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Job Title:  Design & Experiments Associate  

Organisation: Imagine Her

Duty Station: Seguku, Wakiso, Uganda

Reports to: Design & Experiments Lead

About the Company:

Economic mobility for rural women and youth is a catalyst for enhancing household well-being, driving improved family incomes, improving food security, advancing children’s health and education, and empowering women with greater decision-making authority. These improvements collectively contribute to a higher standard of living for the entire family, foster community resilience, and create ripple effects beyond the household.

However, significant barriers persist, such as limited access to resources, economic dependency, and entrenched gender norms within rural communities, thus affecting its realization. In Uganda, 87% of the population depends on a small working segment, placing immense pressure on them for survival1. Young rural women and youth are disproportionately affected; 52% of women and 45% of rural youth aged 18-30 are classified as NEET (Not in employment, education, or training). Without access to skills, capital, and sustainable livelihoods, they remain trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, undermining individual potential and collective progress.

The situation is further exacerbated for rural women engaged in agriculture or small-scale enterprises as they face systemic barriers to participating fully in the formal supply chain. These perpetuate gender inequalities and poverty.

Imagine Her prepares rural young women and youth in Uganda to become thriving social entrepreneurs through our Social Enterprise & Innovation Program, which accessibly provides them with robust innovation skill sets through social entrepreneurship, design and system thinking, investment readiness training, and access to essential resources: patient returnable capital and tailored business development support to improve their economic mobility and allow them to lead economically independent lives. By 2030, we aim to scale and measurably impact 12,000 young women and youth.

Job Summary:  The Design & Experiment Associate will play a pivotal role in developing innovative, learner-centered curriculum content and conducting experiments to evaluate the impact of learning interventions. This position aims to enhance the effectiveness and engagement of training programs through meticulous design and iterative improvement based on data-driven insights. By combining expertise in human-centered design and experimentation, the associate will ensure that learning experiences align with the needs of end users and organizational goals, ultimately contributing to impactful and sustainable outcomes.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Curriculum & Content Design – 40%

• Develop learner-centered, engaging instructional materials for training programs.
• Incorporate human-centered design principles into content development.
• Adapt instructional materials to meet the diverse needs of learners (e.g., visual aids, digital content, hands-on activities).
• Ensure alignment with learning objectives and organizational goals
• Participate in pre and post-evaluation discussions to scope strategy based on findings from the rapid assessment that inform the overall program strategy
• Create, update, and manage the learning trackers to ensure all design and training activities are delivered within the cohort cycles.

Experiment implementation & Iteration – 20%

• Design and execute experiments to test new learning interventions.
• Collect and analyze data to measure the effectiveness of experiments.
• Provide actionable recommendations based on insights from experiments.
• Iterate on instructional designs based on feedback and experimental findings.
• Draft Experiment budgets for approval by submitting to the Design and Experiment Lead
• Work with the program team on the assignment of responsibilities in the Experiments.
• Lead learning process and draft reports for Design and Experiment Lead for approval. Analyze reports from experiments concerning design. Based on reports, lead meetings and recommend the best way forward.

Design Content Training – 30%

• Support on TOTs through session observations plus training quality assurance
• Provide feedback to trainers to ensure high-quality facilitation standards.
• Share monthly facilitation tips on Design with Program Associates & Community Coaches through Virtual Mock Sessions (VMSs)
• Guide on implementing findings from experimental studies.
• Identify and address skill gaps within the instructional design team.

Program Monitoring & Quality Assurance – 10%

• Observation of program delivery to inform quality control.
• Propose design changes based on what has been learned from program implementation.
• Leading retrospective/post-mortem meetings with different teams on learnings
• Documentation of program design changes over time.
• Observing virtual training quality aligns with established frameworks
• Organizing, implementing, and reporting on learning panels with end users such as
• Work closely with the Program teams, Knowledge & Impact, Program Officers & Community Coaches.
• Work closely with Community participants & institution stakeholders

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, curriculum development, Entrepreneurship & Business development, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of work with Learning Experience Design working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in training, knowledge & application of Human-centered design & iterative approaches is an additional advantage
• Experienced level of design skills
• Have Research & Data analysis skills
• Must have Report-writing Skills
• Exceptional communication, both written and verbal, negotiation, and relationship-building abilities
• A Team player
• Passion and knowledge in social entrepreneurship, rural young women and youth economic development, climate change, agribusiness, and early childhood.
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills, a collaborative mindset, and a deep commitment to Imagine Her’s mission and values.
• High levels of agility

Why Imagine Her

At Imagine Her, you will be part of a mission-driven local team dedicated to creating transformative change in rural Uganda through market-based solutions led by those who the market always views as only end-consumers and powerless. We o er a supportive, innovative environment and the opportunity to make a tangible impact in the lives of young women and youth as guided by our core values;

• Servant leadership with delight: We strive to serve with empathy, stewardship, and self-awareness with utmost joy. We acknowledge that people are our greatest asset, and our communities are at the forefront of everything we do. We are conscious of the vital role we have to play in ensuring that we lead with clear-headedness. We pursue and portray servant leadership in our decisions and how we make them, the quality of support and service we o er, and ensuring that we build trust, active listening, accountability, and growth.
• Diversity & Equity. We foster a culture of uniqueness, creativity, and understanding while respecting our differences. We are a perfect blend of people from various walks of life with expertise, talents, and capabilities, all united by a shared purpose—impact and the best results. We constantly incorporate best practices that support our authentic selves to increase our team’s engagement and sense of belonging while creating new ideas and problem-solving, leading to a competitive advantage.
• Our solutions are community-driven and owned. We actively listen to the community, allowing them to identify challenges and create innovative solutions using available resources. We acknowledge that we can not succeed in isolation. We work as a community of team members who need to improve. Therefore, expressing our vulnerability to each other strengthens us in finding solutions to the pressing challenges we face as an organization and those we serve.
• We constantly seek new knowledge and resources to provide evidence-based, sustainable solutions. We are resolutely positive: We see our glass as half-full, not half-empty, and we continually strive to improve our work through continuous experiments and investment in learning.

How to Apply:

Please submit your resume and cover letter to people@i-her.org

Deadline: 24th January 2025

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