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Job Title:  Graphic Designer

Organisation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has a global mandate to improve nutrition, increase agricultural productivity, raise the standard of living in rural populations and contribute to global economic’ growth. Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO’s efforts – to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.

Job Summary:  The Graphics Designer will increase knowledge generation and information sharing about various aspects of the organization’s work in Uganda, FAO continues to generate information through assessment, studies, success stories, and lessons learned, among others.

The successful candidates will be under the overall managerial and administrative leadership of the FAO Representative in Uganda but will report directly to the FAO communication unit.

FAO wants to enlist qualified Graphic Designers that will, from time to time, be engaged on a short-term basis, to provide quality design services for such works as indicated above. The incumbent will form a pool of individuals to provide technical support to FAO Uganda’s Communication Unit in designing FAO publications and developing creative designs for project reports and briefs. The incumbent will ensure that the reports and briefs adhere to FAO graphic guidelines, provide the best possible functionality and usability to FAO partners, use innovative designs and layouts, and contribute to the overall FAO brand.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Produce creative concept designs and layouts for the reports and briefs (see list of reports and briefs below).
• Ensure that all publications, reports, and products are produced in line with FAO graphic guidelines.
• Deliver creative and innovative designs and layouts for print and electronic reports and briefs.
• Deliver design and layout of reports and briefs for in-house printing and electronic distribution.
• Improve and edit artwork, photos, charts, and other graphic elements.
• Custom photo editing (restoration, noise reduction, tonal adjustment)
• Deliver creative graphics of the reports, briefs, and communication products, for use on the website and social media (boxes, postcards, covers)
• Be available to make any editorial design changes during the approval process by FAO’s Office for Corporate Communication

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Graphic Designer job must hold a First-level university degree in Art, Communication, Graphics/ Motion graphics or related subjects.
• A Diploma with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the university degree.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in graphic design, production from start to published/printed product with knowledge of printing processes (offset and digital) and colour management, with a first-level degree or 7 years relevant experience with a non-university degree.
• Working knowledge (Level C) of English,
• National of Uganda or legal resident of the country.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Strong theoretical and practical background in graphic design, including using design software such as Adobe Design Premium, In-Design, CorelDraw, web design tools such as Dreamweaver etc.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced working environment, keeping to strict reporting deadlines.
• Working experience in the UN system or other international/humanitarian organisations.
• Show a clear and mature style of design, demonstrating an understanding of the communication requirements of a UN agency.
• Knowledge of standard software packages, including MS Office– MS Access–MS Visio –Adobe Acrobat
• Work well in a team and has a strong work ethics strives to deliver high-quality, error-free deliverables.
• Communicates well both in oral and written English, in a multicultural environment.
• Creative graphic design skills
• Communication skills
• Planning and organizing
• Cultural sensitivity and integrity
• Professionalism and flexibility

NB: Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates who wish to join the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) should apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 15^th September 2023

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