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About Us:
At Raising The Village (RTV), we are dedicated to eradicating ultra-poverty in SubSaharan Africa. As a dynamic, rapidly growing international development organization, we’ve assembled a team of over 250 passionate individuals in Uganda, alongside an additional 17 professionals in North America and 15 in Rwanda. Together, we are committed to elevating communities out of ultra-poverty by implementing innovative solutions and leveraging advanced data analytics to drive impact.
To date, our holistic approach has positively impacted over 1 million lives since 2012, and we’re poised to achieve even greater milestones, aiming to assist 1 million individuals annually by 2027. Our growth and success are fueled by the invaluable support of global partners who share our vision of sustainable change. Learn more about our impactful programs at www.raisingthevillage.org

The Venn department is the data and technology backbone of our organization, connecting advanced analytics, and custom software tools with field implementation to ensure data-informed decision-making at every level.

Job Description
The UI/UX Designer at Raising The Village supports the design and enhancement of intuitive, accessible, and human-centered user interfaces for RTV’s digital platforms. The Designer focuses on translating user needs into clean, functional designs that work in diverse environments, especially for rural field users and low-bandwidth contexts, ensuring excellent experiences for different user groups. This role involves working closely with product managers, Web and Mobile Developers/Engineers, and Quality Assurance teams to deliver wireframes, prototypes, and user-tested visual interfaces that align with RTV’s design system and digital impact goals.

Key Responsibilities
1. Human-Centered Product Design
● Conduct field-informed user research, usability testing, and contextual inquiry to understand user behaviors, constraints, and motivations across rural and field-based environments.
● Translate user insights into actionable design concepts including personas, user journeys, wireframes, and prototypes that directly respond to real-world use cases.
● Advocate for inclusive, accessible, and localized design approaches that serve both tech-savvy users and those in low-literacy, low-connectivity settings.
2. Interface and Interaction Design
● Design intuitive, responsive, and platform-consistent user interfaces for mobile and web applications using modern design tools such as Figma.
● Create polished, high-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes that clearly define layout, flow, interactions, and microcopy for complex workflows and data capture scenarios.
● Apply and adapt the RTV Design System to create scalable and consistent UI solutions, while identifying edge cases and UI gaps for escalation.
3. Design Implementation Support
● Work closely with frontend engineers to ensure design fidelity, accessibility, and implementation accuracy during development sprints.
● Prepare annotated design specifications, versioned files, interaction guidelines, and assets to streamline handoff and collaboration.
● Actively participate in backlog grooming, sprint reviews, Quality Assurance cycles, and bug triaging to ensure that user experience is maintained from concept to release.
4. Feedback-Driven Iteration
● Continuously refine and iterate designs based on stakeholder input, field test results, and post-launch usage feedback.
● Collaborate with the UI/UX Engineer to identify pain points, improve task flows, and raise UX concerns backed by evidence and user observation.
● Contribute to documentation and post-implementation reviews that drive future design decisions.
5. Design System Stewardship
● Ensure all components and UI patterns used in design work conform to RTV’s Intelligent Design System and help maintain visual and behavioral consistency across the platform ecosystem.
● Identify opportunities to expand or improve system components, and contribute to discussions on interface standardization and UX maturity.
6. Cross-Functional Collaboration
● Engage proactively with Product leadership, Quality Assurance Engineers, and Developers to co-create meaningful solutions aligned with user needs and project goals.
● Participate in product ideation, roadmap planning, and design critiques as a key contributor to RTV’s digital product development lifecycle.
Qualifications & Skills
● Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
● 3+ years of experience designing for digital platforms (web/mobile).
● Proficiency in Figma.
● Strong understanding of responsive and mobile-first design.
● Portfolio demonstrating clean, user-centered design.
Core Competencies
● Empathy and attention to user context.
● Visual consistency and attention to detail.
● Collaboration and communication skills.
● Ability to take feedback and iterate quickly.
● Passion for designing for impact