Background
UNDP’s Country Programme in Jordan aims to enhance the nation's inclusivity and resilience to achieve national priorities aligned with the 2030 Agenda. The Jordan Country Office Programme focuses on key Unit Priorities, including Governance and Peace, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Livelihoods, Environment, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Financing for Development, and SDG impact.
The Country Office focuses on significant development challenges, such as decentralized governance, violent extremism, institutional capacity gaps, data availability issues, water and energy scarcity, climate change, poverty, unemployment, financial literacy gaps, limited women participation, weak youth empowerment, and the impact of refugees within host communities.
Our communication products serve as powerful tools to showcase our SDG mandate and clearly demonstrate how each project seamlessly integrates into the broader mandate of our country program. These products act as a corporate framework, driving the organisation's external communications and advocacy efforts to expand its influence nationally.
Our communication objectives are focused on outcomes, and – where applicable – related to changing attitudes and/or behaviour.
- Establish UNDP Jordan as thought leader providing thematic and innovative expertise and guidance to national and international partners.
- Build a sustainable private sector engagement model to meet established partnerships and programming targets.
- Utilise digital media to expand UNDP Jordan’s digital presence and create dialogue around innovative development solutions.
The Country Programme in Jordan requires a highly skilled and motivated Gaphic Designer to assist in developing effective visual communication products that reinforce UNDP’s SDG mandate.
Duties and Responsibilities
In line with UNDP’s commitment to develop innovative and engaging communication products that directly support strategic goals, the scope of work encompasses the following components:
Holistic Approach to Design
- Candidates must demonstrate the ability to approach their work strategically, ensuring all outputs contribute to a consistent visual identity for UNDP. This includes:
- Developing and maintaining a unified design framework that aligns with UNDP’s branding and communication goals.
- Plan projects comprehensively and ensure all materials integrate seamlessly into a broader visual narrative to avoid fragmented or ad hoc designs
- Collaborating with the communications team to establish long-term design strategies that enhance the programme’s identity and reinforce its objectives.
- Ensure that all graphic elements and data visualizations maintain consistency in tone, style, and message, correspding to UNDP’s brand identity.
Graphic Design
- Develop high-quality visual content, including banners, reports, social media assets, brochures, and presentations.
- Translate complex data and ideas into visually engaging infographics for reports, websites, and campaigns.
- Present quantitative and qualitative data in clear, concise, and visually attractive formats.
- Ensure all designs adhere to UNDP’s branding and style guidelines, as well as partners’ and donors’ guidelines.
- Templates for recurring progress reports or presentations.
- Custom infographics for flagship publications and annual reports.
- Data dashboards or interactive visualizations.
Collaboration
- Work closely with the communications team to understand project requirements and deadlines.
- A set number of graphic design and visualization outputs (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly or per project).
Knowledge and capacity building and knowledge sharing
- Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned that are generated from the project and implementing partners.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization
Institutional Arrangement
The Graphic Designer will report to the Communications Analyst. He/she will work very closely with the Team Leaders, Portfolio and Project Leads.
Competencies
Core Competencies:
- Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
- Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
- Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open-minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
- Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
- Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
- Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
- Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-functional & Technical competencies
Data
Data Analysis:
- Ability to extract, analyse and visualize data to form meaningful insights and aid effective business decision making
2030 Agenda: Engagement and Effectiveness
Innovation:
- Visualization and Mapping
Business Management
Communication:
- Communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels
Digital Awareness and Literacy:
- Ability to monitor new and emerging technologies, as well as understand their usage, potential, limitations, impact, and added value.
- Ability to rapidly and readily adopt and use new technologies in professional activities, and to empower others to use them as needed.
- Knowledge of the usage of digital technologies and emerging trends.
External Relations & Advocacy / Communications
Brand & quality management
- Ability to position a UNDP brand and uphold it to a high level of quality
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Design, Visual Communication, Information Design, or other relevant disciplines is required. OR
- A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the area mentioned above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
- Applicants with master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience.
- Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience at the national or international level in experience in graphic designing and visual arts for multisectoral programming, including branding and strategic marketing
Required skills:
- Proven experience in graphic design and data visualization (portfolio required).
- Proven experience in strong conceptual and creative thinking skills.
- Demonstrated experience in effectively communicating complex data through visuals.
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section:
Experience in Graphic Design: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
- Experience in Data Visualization: Tableau, Power BI, or Flourish.
- Experience in Presentation Design: Microsoft PowerPoint or Canva.
- Experience in Basic Animation (optional): Adobe After Effects or similar tools.
- Experience in Interactive Design (not required but an asset): Figma or Adobe XD. Proven experience of graphic production from start to published/printed product with knowledge of printing processes (offset and digital) and colour management.
- Knowledge and experience with websites and content management systems is an advantage.
- Proven track record of good knowledge about branding.
- Experience in working with UN agencies and international organizations.
Required Language(s):
- Fluency in English and Arabic is required
Required Documents
- All candidates must submit a portfolio showcasing their work as part of the application process.
Equal opportunity
As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.
UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.
Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority
UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.
Right to select multiple candidates
UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
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