Do you have a passion for user research and understanding how users engage with systems and services?

Do you want to make a real difference, shaping ground-breaking data and analysis products? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

We're looking for user-centred design professionals to join our highly driven and collaborative agile delivery teams. We are working on search and navigation, data, platforms and service reliability, using cutting-edge technologies.

As a Senior User Researcher you will be an experienced practitioner who is able to plan and lead user research activities in larger teams and on more complex services. You will build user-centred practices in new teams and align user research activities with wider plans to inform service proposition. You may also supervise and develop other user researchers to assure and improve research practice.

As a role within DDaT at the ONS, we also offer benefits such as:

   •   Protected Learning Time of up to 10% of your weekly hours, to spend on your personal development.
   •   A supportive and active Community of Practice which you will be expected to contribute to, helping ensure you and your colleagues get the training, development and opportunities you need to progress your careers.

In return we offer:

• Hybrid working in an organisation voted top in the UK for work-life balance
• A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 27%
• A choice of working patterns *for every role* full-time, part-time, job-share.
• Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Employee Assistance Programmes
• Diversity Network Groups
• Mental Health Allies
• Civil Service Sports and Social club
• Generous holiday allowance - 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

For more information about this role, a full application pack, and to apply, please follow the APPLY link to Civil Service Jobs

Working Patterns:  All our vacancies are offered as a flexible option of Fulltime, Parttime, Flexible working, Job Share                    

Contact Name: Darren Weeks
Reference: TJ/9420/219482
Job ID: 3104860