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Consultant – UI/UX Designer

الصفحة الرئيسية
باقي للتقدم
يوم | ساعة | دقيقة | ثانية

CONSULTANCY - TERMS OF REFERENCE
UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide
assistance and protection to a population of some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help
Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in
human development, pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA’s services encompass education, health
care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance and emergency assistance.
UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East with more than 30,000 staff. UNRWA is funded almost
entirely by voluntary contributions.

Consultant – UI/UX Designer
Gaza
BACKGROUND
We are looking for someone who is an expert in UI design, UX design, and front-end development. The
consultant will be working mainly on one major system and will be understanding human-computer interaction
design (HCID), in coming up with elegant solutions to improve our application, and in developing on a modern
.Net framework as well as a UX/UI framework for existing and future web applications

Description of Duties and Responsibilities
  1. Conducting research and deconstructing users’ digital interactions and habits;
  2. Overseeing and executing user UI/UX designs;
  3. Analyzing and offering solutions for UI/UX key issues;
  4. Developing workflows and interaction flows;
  5. Analyzing and presenting field analysis, clients feedback and usability findings;
  6. Managing milestones, schedules and deadlines for UX related project;
  7. Come up with UI and UX strategies based on target goals;
  8. Creating and maintaining digital assets, such as interface design files, wireframes, and interactive
  9. mockups using design and prototyping tools: e.g., Adobe XD, Sketch and InVision;
  10. Designing, building and maintaining highly reusable and responsive JavaScript, HTML and CSS code;
  11. Understanding the limitations of the tech stack and business model and providing technical advice
  12. wherever necessary;
  13. Building and documenting standards, framework, and guidelines of best UX/UI practices for current and future web applications.

The following deliverables are requested:
  • Setting of UI/UX problems/ issues in current UNRWA Applications;
  • Rebuilding the current module in e-health in which issues/problems are found;
  • The module is to adhere to best practices and industry standards in UI/UX development;
  • Building reusable Net Framework UI Library;
  • Building reusable .Net Framework UI Library;
  • Roadmap to upgrade the entire e-health system UI/UX;
  • Developing a full Framework documentation contains the following:
    • UNRWA Applications UI/UX Design Principles.
    • UNRWA UI/UX Standards.
    • UNRWA UI/UX Design Guidelines.
    • UNRWA .Net Framework Library User Manual
  • Conducting comprehensive sessions to staff on all the above, elaborating on how to use the framework (principles, standards, guidelines, and UI Library), and how to avoid implementing nonstandard UI/UX principles in UNRWA applications.


minimum Qualifications and Experience
  1. A university degree from an accredited educational institution in computer science or related discipline;
  2. A minimum of 4 years of experience in front-end developer and a UI/UX designer;
  3. A portfolio that demonstrates both JavaScript proficiency and understanding of SOLID design principles (plugins, node packages, etc.);
  4. Expert knowledge of CSS, CSS extension languages (Less, Sass), and CSS preprocessor tools;
  5. Expert knowledge of HTML5 and its best practices;
  6. Proficiency in designing interfaces and building clickable prototypes using adobe XD, Sketch, InVision, Axure, etc;
  7. A history of deconstructing user behavior to create an improved experience for users, showcased in the form of blog posts, articles, screen casts, etc;
  8. Good command of spoken and written English.

COMPETENCIES
  • Communications skills;
  • Training skills and ability to make clear presentations;
  • Team spirit and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
  • Experience or knowledge of SQL-Sever, ASP.net, MVC, HTML, AJAX, JavaScript, JQuery, object-oriented analysis and design.


CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
  • The consultant will be based in Gaza
  • The duration of the consultancy is 6 months with the expected start date of April 2020
  • Remuneration for this consultancy will depend on the qualifications and experience of the candidate.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants should submit a cover letter and CV or UN Personal History Form demonstrating clearly the knowledge and experience required to meet the consultancy requirements via 
consultancy@unrwa.org
indicating the title of this consultancy “UI/UX Designer, Gaza” in the subject line of the message. The deadline for the submission of applications is 18 March 2020.
UNRWA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from both women and men. UNRWA encourages applications from qualified women. Only those applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
UNRWA is a non-smoking environment
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