Interface Design Lead (Remote)

IT & Telecom

Overview

Lead the evolution of WFP’s corporate Design System and User Interface Kit.

You have:

• University degree in relevant field and at least six years’ experience with user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design.
• Or secondary degree with professional certification in relevant field and at least nine years of professional experience.
• Mastery leading or using Design Systems.
• Proficiency developing high-quality user experience and user interface designs, adhering to corporate branding standards.
• In-depth knowledge of UX/UI design (wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes) and related tools.
• Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
• Fluency in oral and written English is mandatory.
• An intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) or Portuguese is desirable.

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance

Are you a highly skilled Interface Designer with extensive hands-on experience leading the implementation of Design Systems? Are you proficient the implementation and adoption of a set of standards intended to manage design at scale using reusable components and patterns? Are you familiar with interface design best practices so digital products are usable and provide a good user experience (UX)? Join our team and work in an exciting, collaborative, and fast-paced environment, surrounded by talented people of different cultures and nationalities.

What we offer: A Consultancy Contract of up to 11 months (with a possible renewal following a one-month break depending on performance of the incumbent and funding approval) will be offered to the selected candidate.

Time zone: You will be expected to work from remote with a team working in the Central European Standard Time (CEST) time zone; for this role at least six working hours must overlap with the 08:30am to 5pm CEST working day.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change. Powered by the passion, dedication, and professionalism of our 20,000 staff worldwide, the World Food Programme (WFP) works in over 80 countries to bring life-saving food to people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters, and help individuals and communities find life-changing solutions to the multiple challenges they face in building better futures.

We work to enhance nutrition in women and children, support smallholder farmers in improving productivity and reducing losses, help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks, and boost human capital through school feeding programmes.

In conflict situations, we bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability – work for which WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.

The Technology Division of WFP partners with business areas across the organization to digitally transform our business. We design, develop, enhance, and maintain a variety of digital products.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Solutions Development, the Interface Design Lead manages the evolution of WFP’s corporate Design System and User Interface (UI) Kit. A digital Design System reinforcing WFP’s brand and bringing consistency to user interfaces across digital products is a pre-requisite to designing the user experience that help ensure WFP’s digital solutions meet the highest quality standards of technical usability, user acceptability and domain suitability.

In addition, the Interface Design Lead coordinates User Experience (UX) oversight across the portfolio of IT Solutions delivered by the Branch, to ensure the UI Kit is properly adopted and IT solutions achieve a high level of usability and accessibility.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead the evolution of WFP’s corporate Design System and User Interface (UI) Kit, incorporating an updating UI elements, patterns, and components required by WFP’s IT Solutions, and ensuring easy-to-use documentation and guidance is provided to Interface Designers and Front-end Developers.

• Interact with WFP’s global interface design and front-end development community to keep-in-touch with the user interface requirements of existing and emerging IT solutions.
• Oversee and coordinate UX activities across a portfolio of IT solutions, ensuring that interface designers and front-end developers adhere to the guidelines outlined in WFP’s UI Kit, and to UX best practices to ensure a high level of usability and accessibility of IT solutions.
• Run and coordinate WFP’s DesignersHub, promoting it with relevant audiences, inviting people to join, and creating a place to strengthen the connection among designers in WFP, share info and updates on the UI Kit on design related matters, talk about DesignOps best practices, ask for feedback and let designers showcase their work.
• Mentor junior User Interface designers.
• When required, take on Interface Design implementation activities on specific IT solutions:
  • Contribute to the creation wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
  • Design user journeys and create User Interface flowcharts based on the needs and the limitations of the users and of the context of use;
  • Coordinate iterative prototype review/testing; communicate results and advocate for end users’ needs to be taken into consideration; assist in revising the requirements as insights from testing are revealed; ensure UX best practises are followed;
• Other related duties, as required.

DELIVERABLES:

• Up-to-date Design System and UI Kit, fully adhering to WFP’s Brand and with designer and developer-friendly documentation.
• IT solutions which are usable and accessible.
• Design documentation.
• When required: wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, process flows, site maps.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education & Experience:

University degree in relevant field and at least six years’ experience with user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design.

OR

secondary degree with professional certification in relevant field and at least nine years of professional experience.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Mastery leading or using Design Systems.

  • Proficiency developing high-quality user experience and user interface designs, adhering to corporate branding standards;
  • In-depth knowledge of UX/UI design (wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes) and related tools;
  • Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

  Competencies

• Excellent communication, presentation skills;

  • Organized and detail oriented with strong judgement/decision-making skills;
  • A passion for new technology tools and usage of those tools;
  • Ability to plan and organize work and communicate effectively;
  • Ability to be resourceful, take initiative and use mature judgment;
  • Ability to deal patiently and tactfully with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

  Languages:

  Fluency in oral and written English is mandatory. An intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages) is desirable.

  TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

WFP offers a competitive compensation package, which will be determined by the contract type and selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Please visit the following websites for detailed information on working with WFP.

http://www.wfp.org Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about WFP’s operations.

Deadline for applications: 28 November 2021 at 11:59pm Rome time

REF: 151962

Qualified female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply.

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

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