Army Heo Digital Transformation User Researcher

4 months ago


Andover, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 291634**Salary**:

- £33,830- (Per annum, pro-rata)**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Army - D Info**Type of role**:

- Digital**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Andover, South East England, SP11 8HJAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 9,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, firefighters and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army. As such using data to aid understanding of our workforce is vital.

The Army’s Information Directorate provides the Chief Information Officer function for the Army, leads the Army’s digitalisation, delivers information exploitation services and orchestrates the delivery of digital programmes. The directorate also provides leadership and coherence across the Cyber and Electro-Magnetic Activities (CEMA), Intelligence and Security functions in the Army. The Director’s vision is: Information is valued, exploited and protected as a critical Army asset to maximise advantage in a trusted Single Information Environment

Digital Discovery sits within the Information Directorate in Army HQ and drives the Army’s digital agenda. This role will work to SO1 Digital Discovery and Assistant Head IX Digital Discovery. It is part of a valued team who identify, define and develop transformational digital change across the Army.

The Digital Discovery Team is at the heart of the Army’s digital transformation agenda; the Digital Discovery and Analysis Branch (DDAB) are responsible for triaging new digital requirements and helping users to refine their business needs - looking at people, process, policy and IT. DDAB put the user’s experience and support at the forefront of their work. As a Digital Transformation UX Researcher, within this team, you will be a key player in delivering several Discoveries and First Looks (a light-touch discovery process specifically designed by and for DDAB). You will have the opportunity to build relationships across the Army and Defence whilst driving stakeholders'

Discovery Phase; enabling them to understand the root cause of their problem and assist them to progress in their digital change journey. The work Digital Discovery delivers is not only crucial to the Army’s digital transformation agenda but also integral to the delivery of Programme THEIA And the Army Data and Digital Plan. You will work within a team of civil servants, military and contractors. Assisting with prioritising and supporting discovery activity. You will be a key player in delivering continuous improvement across all DDAB and wider discovery processes.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. We are passionate about Smarter Working and believe that a combination of flexible working practices, digital technology and modern workspaces will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance, while ensuing you deliver your outcomes effectively and efficiently - we expect you to know where to be to have the most impact, balancing your individual needs with that of your team and the organisation. Whilst embracing hybrid working, there is an expectation you will attend the office an average of at least 2 days a week.

**Job description**:
A Digital Transformation User Researcher within DDAB is responsible for designing and facilitating research activities with identified users to attain understanding of the root cause of the problem, as opposed to the symptoms, and the potential opportunities to make improvements and real change to the users’ lived experience.

This role will give you the opportunity to work with a plethora of stakeholders, not only from across the Army but also across Defence. Contributing to making a difference to how the business is run as well as Soldiers and their family’s lived experience. As we move further into a digital world; innovation, forward thinking and communication skills are essential.

You will have the rewarding opportunity to enable and support business areas to own, assure and share data by operating and utilising coherent tool sets. This will derive better business and operational outputs whilst making efficiencies across the Army - the efficiencies and benefits are being tracked by Senior Leadership up to the Army’s Executive Committee.

You will use industry standard user research techniques and models to identify and define users’ journeys, needs and stories, as and when required. You w



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