DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
2 November 2024-23:59-GMT+02:00 South Africa Standard Time (Johannesburg)
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ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme 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.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org
WHY JOIN WFP?
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
Duration: 120 days over 11 months
Reporting to: Lead Advisor, Outbreaks and Epidemics
Responsibilities and Deliverables
This assignment aims to turn the software application for outbreaks and epidemics risk analytics into easy-to-use, intuitive, and visually appealing digital interfaces. ARC aims to enable users to visualize historical outbreak events, visualize the potential human and financial losses caused by epidemic-prone diseases, and visualize the potential benefits of early outbreak intervention and investment.
The Senior UI/UX Designer will work under the supervision of the Lead Advisor, Outbreaks and Epidemics, and work closely with the Lead Software Architect in charge of developing the web-based software application for epidemic risk analytics, as well as other ARC teams and regional partners that should specifically allow users to perform the following tasks:
Visualize historical outbreaks and epidemics event for filovirus (Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease) and meningitis in Africa.
Visualize countries most at risk for the emergence of filovirus and meningitis events.
Display the probabilities of experiencing filovirus outbreaks and meningitis epidemics of various sizes in any given year.
Display losses associated with filovirus outbreaks in terms of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths; and visualized average annual losses.
Display losses associated with meningitis epidemics in terms of number of districts in alert and number of districts in epidemics; and visualized average annual losses.
Calculate and visualize the potential disease burden (e.g., DALYs) and the economic losses.
Calculate and visualize the potential benefits of early outbreak intervention and rapid containment: e.g., reduced disease burden (cases and deaths averted); reduced direct cost of outbreak response (health systems cost-savings); reduced indirect cost of illness (households cost-savings); reduced secondary effects on the economy (sustained investments).
Estimate the amount of medical countermeasures or other health systems interventions that may be needed under different potential scenarios.
Qualifications and Experience Required
Education: The prospective candidate must have a bachelor's degree in graphic design or a related field with strong graphic user interface design expertise.
Experience: Minimum of 8 years of demonstrated experience as a UI/UX Designer. Knowledge of infectious disease outbreaks and other health emergencies and experience working with African countries and regional African public health institutions are an added advantage.
Knowledge & Skills:
Knowledge of front-end development technologies.
Knowledge of wireframe tools.
Proficiency in design software.
Ability to manage projects and deliver in a fast-paced environment.
Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders.
Languages: Fluency in French is required. Intermediate knowledge of English is highly desirable.
Consultancy Duration: This Senior UI/UX Designer vacancy is a home-based Consultancy for up to 120 days over 11 months.
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