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Job Description

Are you an experienced designer looking for your next challengeAre you committed to bringing a future with thriving social and environmental health to life, and interested in working for a progressive and constantly evolving organizationAre you motivated to apply your experience and deepen your practice of design and systems thinking for social innovationWere looking for a Senior Designer to lead, develop and deliver high quality, impactful social innovation projects utilising systems and design thinking approaches - including within our Regenerative Futures, Future of Work and Student Design Awards (SDA) programmes.Youll show empathy and passion to the RSAs mission and be able to demonstrate an interest in social/environmental impact-focused projects and challenges. You will work with multidisciplinary teams across the organisation, bringing strong expertise in participatory and multidisciplinary design approaches and methods to a diverse range of external projects. In addition, you will support the strategic development of RSA programmes and our Living Change Approach, and build capabilities in design and systems thinking practices among our community of changemakers.You will have the ability to work flexibly within a busy and supportive team environment and be willing to work collaboratively and communicate effectively to establish strong relationships with colleagues and partners.To find out more about this role, please visit our website.About UsWe are the RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Were committed to a future that works for everyone, a future where we all can participate in its creation. With over 250 years of heritage in making significant social impact, we bring together, our rigorous research, proven change process, influential ideas platforms and our global community of over 30,000 problem solvers united in a desire to deliver solutions for lasting change.To achieve this, we ask everyone - our staff, our Fellowship, our collaborators, our partners and wider society - to commit to our values and world view, and strive to achieve genuine positive impact in our lives. This isnt something we can achieve overnight. But we are asking you to join us all on this journey. The commitment you make now, is a commitment to be with us, to shape us, to challenge us, and to stimulate us all, to find better ways of thinking, acting and delivering change.It represents the pact you sign when you join us. A pact that represents everything we do, every decision we make, and every action we take.And it represents how we act. In a way that represents out values, with rigour and proven processes. A relentless spirit. Open minds, and an open door.We bring to life our Commit to Impact brand idea through every organisational touchpoint, so we can ask everyone who interacts with us: will youWe invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, well unite people and ideas to resolve the challenges of our time.We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more!ApplyIn order to apply, please click apply for this job on our recruitment page and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter.Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response.The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am Wednesday 31 March 2021. Interviews are expected to take place on 7 April. A second interview will follow in the week commencing 19 April if you are successful in these initial stages, to be arranged on a 1:1 basis. Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.