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About the position

The User Experience and User Interface (UX/UI) Designer will support the development and creative design of the geospatial tools being developed by the SERVIR-Amazonia hub. Since 2019, the hub has been designing and developing several services with regional co-developers to utilize satellite data and geospatial information for sustainable natural resource management decisions throughout the Amazon Basin. These services often culminate in the delivery of online tools, smartphone apps and similar tools for the use of multiple local and regional stakeholders, which require user-friendly interfaces.

Therefore, the UX/UI Designer will be a creative contributor, to look critically at how the users will interact with data and develop strategies on how users will interface with analysis, tools and platforms.

The UX/UI Designer will investigate the specific user needs and design wireframe (either a sketch or specification of a web application) for the geospatial programmer to implement on the web-based application.

The UX/UI Designer would provide support to the following services:

Monitoring of Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon (RAMI)
Monitoring of Gold Mining in the Colombian Amazon (COMIMO)
Forecasting Seasonal to Sub-Seasonal Fire and Agricultural Risk from Drought
Ecosystem Services Modeling in the Amazons Forest-Agricultural Interface
Monitoring Forest Dynamics to Enable Biodiversity Conservation in the Amazon (TerraBio), and
New related services that are currently being formalized. The previously mentioned services currently have web-based applications that have been developed with a research and academic design. The UX/UI of the apps will need to be updated, according to previous expert and public user recommendations

Key Responsibilities

Work with the Program Director, Science & Data Lead and the Director of Environmental Mapping from SIG
Coordinate with the Data and Science Lead on service products to receive UX/UI design
Coordinate with Thematic Leads on the UX/UI design specifications and strategies for select web applications
Coordinate with other hub partners (SIG, ACCA, Imaflora, ECOCIENCIA, CAL-PSE) as needed
Define product scopes and goals, lists of features, identify challenges, and develop metrics
Define user persona profiles (typologies of professionals who will use the application)
Conduct user surveys to understand user experience needs, develop user scenarios, test the scenarios with users, and produce experience maps or user behavior maps
Develop sketches of alternatives for the product concept and work with Data and Science Lead and/or Thematic Lead to narrow down the options
Develop UI style guides for development and wireframes that take into account user needs and user journeys
Lead discussions with Data and Science Lead and the relevant Thematic Lead on system logic, function, and navigability issues
Develop live prototypes or high-definition designs that consider SERVIR- Amazonia branding that is consistent with our branding and marking plan with USAID, but that creates a distinctive look that contributes to SERVIR-Amazonia branding
Work with the software developers to ensure consistency of implementation of the user interface with the design specifications
Develop usability tests, track, and analyze metrics, and produce recommendations for subsequent iterations
Submit monthly reports on activities, accomplishments and challenges faced

Requirements

Qualifications and requirements:

Minimum Bachelors degree in Visual Design, UX Design, UI Design or related fields
Experience within a professional program on User Experience (UX) design
Experience with the computer languages of HTML5, CSS3, MYSQL DB and Javascript
Experience with website design and development, UX and UI
Experience with UX and UI overhauls
Design experience with cartographic and branding principles
Previous experience working with diverse users from a global audience is a plus
Good command of English and Spanish (oral & written)
Portuguese oral and written skills a plus

Benefits

Terms of employment

This is a part-time Consultant position.
The Alliance Bioversity-CIAT offers a multicultural, collegial research environment with competitive salary and excellent benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and strive for gender, diversity and inclusion in our staff, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, or any other characteristic.

Applications
Interested applicants please send your CV to Alejandra Leiva () no later than February 3 rd , 2023.

Subject:
Application: UX/UI Designer Consultancy, SERVIR-Amazonia .
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Qualifications and requirements:
Minimum Bachelor\'s degree in Visual Design, UX Design, UI Design or related fields Experience within a professional program on User Experience (UX) design Experience with the computer languages of HTML5, CSS3, MYSQL DB and Javascript Experience with website design and development, UX and UI Experience with UX and UI overhauls Design experience with cartographic and branding principles Previous experience working with diverse users from a global audience is a plus Good command of English and Spanish (oral & written) Portuguese oral and written skills a plus