Knowledge Product Designer at UNDP

Duties and Responsibilities
The International Consultant will be home-based, and work in close collaboration with the JS staff members and consultants.

Design Of The Second Version Of The Compendium On Good And Innovative Practices With The Following Output

• The expected outputs and deliverables are outlined in the below table:
• Design of an online component/web-based interface of the Compendium
• Design of the Resilience Toolkit

Competencies

Corporate Competencies

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the United Nations;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly without favouritism.

Functional Competencies

• Strong practical background in graphic design, including the knowledge of design software;
• Show a clear and mature style of design with an understanding to implement in an official UN setting;
• Proven experience of graphic production from start to published/printed product with knowledge of printing processes and colour management;
• Good understanding of new and evolving technologies;
• Knowledge of standard software packages;
• Working experience in a development or humanitarian environment is required;
• Ability to work independently and with limited guidance;
• Capable of working in a high pressure work environment with frequent urgent deadlines;
• Ability to handle confidential and politically sensitive issues in a responsible and mature manner;
• High level logical and methodical organizational skills.

Management And Leadership

• Focuses on impact and result for the client;
• Interacts effectively with all levels of the organization;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
• Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors;
• Demonstrates exceptional ability to remain calm, in control and good humoured even under pressure and tight deadlines;
• Demonstrates openness to change;
• Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view.

Required Skills And Experience

Master’s Degree in one of the following fields:

• Graphic Design;
• Media and communication;
• Fine Arts;
• A related field.

Professional Experience

• More than 10 years of continued professional experience in working with communication media, and specific experience in Graphic Design, in countries in transition;
• Previous professional experience in the region and/or with UN;
• Proven experience in designing layouts for knowledge product in the development and/or humanitarian field.

• An understanding of early resilience, recovery, governance and conflict prevention work, including programmatic synergies between them;
• Knowledge and practical experience of implementing innovation initiatives in crisis contexts, with international/UN agencies or government institutions.

Language Skills

• Fluency in English, Arabic an asset;
• Knowledge of another UN language is an asset.

Un Experience

Previous experience with UN is a strong asset.

DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications. Candidates that fail to submit the required information will not be considered.