Global Human Centered Design Lead at One Acre Fund-apply!
About the Role
To enhance One Acre Fund’s program design, product offerings, marketing, and extension, we are looking for a Global Human Centered Design (HCD) Lead who can apply HCD methodology. Your role will involve working with several teams to integrate HCD into One Acre Fund’s program design and strategy, while reporting to the Senior Director of R&D. In order to better understand how to address farmer requirements, you will develop research methodology. You will also assist in-country teams in putting the findings into practice. In order to create practical suggestions for better product catalogs, marketing, SBCC, and extension, you will also oversee the data’s analysis and synthesis.
Responsibilities
Design research tools and train field teams to use them
- In order to create research projects that in-country field research teams can carry out, you will draw from techniques such as HCD, Participatory Design, Design, and Systems Thinking. A variety of methodologies, including as surveys, interviews, focus groups, and design workshops, will also be used.
- You will train in-country staff on using these methodologies to –
- Elicit insights on farmer priorities, barriers, needs and aspirations
- Prototype, co-design and validate new products and communications e.g. digital or paper-based decision-support tools, marketing messages, training content
- You will provide guidance and quality assurance support as the teams implement.
Elicit and apply insights to inform strategy and programming:
- You will define and lead implementation of processes to analyze, synthesize and interpret insights emerging from the research.
- You will translate these insights into actionable recommendations for program design, product / service design, marketing, training and SBCC.
- You will collaborate with country programs to co-design and implement strategy to extend reach and deepen impact for smallholders based on HCD insights.
- Based on the existing internal and external evidence and data, you will make recommendations on additional learning and studies needed across the organization
Career Growth and Development
We invest in the professional growth of our employees and have a strong culture of lifelong learning. Your manager will check in with you once a week, provide regular performance evaluation, and grant you access to training programs and coaching. Every six months, we conduct career evaluations and schedule time to talk about your aspirations and professional objectives. You’ll get the chance to mold an expanding company and forge fulfilling long-term employment.
Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- Minimum of 3 years of experience using qualitative research approaches, including focus group facilitation, interview-based approaches, and design workshop approaches in the context of smallholder agriculture.
Preference will be given to candidates with:
- Experience using data to support decision-making with senior leadership and implementing teams.
- Experience managing multiple research projects at once across multiple countries, guiding and working through teams on the ground in rural, agricultural communities.
We welcome applications from applicants with a broad background, including research, social sciences, engineering, UX design, and tech/development. Please note that we define human-centered design experience broadly.
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