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Senior Service Design Consultant

Organization:

Ministry of the Attorney General

Division:

CSMD – Corporate Services Management Division

City:

Toronto

Language of Position(s):

English

Job Term:

2 Temporary (up to 12 months with possible extension)

Job Code:

6A008 - ProgPlanEval06

Salary:

$76,382.00 - $112,555.00 Per Year

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Posting Status:

Open

Job ID:

193379

As a Senior Service Design Consultant, you will lead Ministry transformation planning and delivery to modernize ministry services, operations and technology. Ensure prioritization, alignment and integration of modernization efforts across the organization and provide the project capacity to deliver.

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.

What can I expect to do in this role?

As a Senior Service Design Consultant, you will
• Apply your continuous improvement lens to define, plan and lead the collaborative delivery of formal service design projects.
• At any one time you will be leading multiple concurrent service design projects, bringing your service design thinking methodologies and facilitation ability to mission-based teams. You may also be asked to consult on ad hoc projects or coach and mentor staff who may be new to digital service delivery.
• You will use your analytical ability, enthusiasm, and responsiveness to help solve complex government challenges using service design and digital methods and tools
• Your capacity for self-development will enable you to remain current with trends in customer service practices, digital service delivery models and service performance measurement.
• You will apply human centered service design methods and tools to continuously improve design choices for services and digital channels.
• You are self-motivated to work at a fast pace to identify valid and practical opportunities, drive results and deliver tangible project outcomes. Your recommendations to support digital transformations and service efficiencies will reflect your willingness to think differently and strategically about service delivery.
• From service design to user research, to user experience; there are a variety of projects to support, giving you the opportunity to work with many people across the OPS in different services.

How do I qualify?

Service Delivery and Digital Service Design Skills

You have demonstrated experience in a range of the following service design and user experience techniques:
• User needs mapping
• User research (exploratory and evaluative)
• Stakeholder mapping
• Personas
• Journey mapping
• Collaborative design
• Prototyping
• Service blueprinting
• You have an understanding of key performance indicators, qualitative and quantitative measurement and risk assessment.

Technical Knowledge and Skills

• You have demonstrated knowledge of the emerging trends and developments in service delivery, digital service design and leading edge technology related to digital service design and in-person service delivery models.
• You have knowledge of information management principles, database design and modeling in order to provide I+IT and service design advice and recommendations.
• You have advanced understanding of systems analysis and design principles as related to service design requirements.

Leadership, Project and Change Management Skills

• You can supervise and provide technical leadership to service design and technical project staff.
• You have change and project management skills, including planning, resource and budget scheduling, and risk management, to lead concurrent service design projects.

Relationship Building and Communication Skills

• You have an enthusiasm for cooperativeness, co-design and user experience outcomes.
• You can communicate and build effective relationship with clients and stakeholders not familiar with service design and user experience aspects of digital service delivery.
• You can prepare reports, presentations, and provide recommendations.
• You can lead service design project status meetings.
• You can delegate, prioritize and have the ability to motivate others.

Analytical and Design Thinking Skills

• You can identify trends and potential risks such as financial, political, operational, and legal.
• You can analyze and interpret business and technical requests, user research options and identify best course of action.
• You can identify potential problems and develop mitigating strategies.
• You can align business plan submissions and other initiatives to reflect key business directions.
• You can apply a wide range of service design tools and techniques.

Additional Information:

Address:

2 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 720 Bay St, Toronto, Toronto Region, Criminal Record Check

Compensation Group:

Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario

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Schedule:

Category:

Consulting and Planning

Posted on:

Monday, January 23, 2023

Note:

In accordance with the Ontario Public Service (OPS), Employment Screening Checks Policy (ESCP), the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Refer to the above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.

Required security screening checks along with your written consent, will be sent to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), Corporate Talent Programs Branch, Talent and Leadership Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional employment screening checks that were not obtained directly by you.

A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The employment screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's employment screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Employment screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.
The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the purpose of filling vacancies in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Remember: The deadline to apply is Monday, February 6, 2023 11:59 pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.

We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.

All Ontario Public Service external job advertisements are posted in English and French. To confirm the language requirements of a job, check the "language of position" information at the top of each job ad. For all positions, candidates will be assessed in English, the business language of the Ontario Public Service. For English/French designated bilingual positions, candidates will also be assessed through French-language proficiency testing.

Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario sont affichées en anglais et en français. Pour connaître les exigences linguistiques, vérifiez les renseignements sur la « langue du poste » figurant dans le haut de chaque offre d'emploi. Pour tous les postes, l'évaluation des candidates et candidats se fera en anglais, la langue usuelle de la fonction publique de l'Ontario. En ce qui concerne les postes désignés bilingues, la maîtrise du français des candidates et candidats sera également évaluée.

The Ontario Public Service is an inclusive employer.
Accommodation is available under the Ontario's Human Rights Code .

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