Job Vacancy Lead User Researcher - Companies House - G7

We’re looking for an expert user research practitioner with varied and complex project experience, who meets the technical specifications for a Lead User Researcher as outlined in the . 

The following skills and experience will be assessed during the selection process: 

• Research management, leadership and assurance
  Proven ability to analyse complex user, service and policy problems and align user research activity to support informed decision making and organisational priorities. Experience of defining, embedding and assuring high standards of user research practice, and providing expert guidance and assurance across teams and programmes. 

• Research methods and planning 
  Extensive experience of selecting, applying and advising on an appropriate range of qualitative and quantitative user research methods across different phases of the agile service lifecycle. A track record of improving, innovating and setting best practice in user research at organisational level. 

• Analysis and synthesis 
  Strong ability to analyse and synthesise complex qualitative and quantitative data, involving and guiding others through the process, and producing clear, actionable insight that influences decisions at team, programme and organisational level. 

• Agile research practices 
  Expert level capability in advocating for and embedding user research throughout agile delivery. Experience of shaping and assuring research approaches across multiple teams, ensuring insight is used effectively to inform design, delivery and strategic decisions. 

• Inclusive research 
  Expert experience of planning and delivering inclusive research that represents the full diversity of users of government services. Ability to set standards, challenge assumptions and ensure teams design services that work for all users, including those with access needs. 

• User centred practice and advocacy 
  Demonstrated ability to champion user centred design and research, influencing ways of working, priorities and decision making. Experience of advocating for user needs with senior stakeholders and embedding user centred practice at scale. 

• Stakeholder relationship management 
  Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills, with experience of building strong relationships with senior stakeholders, including sceptical or resistant colleagues, to resolve issues, enable progress and improve outcomes for users. 

You can read more about a career in Digital and Data within the Civil Service in the .

Remote working (anywhere in the UK)

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine leadership with continued hands-on user research?

We have an opportunity for you to stay closely connected to user research practice while supporting and guiding your team.

Our User Researchers work in an open, iterative and collaborative way in a multidisciplinary team, and communicate effectively, working closely with our designers, product managers, performance analysts, developers, business analysts and other stakeholders and colleagues.

The User Research team is part of a larger User Centred Design (UCD) team that sits within the Product Design Directorate, alongside the Product Management and Business Analysis teams. The UCD team is a community of 6 teams. There are: Service Design, Interaction Design, Content Design, Accessibility, User Research and Performance Analytics. Each team supports each other to review insights from our performance analytics and user research to understand user needs and co-design user-centred services.

Give yourself the best opportunity to apply!

Join our Outreach team for an informal, drop-in “find out more” session on: 

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Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work.  We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.   

Please note: 

• Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.

• We're able to consider both full-time and part-time hours for this role for the successful candidate (part-time would be a minimum of 30 hours over 4 or 5 days).

• Remote contracts will be considered where commuting to the office location of your team is not reasonably practicable.