Senior Research Operations Specialist

1 month ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Lorien Full time

**Senior Research Operations Specialist - 4 days a weeks**

An exciting opportunity for experienced Researcher to join a large Public sector organisation in Edinburgh. You will help us to define how Research Operations can work in the organisation and advocate for this role within the organisation.

Essential skills:

- Experience working with a range of teams and stakeholders to plan and conduct project work.
- Skilled in advocating the importance of Research Ops to a range of stakeholders.
- Experience of identifying inefficiencies in processes and refining and iterating these processes to improve business outcomes.
- Previous experience of creating and scaling a research repository and standardising work processes across a large team.
- Experience using Jira and Confluence to organise and collaborate on projects.
- Experience of developing a roadmap for how a new function will operate in an organisation
- Experience of working across teams to share knowledge, insights and processes.
- Experience of managing governance processes.
- A working knowledge of User Research methods and the types of outputs that User Researchers produce
- Experience of ensuring processes are compliant with legal and data requirements.



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