UX/UI Design Volunteer (SPI)
Design user-friendly, accessible, and responsive interfaces for a youth center tool.
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Overview
Design user-friendly, accessible, and responsive interfaces for a youth center tool.
You have:
- Experience with UI/UX tools (Figma, Adobe XD, or similar).
- Ongoing or completed studies in graphic design, interaction design, or related field.
- Familiarity with inclusive and accessible digital design.
- Creative thinking and ability to visualize user journeys.
- Team collaboration skills and attention to detail.
- Fluency in Ukrainian; English working knowledge preferred.
- Accountability, adaptability, and flexibility.
- Judgement and decision-making, planning and organizing, professionalism, self-management.
The Tech Volunteers for Resilience (Tech4R) initiative — a joint effort between UNDP ICPSD and UNV — mobilizes skilled digital professionals to co-develop open-source tools that support resilience, recovery, and inclusive development across Europe and Central Asia. Under this initiative, UNDP Ukraine, in collaboration with Tech4R, is developing a Digital Accessibility and Universal
Design Self-Assessment Tool for Youth Centers in Ukraine. The tool will allow youth centers to evaluate the accessibility of their facilities and services, visualize results, and plan improvements through a simple and interactive digital interface.
The UX/UI Design Volunteer will ensure that the platform’s layout and functionality reflect universal design and accessibility principles, meeting the needs of users of different abilities and backgrounds. The assignment directly contributes to rebuilding youth infrastructure that is inclusive, usable, and equitable, aligning with Ukraine’s national recovery efforts and UNDP’s focus on human-centered design.
The Volunteer will be expected to: • Design user-friendly, accessible, and responsive interfaces for the tool. • Ensure visual consistency and compliance with universal design and accessibility standards (WCAG). • Create mockups and prototypes for testing with target users. • Collaborate with low-code builders, accessibility experts, and content teams. • Recommend improvements to enhance usability and inclusivity. • Support final visual refinements before tool delivery.
This is an unpaid volunteer assignment.
• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement and decision-making • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Self-management
• Experience with UI/UX tools (Figma, Adobe XD, or similar). • Ongoing or completed studies in graphic design, interaction design, or related field. • Familiarity with inclusive and accessible digital design. • Creative thinking and ability to visualize user journeys. • Team collaboration skills and attention to detail. • Fluency in Ukrainian; English working knowledge preferred.
This is a volunteer assignment, not employment. By sharing your time, energy, and talents, you can support communities in need and become part of something greater than yourself — a global movement for peace, development and humanitarian aid. Volunteering strengthens trust, solidarity, and reciprocity among citizens, and it can promote a sense of belonging and purpose.
This is an unpaid volunteer assignment.
UN Volunteer entitlement for this assignment: • Private insurance for the duration of the assignment: Health, dental, life and dismemberment (coverage by CIGNA)
Other benefits include: - International collaboration and mentorship - Skills development in real world, UN-driven projects - Certificate of Service and exposure to international work - Notes:
This UN Volunteer assignment will support the Tech4R programme.
The Tech Volunteers for Resilience (Tech4R) programme mobilizes skilled digital volunteers to co-create open-source solutions that strengthen disaster resilience.
UN Volunteers for this particular assignment are governed by the particular conditions set out in their offers and contracts.
Potential interview questions
| Describe a project where you had to ensure accessibility in your design. | This question assesses your experience in inclusive design and understanding of accessibility standards. | Provide a specific example, detailing your role, the design process, and the outcome. |
| How do you approach user research to inform your design process? | User research is crucial in UX/UI design, and they want to see your methodology here. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you explain a time you had to collaborate with a team on a project? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What tools do you typically use for designing and prototyping? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you handle feedback on your designs? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What do you think are the key principles of universal design? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your creative process when developing user interfaces. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure your designs are user-friendly? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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