Contract

User Researcher – SC Cleared

Ref: BBBH68305_1790004597

Telford, Shropshire

User Researcher – SC Cleared

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a User Researcher – SC Cleared for an initial 6 month contract.

*** INSIDE IR35 ***

*** MUST HOLD ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE ***

Job Spec:
CIP user researchers plan, design and carry out research activities with over 2000 internal users that help us gain a deep understanding of the people that use CIP’s data services. This research informs how the proposition, service, content and interaction design is shaped so that services work well for users and achieve the policy’s intent. The services that we build are designed to last and to be reusable across multiple policies/user groups.

Responsibilities:

Planning research sessions and defining research roadmaps
Research Operations: facilitating recruitment and incentives and advising on software and tooling when required
Analysing data and communicating actionable insights to the team and stakeholders
Demonstrating the value of user research: engaging sceptical clients and team members and helping immature teams to embed user research practices into their agile workflow
Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to set objectives and hypotheses for research

Key Skills:

Analysis and synthesis. You understand how to apply basic techniques for the analysis of research data and synthesis of findings. You know how to involve your team in analysis and synthesis. You can present clear findings that colleagues can understand and use.
Inclusive research. You understand the diversity of internal users of government services and the need to make services usable and accessible for everyone. You can work with colleagues to include many kinds of users in appropriate research activities.
Research skills. You understand and have experience of basic user research methods including qualitative and quantitative methods. You know when to use those methods and how to apply them correctly. You know how to involve your team in research activities.
Usability testing. You can define test scripts and facilitate usability tests, gather data and analyse it to create recommendations to improve user experience.
Society and technology. You understand the social and technological context for government services. You can align user research activities to help your team understand changing user behaviour.
Strategic insight. You understand what problem the team is trying to solve. You can align user research activities to inform decision making and action.
Technical understanding. You have some knowledge of the technologies used to build and operate digital services. You understand the different technical roles in a digital team.
Agile practices. You know how to work with colleagues to plan and do continuous user research in a multidisciplinary team working on agile delivery teams.
User-centred: You understand and have experience of a range of user-centred practices. You are able to bring the insight from those practices to delivery teams and work with them to continuously improve the user’s experience of our products and services. You understand the difference between user-centric and user-led.

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.