Usability Specialist

UCG/ Radio Support is a consulting company specialized in support to the telecom and electronics industry.Mostly in the design/verification and test/industrializing areas.We have an office at Kista in northern Stockholm but are operating all over Sweden.For our customer we are now looking for a Usability Specialist The Usability Specialist shall have following profile: .Analytical in order to draw conclusions based on information such as user observations in order to improve business performance..Creative and have the ability to generate new ideas or concepts, or new associations based on existing ideas or concepts..Very good communicator that both listens to and transfers information/knowledge and that has the ability to communicate by different methods and media to different target groups such as users, colleagues and co-workers..Business minded in order to identify business opportunities for the organization.Designing IT solutions that are easy to use and support the users' tasks which increases the productivity and efficiency of the organization.Thinks of the organization as a whole and proposes possibilities for new ways of working more efficiently..Shows enthusiasm and drive.Does not give up easily.Prepared to make quick decisions that might involve difficult choices or calculated risks.Takes responsibility for action.Takes own initiatives and acts with confidence.Make things happen.Task The main task for the Usability Specialist will be to support different Communicating and Selling IT projects when it comes to usability issues.The Usability Specialist leads and coordinates the usability work and is responsible for working towards an easy to use IT solution for the intended users.The Usability Specialist analyses the users' needs, tasks and context and communicates this to the IT and Business organisation.The tasks included will be: .Plan and coordinate suitable usability activities from the given requirements and the time scope of a project..Capture the users' and stakeholders' needs by using applicable methods as interviews and observations and also being able to extract important requirements from other investigations made..Design the interaction and dialogue between the user and the solution and document the design.Knowledge and competence on how to use suitable design methods in order to create a prototype or a user interface..Conduct and perform usability tests..Support and market proper and suitable use of design standards, guidelines, best practices and conventions..To be a solid team player, make a positive contribution to the team spirit, proactively complete the tasks assigned to him/her, take ownership for his/hers tasks and sharing relevant knowledge with other project members.Mandatory: .Experience in working with usability tasks within a project or similar..Relevant education within the area of usability such as Interaction Design, Human-Computer-Interaction, Cognitive Science..Good at visualising ideas and concepts in mock-ups or prototypes.Desirable: .Knowledge of RUP as support of the development process.To achieve a more even gender distribution among our consultants we are positive to female applicants.We would like applicants to submit a detailed CV in Word-format.In this ad we are primarily looking for employees, but we also invite persons operating their own companies to apply.We decline approaches from recruiters and other sales persons.