Job Description

Lead the planning and design of design research studies including screening, recruiting, and developing field research instruments Conduct fieldwork in a variety of locations utilizing an array of design research techniques and best practices Contribute to a rigorous analysis and synthesis process, identifying patterns, key insights, and opportunities for intervention Design and facilitate collaborative workshops, brainstorming, codesign activities within the team, as well as with clients and project partners Work closely with relevant team members to capture project learnings into narrative documents, reports, presentations, process notes, and blogs for wider circulation

Skills

• Strategic understanding of the user-centered design process, with experience in developing and leading teams through tailored design methods for public innovation projects.
• Designing new research tools and methodologies, as well as employing established tools for co-design, concept generation, and rapid prototyping for product and service solutions.
• Designing and conducting ethnographic research and design research in rural contexts to identify opportunities for intervention
• Communicating insights through powerful and clear information design i.e. reports, data visualizations, illustrations, storyboards, photographs and other media
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, in order to clearly articulate analysis, design directions, and decisions to various audiences
• Strong planning and time management skills to lead design teams in delivering projects on time & on budget

About the Company:

Vihara is a social impact oriented enterprise that drives change through human-centered approaches and systems thinking. We have been doing meaningful work on some of the most pressing challenges in Public Health including COVID Vaccination, Routine Immunization, Gender Equity, Family Planning, and Maternal & Child health over the last two decades. Vihara works with its partners in the complete cycle of innovation: from using ethnographic research to gather behavioral insights, designing innovative solutions to address complex systemic challenges, and creating implementation pathways for ideas to become real and aid uptake of innovations.