Job Title: User Researcher
Location: Remote
Duration: 1 year contract
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
***GDS/Gov.UK background***
The User Researcher will be part of a scrum delivery squad and responsible for completing UR tasks on a product backlog aligned to their squad. The team will be accountable for building accessible software with a focus on what users need from the service.
The UR will develop the User Research strategy and ensure the voice of the customer is present throughout product development.
They will be responsible for the planning designing and execution of remote user research sessions with customers; and also involved in prototyping.
User Researcher will be expected to gather meaningful findings from research sessions before analysing and synthesising these into actionable insights and presenting findings and recommendations to senior decision-makers.
Requirements:
- Experience of planning scoping conducting analysing and communicating research throughout the Agile product development lifecycle.
- Experience of qualitative user research methods including usability testing ethnographic observation interviews surveys contextual inquiry and focus groups.
- Experience of working with Designers Product Owners Developers and other Researchers to prioritise research opportunities in a fast-paced rapidly changing environment.
- Able to demonstrate the ability to translate research findings into specific prioritized recommendations to improve product designs.
