User Researcher
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- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 36
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
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Role summary
As a User Researcher, you will lead on all aspects of user research to deepen understanding of users and ensure products and services meet their needs. This involves planning and conducting research, analysing findings to produce actionable insights, and advocating for the user's voice. You will manage multiple projects concurrently and contribute to establishing user research practices within a user-centred design approach.
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £43,231 – £52,679 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
239032
Salary:
Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Job closing date:
01/09/2026
Job Type:
Administrative Services
Location:
Edinburgh/Glasgow
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
36
Job posted date:
24/08/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
Public Health Scotland
Department:
Product Development
Job Advert
About the Organisation:
Public Health Scotland launched 1st April 2020 as a national health board, employing around 1200 people, and with an annual budget of around £101 million. Public Health Scotland wants to see a Scotland where everybody thrives, a Scotland where life expectancy improves and the difference in life expectancy between our poorest and wealthiest areas gets smaller.
The Post:
Would you like to apply your passion for meeting users’ needs to the development of products and services that contribute to Public Health Scotland’s mission?
As our User Researcher, you will lead on all aspects of user research to help us gain a deeper understanding our users and ensure that the products and services we design meet their needs.
You will achieve this by:
- planning and conducting user research, choosing the right user methods to suit the needs of the project or the problem to be solved
- analysing and producing user research findings and actionable user insights, and communicating them to i
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