Consultant-Senior UI/UX Designer

Bhakta Marga, Kathmandu, Nepal

Job Post on: 13 March 2026 Apply before 22 March 2026,5:00 PM

Job Type: Consultant

Salary: Negotiable

About Youth Innovation lab

Youth Innovation Lab (YI-Lab) is a not-for-profit civic tech company that works at the intersection of emerging cutting-edge technological tools and their applications by equipping young professionals to solve emerging challenges in our community. YI-Lab’s mission statement is, ‘to engage young people to bridge science to people and policy through innovation’. YI-Lab harnesses indigenous knowledge, citizen science approach, develops low-cost technological solutions, promotes open data, promotes entrepreneurship, and conducts evidence-based advocacy campaigns. YI-Lab provides a conducive environment for young people to co-create solutions for inclusive development.

About the project

The HeatAI project (Harnessing Equitable Actionable Technologies through Artificial Intelligence) is a climate resilience initiative led by Youth Innovation Lab (YI-Lab), based in Kathmandu, Nepal, with a requested funding of 500,000 SEK from the Global Resilience Partnership. Running from March to December 2026, the project is piloted in Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City in Banke District one of Nepal's hottest urban areas where temperatures regularly exceed 38°C and severe heat events occur approximately twice a year. The city's most vulnerable populations, including women, youth, Dalit and Muslim communities, and roughly 3,309 residents living in informal settlements, bear the brunt of these heatwaves, facing health risks, school closures, and livelihood disruptions. To address this, HeatAI deploys a multi-layered solution combining an AI-powered mobile app and dashboard capable of issuing push notifications up to seven days in advance of predicted heatwaves, 20 low-cost temperature and pollution sensors installed across schools and community hubs. Alongside its technological components, the initiative strengthens local capacity through targeted training programs, fellowship, school-based awareness campaigns, and open-access e-learning modules hosted on Shikshya.org. With a structured Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) framework tracking 15,000 direct beneficiaries, 170 trained personnel, and integration into three municipal policy frameworks, HeatAI presents a scalable, technology-driven, and governance-anchored model for urban heat resilience across Nepal and beyond.

Purpose
To lead the user experience and interface design of the HeatAI platform and mobile application so that alerts, recommendations, dashboard views, and learning journeys are accessible, intuitive, and useful for target users.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end UI/UX design for HeatAI mobile and dashboard interfaces.

• Translate project requirements into user flows, wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and design specifications.

• Ensure the design reflects the needs of municipal staff, school actors, and community users with different levels of digital access and literacy.

• Develop consistent visual language, design system components, iconography, and interaction patterns for the platform.

• Work with the GESI focal person and project team to promote inclusive, culturally sensitive, and accessible design choices.

• Support usability testing, gather feedback from pilot users, and revise designs based on evidence from implementation.

• Prepare handoff-ready design files and assets for developers.

• Coordinate closely with the Senior Developer and Flutter Developer to ensure accurate implementation of approved designs.

Qualification and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Management, Multimedia, or related field.

• Demonstrated experience in UI/UX design for web and mobile platforms.

• Strong skills in wireframing, prototyping, user journey design, and visual communication.

• Experience with accessibility, inclusive design, and user testing is highly desirable.

• Ability to work with cross-functional technical and program teams.

• Proficiency in common design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, or equivalent.

Expected deliverables

• User research summary and/or design assumptions mapped to key user groups.

• Information architecture, user flows, and wireframes for the HeatAI platform.

• High-fidelity UI screens and clickable prototypes for core modules.

• Design system / style guide including reusable components.

• Usability feedback summary and revised final interface package.

Applying Procedure

We highly encourage all interested applicants, especially youth and young professionals and candidates from discriminated groups (women, Dalit, Janajati, Madhesi, and other minority communities) to apply. We are having interviews on a rolling basis and encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Only shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview.

Deadline for Submission: 17 March 2026.

Please click on Apply Now! button to submit your application. For more information on Youth Innovation Lab, please visit https://youthinnovationlab.org and if you have any inquiries, please contact at info@youthinnovationlab.org.

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