Senior UX & Design System Specialist (Remote)

IT & Telecom

Overview

Drive the evolution of WFP’s corporate Design System and ensure high UX standards.

You have:

• University degree in interaction design, interface design, human-computer interaction, psychology, anthropology, computer science, multimedia, business administration or related fields.
• At least six years’ experience being responsible for Design Systems and with user experience (UX) & user interface (UI) design.
• Fluency in oral and written English is mandatory.
• Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese is desirable.
• Proficiency designing high-quality user experience and user interface elements, adhering to corporate branding standards.
• Proficiency in writing UX guidance and documentation.
• In-depth knowledge of UX/UI design (wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes) and related tools.
• In-depth knowledge of usability and interaction design principles and best practices.
• Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

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

Do you have extensive hands-on experience driving the evolution 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 user interface (UI) 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 extension following a one-month break depending on performance and funding.

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.

About us

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.

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.

Your role

The Senior UX & Design System Specialist personally drives the evolution of WFP’s corporate Design System. A 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 Senior UX & Design System Specialist provides User Experience (UX) oversight across the portfolio of IT Solutions delivered by the Branch, to ensure the Design System is properly adopted and IT solutions achieve a high level of usability and accessibility.

Your responsibilities

• Drive the evolution of WFP’s corporate Design System, incorporating an updating user interface (UI) elements, patterns, and components required by WFP’s IT Solutions, and ensuring easy-to-use documentation and guidance is provided to product managers, interface designers, and front-end Developers.
• Interact with WFP’s product manager, interface design and front-end development communities to stay-in-touch with the user interface and design requirements of existing and emerging IT solutions.
• Oversee and coordinate user experience (UX) activities across a portfolio of IT solutions, ensuring that interface designers and front-end developers adhere to the guidelines outlined in WFP’s Design System, 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 Design System and related matters, talk about DesignOps best practices, ask for feedback, and let designers showcase their work.
• Mentor junior User Interface designers.
• Other related duties, as required.

What you are expected to deliver

• Up-to-date corporate Design System, fully adhering to WFP’s Brand and with product manager, designer, and developer-friendly documentation.
• Interface components which are usable and accessible.
• Engaged and thriving DesignersHub community.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education & Experience:

University degree in interaction design, interface design, human-computer interaction, psychology, anthropology, computer science, multimedia, business administration or related fields, and at least six years’ experience being responsible for Design Systems, and with user experience (UX) & user interface (UI) design.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Proficiency designing high-quality user experience and user interface elements, adhering to corporate branding standards;

  • Proficiency in writing UX guidance and documentation;
  • In-depth knowledge of UX/UI design (wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes) and related tools;
  • In depth knowledge of usability and interaction design principles and best practices; and
  • 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: 04 May 2022 at 11:59pm Rome time (CET/CEST)

REF: 161088

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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