User Researcher


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LA International Computer Consultants Ltd

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18th April 2018

Location

Leeds

Salary/Rate

£500 - £590

Type

Contract

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User Researcher

Leeds based

8 Months initially

Rate - £500 - £590 per day

***Outside IR35***

***Immediate starts available***

We have an urgent requirement for a User Researcher to join a world leading organisation. You will be part of a successful team on a long term programme of work.

Key responsibilities-

*Planning, designing, preparing and running user research activities to support the design and development of digital government services (including contextual discovery, experience mapping, diary studies, early stage concept and prototype testing, lab based and contextual usability and accessibility testing).

*Designing and running contextual and discovery research to develop a deep understanding of the needs of all users of a service

*Managing the usability and accessibility testing process from recruiting participants, designing test tasks, and preparing discussion guides, to test moderation, analysis and presenting results.

*Designing, executing and analysing quantitative surveys.

*Leading colleagues to analyse research data and synthesis findings so that research is shareable and traceable.

*Effectively communicating user research findings to the team and the wider organisation, so that they share a strong and empathetic understanding of their users (including presentations at show and tells, designing and maintaining research outputs as directed by the project manager).

*Working closely with designers and developers to turn user research findings into stories and actions that lead to valuable product and service features.

*Working closely with analytics colleagues to define user centred KPIs, to create a rich picture of user behaviour to tell the full story of how and why people use our services.

Key Skills and experience-

-Demonstrable knowledge, experience in and passion for user Centered design practices for web, service or software development.

-Proven experience of understanding user needs for web content, tools and transactional services, especially those with the most complex user journeys.

-Proven experience of designing, facilitating and analysing a wide range of qualitative and quantitative user research methods.

-Strong understanding of strengths and limitations of different research methods.

-Proven experience of presenting user research findings in a wide variety of formats and contexts.

-Proven experience introducing and establishing user research practices in an organisation.

-Proven experience of working in an agile development environment with designers and developers and product managers to create new digital products and services

-Previous experience within government services.

-UX knowledge would be useful as would GDS but UR is the main skill.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a great client.

If you are looking for the next step in your IT career, apply now for your CV to reach me direcrly and we will respond asap.

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.

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