The Met Office is seeking a User Researcher Industrial Placement to support its User-Centred Design team in gathering evidence about users and their needs. The role supports user recruitment and testing, research analysis and reporting, and advocacy for user-centred design across the business.
Provide support for user-centred design teams including user recruitment, note taking, presenting research findings, creating research reports, and maintaining guidance documentation and templates
Be supported to work collaboratively with teams, understanding the importance of team dynamics, collaboration and feedback
Be aware of the need for careful analysis of research data to produce clear findings
Support in conducting basic user research methods
Work to a user research plan and follow standards for user research
Work in an open-minded and iterative way
Follow the Government Digital Service Standards and user-centred design best practice guidelines
Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues, supporting multidisciplinary discussions
Be an advocate for the UCD team within the Met Office and be able to explain why user research and user-centred design is important
Be part of the UCD community of practice and champion user-centred design
Qualification
Required
Knowledge of user research. You understand the need for user research to drive good product decisions and can bring this knowledge to the role
You can explain some basic user research methods and are passionate about putting these into practice
Analysis and synthesis. You have an awareness of the need for careful analysis of research data to produce clear findings and to help us be 'experts by nature'
User focus and advocacy. You can explain how user-centred practices can be used to build products that 'keep evolving' to changing user behaviour and needs
You are willing to champion a user-focused approach with your colleagues
Better together. You are able to communicate effectively with stakeholders and team members and present user evidence that is relevant to them
You can be an active member and advocate of the user-centred design community
Agile thinking. You understand the benefits of agile working and the different roles in a multidisciplinary team
You are willing to evolve and iterate in your work
We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK
Security clearance without caveats and/or restrictions for this role, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application
Preferred
Benefits
Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days
Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands
The job may be suitable for hybrid working, where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home
