User Experience/User Interface Specialist

The Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA) was established on 9 August 1973 pursuant to Economic and Social Council’s resolution 1818 (LV). Its purpose was to stimulate economic activity in member countries, strengthen cooperation between them promote development.

ESCWA's objectives are to support economic and social development in member countries, to promote interaction and cooperation between member countries, to encourage the exchange of experience, best practice and lessons learned, to achieve regional integration and ensure interaction between Western Asia and other regions, and to raise global awareness of the circumstances and needs of member countries.

ESCWA provides a framework for the formulation and harmonization of sectoral policies for member countries, a platform for congress and coordination, a home for expertise and knowledge, and an information observatory.

ESCWA activities are coordinated with the divisions and main offices of the Headquarters of the United Nations, specialized agencies, and international and regional organizations, including the League of Arab States and its subsidiary bodies, and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The UX/UI Expert will develop and maintain frontend websites, as well as design collaterals, creating looks, layouts, and features in attractive professional graphic design. To do that, the contractor will follow UN established standards for web development, IT technologies,
programming languages, and tools, also preparing, maintaining, and referencing project-base agreed technical, user, and functional specifications and documentations.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Data Scientist or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer will:

1. Create the look, layout, and features of a website in attractive professional graphic design in an intuitive, user-friendly style and design collaterals;
2. Develop frontend for websites using UN established standards for web design, technologies and tools;
3. Interpret user requirements and translate these into systems specifications;
4. Analyse and advise on innovative web-based solutions;
5. Prepare technical and user documentation for deployed websites and products, as well as training materials and conducts technical presentations;
6. Maintain functional specifications for websites, programs and procedures developed and/or modified;
7. Provide support for deployed websites including version management, data recovery and deployment;
8. Support digitization, visualization and development of infographics for various products.
9. Trains staff on completed products;
10. Assists in the maintenance and enhancement of existing user systems, the development of new software applications, and data visualization and data analytics initiatives;
11. Any other related tasks as needed per UN ICT or ESCWA’s strategy.