Senior User Experience Researcher

2 weeks ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Full time

Job Title:
Senior User Experience Researcher

Role type:
Fixed term through to 28 June 2024

Location:
Nationwide options available

Salary range:
$96,073 to $128,570 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
Are you fascinated by people and always curious to understand what motivates them and influences their behaviour? Do you use the 'five whys' and have a tendancy to use the phrase 'it depends'? Want to be a part of helping to make the most of Aotearoa New Zealands' native and exotic forests' contribution to social, cultural, environmental, and economic wellbeing?
We're looking for a Senior User Experience Researcher to join our team.

This role is focused on helping Te Uru Rākau - New Zealand Forest Service understand one of our customer groups: nurserys who supply native tree seedlings.


In this role you will:

  • Plan and run deepdive qualitative research to understand the attitudes, motivations, values, concerns and needs of the nursery sector
  • Help Te Uru Rākau teams understand the the nursery sector, and how to use that understanding to further government goals around increasing native afforestation
  • Identify opportunities for Te Uru Rākau to support the nursery sector
  • Test proposed initiatives and interventions with the nursery sector
Mōu - About You

You'll have solid experience working in qualitative customer research - looking below the surface to understand customers and their needs, analysing this and delivering insights to organisations.


This experience will include:

  • Planning, running, and analysing qualitative customer research, including researching Māori and iwi, and conducting remote qualitatative research
  • Developing personas/customer segments based on qualitative research
  • Teaching people how to use customer personas/segments in their roles (for example frontline staff, designers, etc)
  • Testing ideas and concepts with customers to assess whether they will meet their needs, and identify areas for improvement
  • Analysing qualitative insights to identify opportunities to support customers
Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team

You'll be working in our Content & Service Design team - a passionate and diverse group of Content Designers and Service Designers, who are united in their desire to create customer-centric experiences that help people achieve their goals.

The Content & Service Design team believe in active empathy, the power of the question 'why?', and the importance of continuously learning.

Our team sits within Te Uru Rākau - New Zealand Forest Service.

Te Uru Rākau works to make the most of our native and exotic forests' contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand's social, cultural, environmental, and economic wellbeing.

We work with tangata whenua, landowners, and the forestry and wood processing sector.

This role will be supporting our Native Afforestation Project - helping to improve native afforestation through improving the cost, production rates, and survivability of native tree seedlings.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki - guardianship of our natural resources.

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI

  • Access to free professional confidential counselling
  • Comprehensive 3day MPI Induction Programme
  • Mentoring and coaching programmes
Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.


Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your interest, and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes, and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

Applications close at midnight 19 February 2024

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