Background
The Enterprise Application Development (EAD) unit of the Information Technology Services (ITS) is responsible for developing sustainable and affordable IT solutions to meet UNOV/UNODC requirements, also enabling availability of the solutions more generally across the UN Secretariat entities.
Job Purpose and Organizational Context
The India Technology Hub (ITH/EAD) based in New Delhi forms part of the ITS’s vital delivery pillars. It keeps up with the UN’s revised ICT strategy. As part of this strategy and under the Head – ITH; the Graphics Designer will work with a team of highly motivated software development professionals on various applications – development, enhancements, management, and deployment tasks.
Duties and Responsibilities
Within delegated authority, and in close cooperation with the Head – Technology and Solutions, the Graphics Designer will be responsible for the following duties:
- Visualize and create engaging and interactive designs/layouts for e-learning courses to be used on multiple devices;
- Provide advice on subject matters under development and help with the creation and visualization of interactive designs/layouts for e-learning courses to be used on multiple devices.
- Provide expertise and advice in brainstorming and conceptualizing ideas, with the ability to produce quick sketches.
- Advice and provide expertise for Animation/motion graphics projects.
- Collaborate and coordinate with the design team to come up with unique and engaging creative experiences.
- Lead discussions on ideas for designs, graphics, illustrations, and animations with team members before provisioning them for the final production.
- Provide training and guidance to associate Graphic designers and Animators on various aspects of graphical production.
- Producing digital guides and final products for end-users.
- Communicate effectively with the development team.
- Maintain project documentation and course folders during the project lifecycle;
- Work is in a fast-paced, dynamic office environment
- Ensures data security and integrity
Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
· Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards
· Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN
· Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
Functional Competencies:
- Digital & Innovation – Systems thinking & transformation – Understand that complex problems need a non-reductionistic, holistic approach.
- Digital & Innovation – Co-creation – Ability to design and facilitate a process that enables a diverse group of stakeholders to solve a common problem, develop a practice, or create knowledge together.
- Digital & Innovation – Creative facilitation – Ability to design workshops that consider and address multiple interests, agendas, worldviews; set out clear objectives and engaging activities; select appropriate tools, materials, resources that are needed to enable or support the activities.
- Partnership management – Relationship management – Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding.
- Business Management – Communication – Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
- Business Management – Monitoring – Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Science or related field from a recognized university.
Experience:
- A minimum of three (3) years (with a Master’s degree), or a minimum of five (5) years (with a Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience at the national and/or international level in graphic designing.
- Experience in Graphics designing for eLearning using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects would be an added advantage.
- Experience of working with Non-Profit sector is desirable.
Language:
- Fluency in English and Hindi is required.
The vacancy announcement has been posted on behalf of United Nations Office at Vienna/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNOV/UNODC).
The position is open to Indian Nationals only.
Disclaimer
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UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications.
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Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Non-discrimination
UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
UNDP is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
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