Senior User Researcher

As a Senior User Researcher, you will have experience of establishing and leading an effective user centred design culture in a team and supporting them to embed user centred design practices into their agile workflow. During the selection process, you’ll be assessed on your experience of this and the following technical skills:

• Managing People and Leading: establishing an effective user centred design culture in a team, and supporting them to embed user centred design practices into their agile workflow.
• User Research: understanding and applying a range of user research methods correctly for different life cycle phases, and advising others on these methods at a senior level
• Analysis and Synthesis: communicating insights from research in a clear and impactful way that drives change in the design of services and informs policy and proposition
• Communicate, persuade and advocate: convincing senior stakeholders about the benefits of adopting a user-centred approach, based on evidence
• Research Ethics: establishing and applying ethical research standards and practices to ensure the safeguarding and wellbeing of participants and researchers
• Accessibility and inclusion: researching diverse audiences to help teams deliver accessible and inclusive digital services

UK residency and security requirements       

Please note that this role requires Security Check (SC) clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. 

However, in exceptional circumstances security clearance applications for candidates who have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years may be considered. Failure to meet this residency requirement will result in your security clearance application being rejected.