Internet of Public Service Jobs - 01/01/2026

This is the 451st edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie

[01] Interaction Designer
Department for Business and Trade
Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford
£44,586 - £59,466
Closing date: 12/01/2026

[02] Director of Digital
BCS
Swindon
£90,000
Closing date: ?

[03] Lead Product Manager 
Government Digital Service
Bristol, London, Manchester
£67,972 - £83,027
Closing date: 11/01/2026

[04] Senior Service Designer
Capacity
Liverpool
£42,000 -£58,000
Closing date: 18/01/2026

[05] Director of Data, Digital and Technology
Royal College of Surgeons of England
London
£95,000 - £110,000
Closing date: 11/01/2026

[06] Head of Digital, Data & AI for Emergencies
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Bristol, Darlington, London, Manchester, Wolverhampton
£66,620
Closing date: 11/01/2026

[07] Deputy Director, Digital and Data
Independent Office for Police Conduct
London, Sale, Wakefield, Birmingham or Cardiff
£81,265
Closing date: 11/01/2026

[08] Digital Director
NSPCC
Remote UK
£90,000 - £95,000
Closing date: 12/01/2026

[09] Senior Service Designer
Genomics England
Cambridge, Leeds or London
£66,500
Closing date: 12/01/2026

[10] Digital Manager
The Royal Institution
London
£45,000
Closing date: 12/01/2026

I've been reading...

Five essential insights for public sector managers on AI and public trust - Nesta
AI and design: the future of customer experience - Public Digital
You can't design software you don't work on - Sean Goedecke
Boring Tiny Tools - Vaughn Tan 
10 lessons from 2025 - Duncan Brown
Week 78: Reflections on 2025 - Frankie Roberto

...and I wrote a series of posts about digital ways of working - IMHO

digitalbydefault.com/category/imho/

[01] Effective Agile
[02] Roles, responsibilities and relationships
[03] Agile planning
[04] Okay OKRs