{"id":100227,"date":"2026-07-06T12:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/terms-of-reference-ui-ux-designer-individual-consultant\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:46:59","slug":"terms-of-reference-ui-ux-designer-individual-consultant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/terms-of-reference-ui-ux-designer-individual-consultant\/","title":{"rendered":"Terms of Reference UI\/UX Designer (Individual Consultant)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Terms of Reference UI\/UX Designer (Individual Consultant)\", \"description\": \"Scope of Work\\nYour main goal will be to design with youth fresh digital solutions and refine existing digital products owned by Girl Effect by developing creative answers to diverse design questions. Every solution must be deeply rooted in our behavioral change objectives and the specific requirements of our target audience in Kenya. You will utilize a human-centered design methodology, looking beyond individual tools to consider the broader Girl Effect ecosystem and the intricate pathways girls navigate as they move between our various products.\\nThis consultant will conduct design sprints,\\nconsolidate outputs of design sessions, and\\nsupport the running of feature prioritization sessions. They will also conduct prototyping activities collaboratively with a cohort of young people and other stakeholders across products such as chatbots, mobile applications, and brand websites, among others, related to upcoming and existing products.\\nIn this role, you should be an analytical and creative designer who can grasp user needs and solve problems. A strong portfolio of successful UX and other technical projects is essential. The engagement will start from August 2026 to January 2027.\\nUX Analysis:\\nDevise and conduct a consultation plan with key stakeholders and target audiences, including questionnaires, focus groups, or interviews.\\nConduct a thorough assessment of the current UX design, identifying usability challenges and opportunities for improvement.\\nCreate user personas and scenarios to guide the design improvements based on user needs and goals.\\nConduct concept and\u00a0 usability testing in the field with users\\nProvide a detailed report summarizing the findings, including prioritized recommendations for UX enhancements to stakeholders and developers.\\nWork with data to optimize and enhance products.\\nOwn and conduct design reviews with data, engineering, and content teams to ensure a successful deployment with an appropriate go-ahead.\\nUI Enhancement:\\nUtilize the insights from the UX analysis to redesign and enhance the visual appearance of the web platform's user interface.\\nDefine interaction models, UI components, and navigation structures to optimize user engagement and facilitate information discovery.\\nIncorporate interactive elements to enhance usability and convey complex concepts effectively.\\nDevelop wireframes, interactive prototypes, and mockups to illustrate proposed UI changes.\\nImplement modern design principles, including responsiveness, consistency, and visual hierarchy, while aligning with our brand identity.\\nEnsure the new UI design elements fit seamlessly into the existing platform's technical framework, ensuring a consistent and cohesive user experience across all website components.\\nCollaborate with Designers and Developers to create intuitive, user-friendly software to ensure that the updated UI maintains or improves the platform's overall performance and loading speed.\\nSupport UI content creation as and when required.\\nWho You Are\\nSkills, expertise, and requirements:\\nYou must be based in Kenya with the ability to attend in-person sessions in Nairobi and Migori counties.\\nFemale candidates are encouraged to apply.\\nYou must be fluent in Swahili and English.\\n4+ years of professional experience in a design consultancy or equivalent position, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams\\nFluency in the human-centred design process from qualitative research and synthesis to ideation, prototyping, and implementation.\\nService Design, UX, UI - Proficiency in wireframing, prototyping, and design tools such as InVision, Figma, Miro, etc.\\nYou are solution-focused and medium-agnostic, willing to step out of your core skill set or discipline to find the correct solution to a design challenge.\\nYou have cultural sensitivity, creativity, and resourcefulness\u2014comfortable finding your way through.\\nYou deliver precise and effective written and verbal communication to convey ideas, instructions, and feedback to team members, girls, and young women.\\nHighly Desirable\\nExperience in health-related content\/Behavior change content production in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Economic Empowerment would be a massive bonus.\\nExperience in Conversational Interfaces such as Chatbots,\\nUnderstanding\/development of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning\\nCross-cultural design experience and\/or working in design for ICT4D\\nExperience working in emerging markets.\\nExperience collaborating with in-house and third-party developers in agile sprints, stewarding the transfer of design to development.\\nFamiliarity with tools such as Google Suite, Asana, and Slack is a bonus.\\nAttitudes we are looking for:\\nComfortable with complex organizational structures and multiple stakeholders\\nComfortable with shared decision-making\\nA \u2018do-er thinker\u2019\\nEnthusiastic about talking to and interacting with people across cultures and geographies - this role will require extensive conversations, presentations, documentation, and fire-fi\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-06\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Girl Effect\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-14T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Girl Effect<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Contract , Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-14<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Scope of Work<br \/>Your main goal will be to design with youth fresh digital solutions and refine existing digital products owned by Girl Effect by developing creative answers to diverse design questions. Every solution must be deeply rooted in our behavioral change objectives and the specific requirements of our target audience in Kenya. You will utilize a human-centered design methodology, looking beyond individual tools to consider the broader Girl Effect ecosystem and the intricate pathways girls navigate as they move between our various products.