Contract length: 6 months, contingent on funding
Hours: Full-time
Location: Preferred within UTC +/-3
Travel: Minimal
Reporting to: Product Manager
Salary range: $4,500-$5,000
Application deadline: July 6, 2022*
*Due to the urgency of this vacancy, screening and interviews will commence immediately and the candidate can be selected at any stage before the closing date.
This is a re-advertised position. We thank all for their interest in TWB, however previous applicants need not apply.
CLEAR Global is committed to having a diverse team where individuals of all backgrounds collaborate and learn from one another. We believe we can be most effective with diverse experience and expertise in our team. We recruit on merit, actively seek diverse applicant pools and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, marital or parental status, or sexual orientation, and welcome all types of diversity.
We offer in addition to salary:
The role
The people affected by conflict in Ukraine find their situation compounded by a crisis of communication and technology. Vulnerable groups in particular face challenges - older people may not be tech-savvy, while marginalized groups may speak different languages, or require different forms and channels of communication. These groups may struggle to access life-saving information and to have the ability to share their needs and challenges. CLEAR Global is developing program technology solutions to inform more effective two-way communication between those affected by the crisis and those aiming to support them.
In this role, the UX/Interaction designer will join the growing CLEAR Global tech team to work on various ICT projects, many requiring language technology (such as voice or text enabled chatbots or advanced AI driven search engines).
The primary focus will be to build user experience that allows speakers of various languages and others to engage with information and provide feedback to humanitarians. The goal is to provide a user experience guided first and foremost by the needs of the target audience, an inclusive bottom up approach throughout the delivery of the solution.
Working with humanitarians, linguists, researchers and developers, the UX designer will bring creativity, analytical skills and organization to the team, helping ensure our products are functional, relevant and engaging.
Responsibilities
These responsibilities are approximate and may change over time.
Requirements
The UX and Interaction Designer should be enthusiastic about the importance of increasing access to knowledge through language and language technology. The right candidate is an energetic team player and leader who agrees with Clear Global’s basic beliefs and values and who can work virtually with team members based throughout the world.
BackgroundIn an emergency, CLEAR Global provides language support to facilitate vital two-way communication between the people affected and humanitarian responders. This happens both remotely and on the ground. Remotely, CLEAR Global works with a global network of linguists to translate text, audio and audiovisual content from and into the languages of crisis-affected people. We also provide information, guidance, and language mapping support to humanitarian organisations. On the ground, country program teams offer a range of support, from research and training to glossary development and pictorial communication tools. We are also leading the development of language technology for marginalized languages. This has the potential to shift the power dynamic in emergencies and international development contexts, placing control of communication and information access in the hands of the people in need of support.
About CLEAR Global
CLEAR Global exists to help people get vital information, and be heard, whatever language they speak. We believe that everyone has the right to give and receive information in a language and format they understand. We work with nonprofit partners and a global community of language professionals to build local language translation capacity, and raise awareness of language barriers. Our network of over 80,000 community members translate millions of words of life-saving and life-changing information a year.
Core values
CLEAR Global employees and volunteers are people who believe passionately about the value of this work and take personal responsibility for achieving the mission. CLEAR Global’s mission and organizational spirit embody the core values established in its strategic framework:
CLEAR Global may re-advertise the vacancy, cancel the recruitment, offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration at its discretion.
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