Job title Human-Centered Design
Consultant
Department Sales & Marketing
Based in Location Dar
es Salaam
Reports to the Technical Advisor, Innovation
Who we are
We’re Population
Services International (P
SI), the world’s leading non-profit social marketing
organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to
be healthy by providing access to products and services that range from
mosquito nets to HIV testing.
There are over 9,000
“PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a diverse group of entrepreneurs and
professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds – from the medical
industry to the music business – all with unique skills we bring to the job.
Join us!
Our Sales &
Marketing Department has a newly established Innovation Team, which supports a
range of projects using new and innovative techniques such as total market
approach, social franchising, e-referral and human-centered design. The team
has undergone training and practice in human-centered design, but still
building our skills and our team. Our team aims to be creative, makers &
doers, risk-taking, empathetic, open-minded, optimistic and iterative. We look
to support our marketing department through new solutions and an energizing
approach.
We are looking for
Human-Centered Design (HCD) expert to help build the capacity of our Innovation
Team in HCD and drive forward the prototyping phase of Adolescents 360 (A360),
a program focused on improving reproductive health outcomes for adolescent
girls in Tanzania through a developmentally informed HCD process. The HCD
Consultant will be responsible for maintaining the speed of the prototyping process and
training the Innovation Team through both formal theories and practical
application.
The HCD consultant
will be entering the program at a point when design research and synthesis have
been completed, and early-stage prototypes have been developed. The consultant
will be responsible for leading the team through the prototype phase, resulting
in fully-formed prototypes ready for piloting by October 2016.
Sound like you? Read
on.
Your
contribution
You will be
responsible for the development of human-centered design skills, team
development and preparing our prototypes for pilot stage. You will work with
the Innovation Technical Advisor and Adolescents 360 Country Lead to push
forward the prototyping process, with the goal of having an intervention ready
for pilot by October 2016.
Build
Innovation Team Capacity
- Train
Innovation team on HCD through formal training and concepts - Build
team’s capacity in design research and in identifying and articulating
insights as compared to observations, facts and data - Lead
Innovation team through hands-on practice implementing HCD through
prototyping of A360 ideas - Promote
creativity and open ideas through team assignments, team makeup and other
relevant team building and development strategies - Onboard
and train new Innovation team members and other relevant PSI staff
Lead
Adolescents 360 Prototyping development to prepare for pilot
- Manage
the creative design process of A360 prototype ideas - Implement
flexible program monitoring and evaluation systems appropriate for the
level of prototype - Help
prepare internal, regional and donor sharing documents and reports on the
program’s process
Develop pool
of local “makers”
- Identify
local craftspeople and creative talent to create a pool of makers that can
be called on when needed - Basic
initiation/training of local makers on the HCD process, priming them for
the teams’ work flow and process
Co-lead Key
Stakeholder Program Visit
- Co-develop
and co-lead a visit from key internal and external stakeholders - Design
the program and objectives for the week - Co-facilitate
the learning process and HCD process - Build
participants understanding of and skills in HCD
What are we
looking for?
The basics
- You
have a bachelors degree in design, public health, business development,
social sciences or relevant field - You
have at least four years of experience in human-centered design - You
have passion and experience in building local skills and team development - You
have worked using an HCD approach in the developing world - You
have experience working in public health, NGOs and/or the social sector - You
have led teams of other designers in a human centered design process - References
will be required.
What would
get us excited?
Capacity
Builder:
You have experience in building institution, local technical, management and
leadership capacity.
Collaborative
manager.
You are able to inspire a shared vision for the country staff. You have
successfully helped your teams learn, grow, and thrive in their work.
A systems
thinker.
You are able to develop system-wide solutions, connecting several ideas into a
larger and coherent solution. You can look at the big picture and understand
the opportunities in the Tanzanian setting.
A strategist
and an innovator.
You are creative, innovative and a strategic thinker. You have a strong
interest in private-sector approaches to development and a proven ability to
produce results.
STATUS
- Consultant
PLEASE SEND
COVER LETTERS AND CVS TO: recruitment@psi.tz.org
PSI is an Equal
Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals
regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national
origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance,
matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender
identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or
breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran
or uniform service member status or employment status.
What are we
looking for?
The basics
- You
have a bachelors degree in design, public health, business development,
social sciences or relevant field - You
have at least four years of experience in human-centered design - You
have passion and experience in building local skills and team development - You
have worked using an HCD approach in the developing world - You
have experience working in public health, NGOs and/or the social sector - You
have led teams of other designers in a human centered design process - References
will be required.
What would
get us excited?
Capacity
Builder:
You have experience in building institution, local technical, management and
leadership capacity.
Collaborative
manager.
You are able to inspire a shared vision for the country staff. You have
successfully helped your teams learn, grow, and thrive in their work.
A systems
thinker.
You are able to develop system-wide solutions, connecting several ideas into a
larger and coherent solution. You can look at the big picture and understand
the opportunities in the Tanzanian setting.
A strategist
and an innovator.
You are creative, innovative and a strategic thinker. You have a strong
interest in private-sector approaches to development and a proven ability to
produce results.
STATUS
- Consultant
PLEASE SEND
COVER LETTERS AND CVS TO: recruitment@psi.tz.org
PSI is an Equal
Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals
regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national
origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance,
matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender
identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or
breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran
or uniform service member status or employment status.
