Lead User Researcher

Made Tech wants to positively impact the country's future by using technology to improve society. We believe being design-led can create positive outcomes in the public sector through critical services enabled by technology. We are building a community of designers and researchers to support the public sector growing demand for a design-led approach to service delivery.

Lead User Researchers are expert practitioners who influence and mentor others. They work with teams to deeply understand people's lives, services, organisations, and outcomes for the public sector. They do this by ensuring that teams take a user-centred, evidence-based approach to service design and delivery.

• Leads one / more research deliveries, ensuring all project team & stakeholders have a shared understanding of successful outcomes.
• Scope focus of research, so everyone involved has a shared understanding of successful outcomes
• Takes responsibility for ensuring a whole team approach to user research. Ensuring all stakeholders & team members are invited to participate in observing user research sessions.
• Leads the scoping of one or more research deliveries, defining research objectives, planning activities and leading the overall delivery of research.
• Works with Discipline head and peers to set best practise standards for the User Research team. This includes adhering to GDPR, MRS standards & GDS Se...