Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Terms of Reference-UX Designer

What we are looking for:
We have recently researched the barriers to vaccine uptake across Tanzania and Ethiopia. Starting with Tanzania, we want to take these insights into a Design Sprint with the Girl Effect team and build potential concepts, solutions, or prototype ideas to address vaccine uptake barriers. We are looking for a consultant to kick off the process by leading the project team through a workshop, eventually leading to developing an efficient, effective, user-friendly prototype concept/ideas to fulfil the project objectives.
• The UX designer would need to design and facilitate a design sprint workshop with the Girl Effect team in Tanzania. The 5-day design sprint workshop outcomes are:
• A shared understanding of the user’s needs, challenges & motivations
• A (clearer) mutual understanding of the problem at hand (evidenced by a succinct and clear focal problem statement for the project)
• Solution ideas/concepts generated and analysed/prioritised according to a logical & relevant set of criteria
• Prototype recommendations (including plans and/or considerations for testing) from prioritised ideas/concepts

Deliverables:
• Proposal of Design Sprint Approach (including the types of participants to be involved)
• Working in collaboration with the Girl Effect Team, plan and facilitate a Design Sprint workshop spanning no longer than 5 days to present research findings, define the problem, brainstorm prototype concepts, prioritise ideas and approaches
• Presentation of final workshop results and prototype recommendations
• High-level implementation or testing plan for recommended or prioritised prototypes

Who You Are
Skills and expertise:
• Must have excellent verbal and written skills in Kiswahili
• At least 5 years of work experience executing and/or leading user experience deliverables (with a portfolio showing outputs, techniques, processes, tools and breadth of knowledge)
• A Bachelors/Masters level degree in Design, Design Thinking, Human-Centred Design, Human-Computer Interaction or other relevant and equivalent qualification
• Experience working with distributed teams (and technological tools that allow for such work)
• Excellent facilitation, presentation, communication & interpersonal skills
• Expertise in running workshops with participants who are in-person, remote or a mix of both (including the requisite facilitation techniques and tools)
• A strong awareness of service, product & interaction design
• Willingness to adapt, be flexible, and improvise as the situation requires it
• Ability to keep the group’s energy levels high and their focus on the tasks at hand


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Please submit proposals, as described above, to suppliers@girleffect.org  by 3rd October 2022, 5:00 pm EAT latest. Please clearly mark your email with the subject ‘UX Designer.

Proposal Submission
Interested consultants are asked to submit the following to support their candidature (Max 5-10 pages):
• Your understanding of the brief and why you feel you are well placed to advise us on this
• Showcase any previous relevant work experience
• Contact details of three referees that can attest to the scope and magnitude of similar assignments
• CV with a cover letter
• Proposed consultancy fees

Evaluation Criteria
The criteria against which proposals will be evaluated are listed below:
• Technical Evaluation
• Interpretation and understanding of this TOR-10%
• Relevant experience as demonstrated by CV - 20%
• Technical UX deliverable execution experience - 10%
• Demonstrated technical knowledge in the field of Human-Centred Design and/or Design Thinking (including HCD tools & techniques)- 20%
• Evidence of a minimum of three contactable references - 10%


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