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Are you [or do you know] an experienced Product Manager, User Researcher or Service Designer who may be looking for a new opportunity?

We are hiring! And I have three fantastic opportunities to tell you about.  

If you are a regular reader of our blog, you’ll already know a bit about the work we do to create better services for residents, businesses, council staff and partners. What you might not know is that we are committed to mainstreaming human-centred thinking and doing here at the council. 

Service Transformation Service Objectives in graphic form

Over the last few years, ECC has been able to build the foundations of financial stability and create the breathing space to think differently. We are now shaping a new programme of transformation with renewed energy, ambition, and focus.   

As many of our residents’ lives have become more complex and uncertain, they need us to deliver greater, improved support. With increasing demand on our services and finances post-pandemic, it’s never been more critical to take a human-centred approach to change. As we look ahead to 2030, our ambition continues with vital plans for building the resilient, efficient, and effective council that our residents deserve.   

As a team, Service Transformation will play an important role in grounding this change in the needs of Essex residents, and ensuring our next steps are focused in the areas where we can deliver meaningful change for both residents and staff. 

We are looking for experienced professionals to help deliver this change. These roles will help others to understand the value of human centred approaches and show what Good Services really look like. Together, we will build digital and design maturity in our team and with colleagues and stakeholders from the wider organisation, helping pave the way for success. In return, we’ll help you develop your skills and career in a way that works best for you. 

The roles we are looking for are: 

This could be an opportunity to take your career to the next level, designing and delivering services that directly improve the lives of 1.5m residents and over 8k employees within ECC. You could be joining a team at the heart of transforming council services and delivering on the council’s ambitions for Everyone’s Essex.    

How we get things done 

Service Transformation is a multi-disciplinary team that is part of the People, Service Transformation and Technology Services function at ECC. We use agile delivery techniques to deliver value for our users quickly and efficiently. We work collaboratively with service teams to ensure they feel confident they have the rights skills and support to continue looking after their digital services when our work has finished. 

Interested in joining us? 

Now that we have piqued your interest in working with us in Service Transformation, take a look at the roles linked above within the Working for Essex website. The job adverts will give you a feel for what type of person and skills we are looking for and we’ve included a named contact for any questions you have, or if you’d like to chat about a role. 

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