Senior Front End Developer / User Interface Designer

Senior Front End Developer / User Interface Designer

Australian citizenship required. No PR or Work Visa holders. Must be able to obtain Baseline security clearance.

RFQ Details

RFQ ID: LH-02407

Closing Date: Friday, 02 May 2025 11:59pm (Canberra time)

Estimated Start Date: Tuesday, 01 July 2025

Initial Contract Duration: 12 months

Extension Term: 12 months

Number of Extensions: 2

Experience Level: APS6 equivalent

Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline

Client Details

Agency: Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Location of Work: ACT

Working Arrangements: Hybrid

Remote working arrangements may be considered on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the supervising manager, subject to business needs.

Please indicate clearly in your response the candidates desired work location if outside ACT/Canberra.

Maximum Hours: 40 hours per week

Job Details

The CIO Division is seeking experienced and motivated Front End Developer / User Interface Designer professionals to support ongoing major projects across the Corporate and Digital Division.

These roles will focus on delivering intuitive, fit-for-purpose interfaces using a lean design process involving rapid prototyping, testing, and implementation. The work aims to balance user, business, and technology needs to deliver effective digital services.

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop product improvements, features, user flows, and interfaces
• Define and iterate user-centric designs based on feedback
• Deliver UI designs, flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity interfaces
• Perform user experience evaluations to validate usability and accessibility
• Implement UI components using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Collaborate with user researchers and translate findings into interface improvements
• Advocate for user-centric design with developers and guide back-end engineers
• Translate wireframes and prototypes into usable front-end code

Selection Criteria

Max 5000 characters total in one-page pitch (individual responses not required)

Essential Criteria

1. Demonstrated experience designing user interfaces working within to an existing style guide and/or design system using HTML, CSS, and Javascript framework such as ReactJS, and/or Angular.

2. Effective communication skills with the ability to work with and influence multiple stakeholders, and clearly articulate design decisions through a well-conceived rationale.

3. Demonstrated experience in working with others to translate findings from usability testing into actionable improvements to a user interface.

4. Knowledge and implementation of Accessibility requirements - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA as a minimum.

Desirable Criteria

1. Demonstrated experience designing wireframes, user interfaces, and interactive prototypes with a high attention to detail and ability to rapidly prototype, test, and iterate designs.

2. Tertiary Qualifications in a design or computer science/ICT related discipline (Human Factors, Communication/Graphic Design, Systems Design, Psychology, Computer Interaction, Web development etc.)