Associate Interaction Designer

Summary

As a trainee in an entry-level position, working under supervision, you need aptitude, potential and an understanding of the role.

Work Activity Components

Title	Details
Visual design and branding (Level 3)	Consistently applies visual design and branding guidelines
Components design (Level 3)(FED:WA0242)	Designs simple components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.

Behavioural Skills

Title	Details
Verbal Expression	Communicating effectively using the spoken word.
Written Expression	Communicating effectively in writing, such as reports and via emails.
Teamwork	Working collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal.

Training

Title	Details
Application Development Tools	Software tools that automate or assist the whole development life-cycle, for example IDEs (Integrated Development Environments), Visual studio, etc.
Systems Development	Systems development, including development life-cycles and methods, organisation interfaces, typical corporate application architectures, project and programme management, risk management and change control.
Structured Reviews, Walkthroughs and Inspections	Methods and techniques for peer reviews, walkthroughs and formal inspections of all types of project artefacts (e.g. technical, quality and management products).
DevOps	The techniques to adopt a collaborative approach in order to facilitate rapid IT service and product delivery. DevOps emphasizes people (and culture) and seeks to improve collaboration between development (Dev) and operations (Ops) teams with the aim of shortening the systems development life cycle to provide continuous release of high-quality software.
Security Awareness	Tools and techniques to help users and employees understand the role they play in helping to combat information security breaches and for IT and security professionals to prevent and mitigate risk.
Graphic Design and Web Development	Tools and techniques for graphic design, user interface design (UI design), content authoring using standardised code and proprietary software, user experience design (UX design), web development and search engine optimisation.
Application Systems	Formal, and/or informal, training to gain technical or functional understanding of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) applications and/or other bespoke software deployed within the organisation in order to provide system configuration, technical, and/or functional support.

Professional Development Activity (PDA)

Title	Details	PDA Group
Participation in Group Activities	Participating in group activities inside or outside of the working environment that can assist with the development of interpersonal skills.	Broadening Activities
Job Shadowing and Special Assignments	Undertaking temporary periods or secondments in other roles, particularly those that offer a new perspective on own function or exposure to other environments and cultures.	Broadening Activities
Gaining Knowledge of Employing Organisation	Gaining basic knowledge of the employing organisation, its business, structure, culture, policies, products/services, operations and terminology.	Increasing Knowledge
Gaining Knowledge of Surrounding Technical Areas	Gaining knowledge of IT activities in employing organisation external to own function.	Increasing Knowledge
Involvement in Professional Body Activities	Attending meetings, seminars and workshops organised by professional body and reading published material, such as journals and web content.	Participation in Professional Activities
Time Management	Undertaking learning and practice in the planning and organising of own activities.	Developing Professional Skills
Team Working	Undertaking learning and practice in the techniques of team and collaborative working. Gaining an understanding of the underlying concepts.	Developing Professional Skills
Communications	Undertaking learning and practice in oral and written communications, including report writing and presentation.	Developing Professional Skills

Qualification Components

Title	Awarding Bodies
FEDIP Associate Practitioner	The Federation for Informatics Professionals

Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework Skills

Skill	Level
Design Communication Communication involves conveying information using the most effective medium and language for the audience.	Awareness Design Communication You can: explain the importance of articulating design decisions to others describe some methods for explaining design decisions
Designing For Everyone	Awareness Designing For Everyone You can: explain the importance of making government content and services inclusive, accessible and environmentally sustainable explain different access needs that users can have, and ways to meet them describe how privilege and power influence the design and delivery of content and services
Designing Strategically Strategy involves creating a plan to achieve a team or organisation's objectives.	Awareness Designing Strategically You can: explain the importance of aligning to the strategy of an organisation describe how your design work aligns to the wider goals and vision of your team explain the value of using patterns and components in design
Designing Together	Awareness Designing Together You can: explain different techniques for bringing together perspectives from multiple people to inform a design explain the importance of constructive feedback in the design process
Evidence-Based Design	Awareness Evidence-Based Design You can: explain how research and analytics inform user-centred design frame your ideas as design hypotheses to be tested identify common sources and types of data that inform user-centred design
Iterative Design	Awareness Iterative Design You can: describe the basics of iterative design methodologies such as agile explain how iteration supports user-centred design, and when to use them describe some ways to prototype ideas at different levels of realism, or ‘fidelities’, and when to use them
Leading Design Leadership and guidance involves providing effective leadership and management through team motivation, decision making, risk management, mediation and professional development.	Awareness Leading Design You can: explain the role of user-centred design in an organisation describe typical leadership responsibilities in design identify leaders in your organisation that designers need to work with

Skill

Level

Design Communication

Communication involves conveying information using the most effective medium and language for the audience.

Awareness Design Communication

You can:

explain the importance of articulating design decisions to others
describe some methods for explaining design decisions

Designing For Everyone

Awareness Designing For Everyone

You can:

explain the importance of making government content and services inclusive, accessible and environmentally sustainable
explain different access needs that users can have, and ways to meet them
describe how privilege and power influence the design and delivery of content and services

Designing Strategically

Strategy involves creating a plan to achieve a team or organisation's objectives.

Awareness Designing Strategically

You can:

explain the importance of aligning to the strategy of an organisation
describe how your design work aligns to the wider goals and vision of your team
explain the value of using patterns and components in design

Designing Together

Awareness Designing Together

You can:

explain different techniques for bringing together perspectives from multiple people to inform a design
explain the importance of constructive feedback in the design process

Evidence-Based Design

Awareness Evidence-Based Design

You can:

explain how research and analytics inform user-centred design
frame your ideas as design hypotheses to be tested
identify common sources and types of data that inform user-centred design

Iterative Design

Awareness Iterative Design

You can:

describe the basics of iterative design methodologies such as agile
explain how iteration supports user-centred design, and when to use them
describe some ways to prototype ideas at different levels of realism, or ‘fidelities’, and when to use them

Leading Design

Leadership and guidance involves providing effective leadership and management through team motivation, decision making, risk management, mediation and professional development.

Awareness Leading Design

You can:

explain the role of user-centred design in an organisation
describe typical leadership responsibilities in design
identify leaders in your organisation that designers need to work with

The Professional Body Responsible for this job family is BCS. This job role profile was created in collaboration with BCS, using Role Model Plus.

Summary

Work Activity Components

Behavioural Skills

Training

Professional Development Activity (PDA)

Qualification Components

Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework Skills

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