Experience Designer- Researcher

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Civica Full time

Job Description Civica is the UK’s leading public sector software provider, with more than 22 years of sustained growth.
We’re developing and delivering the technologies that are transforming our vital public services, across Local Government, Government, Healthcare and beyond.
Job Title: User Researcher (4yrs+ experience)
Location: Hybrid home based + 2/3 days per week in London or Bristol offices
*** Do you want to be part of a rapidly expanding, passionate community of User Researchers?
We are looking for a User Researcher to join our diverse, multidisciplinary team, to help us research, design and test user-centred services for high profile customer programmes, including engagements with government as well as private sector organisations.

As a User Researcher with Civica, you could be working on a wide variety of project phases and domains. Whether it’s a rapid Discovery phase for a new education product, usability testing a critical regulatory service, or providing wide-reaching insights to inform a full-scale business transformation in the healthcare sector, you’ll be working at pace to deliver research and recommendations that make a difference to digital services.

You’ll bring experiences and skills from previous user research projects, to deliver the best outcomes for our customers, and passion and ideas to help us build our playbook for consistent, awesome research across our projects. With our support, you will have the opportunity to gain recognised certifications in User Research and Service Design and develop your practice and leadership skills as part of our wide-reaching UR community.

We are currently recruiting for both Mid-level and Senior User Researchers, these roles are hybid based, but will potentially require travel to customer sites, and regular User Research community collaboration sessions. We would also like you to be able to work within one of hubs in London (Southbank) or Bristol (Spectrum Building) 2 to 3 days a week – we understand the value of connecting in person and our teams thrive from time together across our sites

Reporting into the Lead User Research, the Mid-level and Senior User Researcher’s responsibilities include:

· Planning and executing user research activities, using the most appropriate qualitative and quantitative techniques for the project phase.
· Testing service designs with users across the lifecycle, from paper prototypes to interactive digital services.
· Championing inclusion, equity and accessibility in research, and challenging potential biases in planning, execution and analysis of research activities.
· 4+ years commercial experience in user research; this might have been as a dedicated user researcher, conducting user research as part of your role within a user centred design or service design team.
· Applied knowledge of user-centred design and service design principles and processes. a project’s goals or a customer’s strategic objectives.
· Creative and innovative in the way you work.
· Civica is the UK’s leading public sector software provider, with more than 22 years of sustained growth.
We’re developing and delivering the technologies that are transforming our vital public services, across Local Government, Government, Healthcare and beyond.
• Investors in People’ – Gold : We prioritise the development of our colleagues to match their ambition.
• Financial Times - Diversity Leader 2022 : We’re committed to maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture.
• Top rated employer – Glassdoor: Our average length of service is 9 years.
• Societal Impact: Our solutions impact positive societal change, supporting local Authorities, Schools, Police forces, the NHS and numerous Central Government offices.

Building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture
At Civica, we’re committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all of our people excel.
Our groups are for anyone who wants to support and ally with that community and include: Early careers, accessibility, parents and guardians, wellness, LGBTQIA+, race and ethnicity and many more.

Civica is a Diversity Leader, ranked as one of the top European companies for workplace diversity and equality - Financial Times 2022.
Civica is committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all of our people excel. We believe that diversity stimulates innovation, enables us to deliver better outcomes for people and communities, supports the growth of our people, and delivers great results for our customers. Civica recruit, promote and reward our people based on their contribution, regardless of gender, race, disability, religion/belief, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status.
Life at Civica: Life at Civica is fun and flexible. Civica Foundation | Giving Culture: We encourage our people to take advantage of our Days of Difference initiative that makes a lasting impact in the community through goodness and charity.

Civica Culture | Work life balance and Blended working : Flexible working, less commuting and more time with friends and family gives a perfect work life balance to our people.

Learning and Development | Growth Opportunities:



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