Industrial Placement: User Researcher (Hybrid, 37h)

Met Office; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £27,170

27.5 days annual leave

Discounted shopping

Job summary

The Met Office invites applications for a User Researcher Industrial Placement as part of our 12-month Year in Industry program, starting July 2027. You’ll work within the UCD team to support user research, recruitment, testing and reporting, while advocating for user-centred design across the business.

You’ll join a collaborative, open environment with flexible hybrid working and a commitment to developing your skills through hands-on projects and mentorship.

Qualifications

• Lead criteria knowledge of user research.
• Awareness of careful analysis of research data to produce clear findings.
• Willingness to champion a user-centered approach with colleagues.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for user-centred design teams including user recruitment, note taking, presenting research findings, creating research reports, and maintaining guidance documentation and templates.
• Be supported to work collaboratively with teams, understanding the importance of team dynamics, collaboration and feedback.
• Be aware of the need for careful analysis of research data to produce clear findings.
• Support in conducting basic user research methods.
• Work to a user research plan and follow standards for user research.
• Work in an open-minded and iterative way.
• Follow the Government Digital Service Standards and user-centred design best practice guidelines.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues, supporting multidisciplinary discussions.
• Be an advocate for the UCD team within the Met Office and be able to explain why user research and user-centred design is important.
• Be part of the UCD community of practice and champion user-centred design

Skills

User research

Analysis & synthesis

User advocacy

Agile thinking

Team collaboration

Job description

The Met Office invites applications for a User Researcher Industrial Placement as part of our 12-month Year in Industry program, starting July 2027. You’ll work within the UCD team to support user research, recruitment, testing and reporting, while advocating for user-centred design across the business.

You’ll join a collaborative, open environment with flexible hybrid working and a commitment to developing your skills through hands-on projects and mentorship.