DV Cleared UX Consultant

Job description

Morgan Hunt are currently recruiting for a UX Consultant for a permanent position with our private-sector client based in Manchester.

Salary: Up to £80k

Working Model: Hybrid, 2 days on site in either the Manchester office

Role Profile: As a UX Consultant, working within Technology Solutions Practice, you'll be embedded in client projects to improve the delivery of emerging technology and solving business and user problems via technology development. Working closely with Users, Stakeholders and Scrum Development teams, you will be instrumental to the research, design and delivery of digital experiences to our prestigious clients; working with their end-user and customer communities to gather insights, produce prototypes and gather feedback on designs.

In this role you will work with other disciplines in the Technology Solutions practice creating innovative solutions that meet Users Needs and delight customers and clients. This will involve you championing and advocating User Centric/Human Centric approaches, working to ensure that solutions and functionality are based around valid User Needs. You'll work in Agile/Scrum environments where you will lead and facilitate workshops and research sessions, to understand User's pain points, journeys, and needs; before translating requirements into solutions using wireframes, prototypes and generating User Stories/Functional specifications working closely with developers.

Experience & Skills:

Essential:

• Experience applying a User Centric Design approach to digital and software projects, working closely with end users and stakeholders.
• Active DV Clearance (Applications without this unfortunately cannot be progressed)
• Comfortable producing high quality UX outputs including: Personas, Journey Maps, Blueprints, Site Maps/IA.
• Experience at creating wireframes, functional specifications and interactive prototypes using suitable software (Figma / XD / Sketch).
• Planned and led User Research sessions to capture insights and needs and playing this back to client stakeholders with a suitable narrative.
• Working effectively in multi-disciplinary teams and with End Users, to understand, research and design digital solutions.

Desirable:

• GDS (Government Digital Services) experience.
• Knowledge in one of: Information Architecture; Service Design; Interaction Design; UI Design; Design Systems; Visual Design.
• Relevant qualifications or certifications in UCD.
• Previous consulting experience: a track record in client engagement and delivery.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.