User Researcher

USER RESEARCHER - OUTSIDE IR35 - 12 MONTHS

One of Loriens leading Public Sector Clients are looking for a highly experienced User Researcher to join their team on an initial 12 month contract.

This role will be based hybrid out of Edinburgh 1- 2 days per week.

Job description and Key duties:

• Establish and collaborate with targeted user groups to gather information about their current experience, pain points and specific requirements
• Conduct focus groups and user research interviews; assist with usability testing; document findings & recommendations'
• Understand qualitative & qualitative research methods
• Awareness of costs and budgets
• Confident in your presentation skills in order to present the findings & recommendations from user research to business users
• Work closely within a multidisciplinary team, including web developers and programmers - including UX colleagues, UI developers and programmers
• Have an awareness of current technology/user-centred trends
• Ensure all work and research comply with the law and equal opportunities policies
• Be the Voice of the User for the project
• Assist with identification and creation of Personae, drawing on existing and new ethnographic/demographic data and research
• Assist with the sourcing and recruitment of users that are representative of one or more Persona groups
• Using proven experience and UCD-driven methodologies, conduct User Research activities (quantitive and qualitative) with user groups
• Collaborate with others on the project team to ensure user needs are reflected and represented in user journeys maps
• Conduct qualitative and quantitive usability test activities through defined, iterative stages of the project
• Ensure an evidence-led approach is followed throughout, adhering to all legal and ethical user research principles & governance
• Document findings that are appropriate for a number of internal and external stakeholders

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.