recognized heuristics to assess service effectiveness.
• Provide authoritative advice on service delivery challenges across multiple channels (e.g., digital, telephone, service desk, print) with evidence of impact.

4. Project Management & Change Management - 10%

You lead service design work in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.

• Scope, plan, and execute concurrent service design initiatives, including research protocols for privacy, consent, and documentation.
• Coordinate across ministries, jurisdictions, and partners to deliver structured service design outputs on time.
• Apply project and change management practices to introduce new or re-engineered service processes, including risk identification and mitigation.

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