Вакансія: UI-UX Designer

About Alinea International:

Alinea International is one of Canada’s leading international development firms, providing management and technical expertise to developing and transitional country partners on projects that promote sustainable growth and meaningful opportunities for people to improve their lives. Over the past 30 years, we have implemented over 370 projects in more than 65 countries.

Alinea International has two offices in Canada and 11 offices around the world, including an office in Ukraine. Over the almost thirteen-year of Alinea International presence in Ukraine, the team successfully implemented five international technical assistance projects.

At Alinea International we value equity, diversity and inclusivity in everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer opposed to all forms of discrimination. We actively seek and encourage applications from people of diverse backgrounds recognizing that an inclusive workforce enriches our organization and achieves smarter, more innovative results.

Alinea is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Due to the nature of our work, all candidates will be subject to due diligence checks and extensive background checks where appropriate.

About the project:

In October 2019, Alinea International launched a new five-year project in Ukraine: Support Ukraine Reforms in Governance (SURGe). SURGe is a technical assistance project in Ukraine, funded by Global Affairs Canada and implemented by Alinea International Ltd.

SURGe’s Ultimate Outcome is to help the Government of Ukraine (GoU) to deliver governance and economic reforms that better respond to the needs of its citizens. To achieve this, the Project will strategically enhance and strengthen the GoU’s reform management functions, namely its capacity to undertake planning and analysis of reforms that consider citizen impact and to implement these reforms.

Reform initiative and position summary:

SURGe provides technical assistance to multiple Ministries to:
i) increase their capacity in the development of policies/reforms, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation using RBM IT Tool (ProjectUA) in accordance to Results-Based Management (RBM) methodology, which is already embedded into Ukraine’s legislation,;
ii) implement a citizen-centric approach to policy development according to GBA+ methodology as stated in Ukraine’s legislation.
To achieve these objectives SURGe Project is developing software to automate the abovementioned processes.

UI-UX Designer will be working with a Tech Lead and the team to help the development of user interfaces for software to automate processes of planning and implementation reforms. As a UI-UX Designer, the candidate will ensure the design of user interfaces of software within the requirements and the time.

Location: remote job position for now, with meetings in Ukraine once the security situation allows.
Reports to: Project Manager, Team Lead, Sector Lead.
Employment type: Part-time (108.5 hours/month), Monday-Friday.
Remuneration: fees are subject to negotiation and must not exceed established market rates.

The duration of the contract is 6 months with a possibility of extensions (subject of approval and implemented deliverables during a previous deployment).

For contracting (after the job offer is made), the selected candidate is expected to be registered as a Private Entrepreneur of the 3d group (consultancy services).

Indicative duties and responsibilities (scope of work):

● Designing of software interface intended for the user and working screens of the system.
● Provide full interface delivery according to the defined requirements.
● Creating storyboards, wireframes, process flows, user flows and sitemaps to effectively communicate design ideas and interaction.
● Visualizing the software interfaces, making them convenient and functional.
● Preparation of mockups and templates of IT system pages.
● Collection and evaluation of data about user’s experiences and interaction with the product.
● Creation or selection of illustrations for IT system.
● Harmonization of graphic elements with a current system design, corporate style, etc.
● Support and edit existing IT system interfaces and pages.
● Development of product interfaces design guide.

Preferred qualifications and skills:

● 2+ years of proven experience with UI-UX.
● 1+ years of proven experience with creating web/adaptive/cross-platform applications.
● Sketch/Figma/Zeplin.
● Demonstrable UI design skills with a design portfolio.
● Proficiency in English to read technical documentation.
● Citizen of Ukraine.

As a plus:

● Knowing basics of HTML/CSS.
● UI frameworks.
● Adobe Photoshop.
● Adobe Illustrator.
● Adobe XD.
● UI animation experience.
● Code-based prototype tools(e.g., Framer).
● HCD, UCD.

Application Instructions:

1. Cover letter is mandatory to be considered. Cover letters should detail how you fit the opportunity, your daily fee and current availability.
2. Alinea International accepts electronic submissions only. Send your cover letter and CV to [email protected] till indicated deadline for applications.
3. Please, include following in the email subject line: [Position name: your last name, your first name].

Please note, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for follow-up. We do not welcome unsolicited phone calls.
Applications received after the indicated deadline and/or without letter of interest will not be reviewed and considered.
The interview process might start before the vacancy deadline.