Senior User Researcher

At this level, you will be expected to: 

• Have experience working to the GDS design principals or equivalent standards in the UK Public sector 

• Build user-centred practices in new teams 

• Align user research activities with wider plans to inform a service proposition 

• Carry out user research and supervise and develop other user researchers to assure and improve research practice 

• Inclusive research. You can help teams understand the diversity of users.  You can advocate for inclusive practices and help teams design and deliver accessible services that work for all users.  

• Research skills. You have experience of, and can help teams adopt, a wide range of primary and secondary user research methods.   

• Analysis and synthesis. You understand and can help teams apply a range of methods to analyse research data and synthesise findings. You know how to engage sceptical colleagues in analysis and synthesis. You can advise on choice and application of techniques, and can critique colleagues’ findings to assure best practice. 

• Presenting research findings. You understand the importance of research to effective delivery and can draw out key findings and implications, summarising and tailoring for different audiences 

• Society and technology. You understand the social and technological context of projects.  

• Strategic insight. You understand what problem the team is trying to solve. You can align user research activities to inform decision making and action.  

• Technical understanding. You know about the technologies used to build and operate digital services.  

• User-centred and agile practices. You understand and have experience of a range of user-centred practices. You can help inexperienced teams adopt user-centred practices and embed them into their agile workflow.