Senior User Researcher - Inside IR35 Contract
* Full-time
* Department: Digital, Data and Cloud
Version 1 has celebrated over 26 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. We’re also an award-winning employer reflecting how employees are at the heart of Version 1.
As a consultancy and service provider, Version 1 is a digital-first environment, and we do things differently. We’re focused on our core values; using these we’ve seen significant growth across our practices and our Digital, Data and Cloud team is preparing for the next phase of expansion. This creates new opportunities for driven and skilled individuals to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies globally.
We are looking to recruit an adaptable User Researcher who can work effectively in multidisciplinary, agile teams to deliver excellent results across projects for Public Sector Clients.
As a User Researcher, you will plan, design and carry out research activities with users that help teams get a deep understanding of the end users. This research informs policy, proposition, service, content, and interaction design so that services work well for users and achieve policy intent.
Your portfolio will show your ability to understand users and design to meet their needs, work to relevant design standards, and effectively communicate your research findings.
User Research and Analysis
* You understand the diversity of users of services and know how to include all kinds of users in appropriate research activities to help teams deliver accessible services.
* You understand and have experience of a range of user research methods, choosing appropriate methods for different stages of the product life cycle and situations.
* You can turn research data into clear findings that inform decisions and know how to involve colleagues in analysis and synthesis to increase consensus and challenge assumptions.
Design Thinking and Evidence-Based Design
* You have a strong understanding of design thinking. You can apply frameworks and approaches as appropriate to the circumstances of a project.
* You take an evidence-based approach to design. You seek to test your assumptions to ensure that your designs are the simplest feasible approach to solving problems for users.
Focus on Users and Their Needs
* You can undertake basic user research activity as appropriate to your design work. You can collaborate with user researchers to understand your users and their needs and to test your designs to ensure usability and accessibility.
* You can design to meet a wide range of user needs, explain design decisions in relation to user needs and explain the constraints on your designs.
Concepts and Prototyping
* You can appropriately evaluate concepts and prototypes and explain them to stakeholders and team members.
* You can select, apply and adapt appropriate design patterns, and participate in wider design community discussions and activities.
* You have experience in communicating design processes and decisions effectively to gain the confidence of internal colleagues and customers.
* You can appropriately manage the stakeholders you encounter within your work, and know how to escalate issues and when to seek support in unblocking design work.
Agile Working in Multidisciplinary Teams
* You understand user-centred design practices and know how to align your work to agile workflows across all stages of the development lifecycle.
* You can work in an open, iterative and collaborative way in a multidisciplinary team.
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