<br \/>This consultant will conduct design sprints,<br \/>consolidate outputs of design sessions, and<br \/>support the running of feature prioritization sessions. They will also conduct prototyping activities collaboratively with a cohort of young people and other stakeholders across products such as chatbots, mobile applications, and brand websites, among others, related to upcoming and existing products.<br \/>In this role, you should be an analytical and creative designer who can grasp user needs and solve problems. A strong portfolio of successful UX and other technical projects is essential. The engagement will start from August 2026 to January 2027.<br \/>UX Analysis:<br \/>Devise and conduct a consultation plan with key stakeholders and target audiences, including questionnaires, focus groups, or interviews.<br \/>Conduct a thorough assessment of the current UX design, identifying usability challenges and opportunities for improvement.<br \/>Create user personas and scenarios to guide the design improvements based on user needs and goals.<br \/>Conduct concept and\u00a0 usability testing in the field with users<br \/>Provide a detailed report summarizing the findings, including prioritized recommendations for UX enhancements to stakeholders and developers.<br \/>Work with data to optimize and enhance products.<br \/>Own and conduct design reviews with data, engineering, and content teams to ensure a successful deployment with an appropriate go-ahead.<br \/>UI Enhancement:<br \/>Utilize the insights from the UX analysis to redesign and enhance the visual appearance of the web platform&#8217;s user interface.<br \/>Define interaction models, UI components, and navigation structures to optimize user engagement and facilitate information discovery.<br \/>Incorporate interactive elements to enhance usability and convey complex concepts effectively.<br \/>Develop wireframes, interactive prototypes, and mockups to illustrate proposed UI changes.<br \/>Implement modern design principles, including responsiveness, consistency, and visual hierarchy, while aligning with our brand identity.<br \/>Ensure the new UI design elements fit seamlessly into the existing platform&#8217;s technical framework, ensuring a consistent and cohesive user experience across all website components.<br \/>Collaborate with Designers and Developers to create intuitive, user-friendly software to ensure that the updated UI maintains or improves the platform&#8217;s overall performance and loading speed.<br \/>Support UI content creation as and when required.<br \/>Who You Are<br \/>Skills, expertise, and requirements:<br \/>You must be based in Kenya with the ability to attend in-person sessions in Nairobi and Migori counties.<br \/>Female candidates are encouraged to apply.<br \/>You must be fluent in Swahili and English.<br \/>4+ years of professional experience in a design consultancy or equivalent position, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams<br \/>Fluency in the human-centred design process from qualitative research and synthesis to ideation, prototyping, and implementation.<br \/>Service Design, UX, UI &#8211; Proficiency in wireframing, prototyping, and design tools such as InVision, Figma, Miro, etc.<br \/>You are solution-focused and medium-agnostic, willing to step out of your core skill set or discipline to find the correct solution to a design challenge.<br \/>You have cultural sensitivity, creativity, and resourcefulness\u2014comfortable finding your way through.<br \/>You deliver precise and effective written and verbal communication to convey ideas, instructions, and feedback to team members, girls, and young women.<br \/>Highly Desirable<br \/>Experience in health-related content\/Behavior change content production in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Economic Empowerment would be a massive bonus.<br \/>Experience in Conversational Interfaces such as Chatbots,<br \/>Understanding\/development of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning<br \/>Cross-cultural design experience and\/or working in design for ICT4D<br \/>Experience working in emerging markets.<br \/>Experience collaborating with in-house and third-party developers in agile sprints, stewarding the transfer of design to development.<br \/>Familiarity with tools such as Google Suite, Asana, and Slack is a bonus.<br \/>Attitudes we are looking for:<br \/>Comfortable with complex organizational structures and multiple stakeholders<br \/>Comfortable with shared decision-making<br \/>A \u2018do-er thinker\u2019<br \/>Enthusiastic about talking to and interacting with people across cultures and geographies &#8211; this role will require extensive conversations, presentations, documentation, and fire-fighting<br \/>Highly empathetic and context-sensitive &#8211; able to balance conflicting needs and priorities decisively<br \/>Mission-driven and cares about making a difference in the lives of young people and vulnerable sections of society.<br \/>Expected Commitment<br \/>The assignment will take approximately 6 months to complete.<br \/>The consultant will be expected to spend a maximum of 5 days a week or up to 40\u00a0 hours each week on this assignment, depending on the programme&#8217;s needs.<br \/>The consultant&#8217;s assignment period is from\u00a0 August 2026 to\u00a0 Jan 2027 with the possibility of extension.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Please submit proposals, as described above, to suppliers@girleffect.org by 14th July 2026. 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