User Researcher

Akkodis; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is looking for a User Researcher to join their digital team in London. This hybrid role involves leading qualitative and quantitative user research, ensuring user-centric design practices are embedded in product development. Applicants should have strong communication skills and experience with various research methods. This position offers a chance to make significant contributions to the design of effective digital products.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience of leading user research.
• Experience with multiple phases of a product or service life cycle.
• Familiarity with GDS service standards and design principles.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to creating better products and services.
• Lead the research for your team and suggest methodologies.
• Plan and run qualitative studies and analyze findings.

Skills

User research methods

Strong storytelling

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Job description

User Researcher - Consultant Akkodis are currently working in partnership with a leading service provider to recruit a number of User Researchers to join a leading digital team with a passion for user-centred design, critical thinking, problem solving and designing and building digital services and products.

Please note this is a hybrid role (in either London, Manchester, Glasgow office) with travel to client sites required on occasion and you will need to be eligible or hold current security clearance.

The Role

As a User Researcher you will work closely with Product Managers, Designers, developers, and other User Researchers to plan and conduct high-impact research that helps develop a better understanding of our clients\' users.

The Responsibilities

• Contribute to creating better products and services that solve users\' problems and meets their needs.
• Lead the research for your team, suggesting the best approaches and methodologies to use to capture the right user insights.
• Plan and run qualitative studies, including remote and in person interviews, observations, diary studies, concept testing and usability studies.
• Use quantitative methods such as surveys to identify actionable insights and collaborate with the analytics team to enhance qualitative insights.
• Consider the end-to-end user journey and external factors that may impact the user experience including business, policy, and technical constraints.
• Communicate research findings and involve your team in analysis and synthesis to develop empathy with the users and enable evidence-based design decisions.
• Help to embed user-centred design and user research best practices into teams and the wider business.

The Requirements

• Hands-on experience of leading user research, using behavioural and attitudinal methods and knowing when to apply them appropriately.
• Experience across multiple phases of a product or service life cycle, from discovery and exploration through to design and delivery.
• Experience working with Government Digital Service (GDS) service standards, using GDS design principles
• Strong storytelling, communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary, agile teams where you\'ve led the user research and influenced the design of a product or service through the insights you\'ve gathered.
• Familiarity with using prototypes to test hypotheses, assumptions and validate user journeys.
• Understanding of a range of tools and practices for in-person and remote research.

If you are looking for an exciting new challenge to join a leading consultancy, please apply now.

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