User Researcher

Methods is urgently looking multiple User Researchers contract basis for a piece of work at a government client:

Client: Central Government Department

Role: User Researcher

Remote with adhoc travel to a Northern hub bases: Manchester/Sheffied/Blackpool/Birmingham/Newcastle

Qualifications

• Proven experience conducting user research in fast-moving or ambiguous environments (e.g., innovation hubs, R&D, labs, pilots).
• Experience researching physical spaces, comms and marketing, and other formats; not just digital interfaces.
• Strong practical research skills: planning studies, conducting fieldwork, analysing findings, producing clear outputs.
• Comfort responding to pre-defined briefs and delivering quickly with minimal hand-holding.
• Ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations for trial teams.
• Knowledge of experimentation approaches (A/B testing, pilots, controlled trials).
• Experience working with operational or frontline teams.
• Familiarity with public-sector contexts or complex stakeholder environments