Social Behavior Change Design Researcher

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

● Leading multiple end to end social innovation projects, which include:

○ Project & client management, collaborating and managing peers throughout the process

○ Building a project plan, meeting deadlines, and delegating tasks

○ Conducting desk research, expert interviews, designing research plans required to solve the design problem we want to tackle

○ Conducting ethnographic research in diverse contexts

○ Synthesising findings and presenting them in digestible and visual ways for the client

○ Coming up with strategies and action plans that are easy to operationalise for the client

○ Engaging with stakeholders, leading and facilitating alignment meetings and strategy workshops

○ Running fun and engaging co-creation/brainstorming workshops in the field and the office

○ Building and developing prototypes and testing loops that will inform the design of the final solution (strategy, product, digital product, businesses or services)

○ Making confident and timely decisions to move the project forward

● Coaching a global team on a diverse set of innovative methodologies and approaches, especially on social behavior change

● Establishing and nurturing client relationships

● Writing proposals and creating exciting new business opportunities

● Willingness to travel to remote areas, mainly in Cambodia, also Asia and Africa, for research and testing

○ This position requires you to travel domestically and internationally

Requirements

THE TYPE OF EXPERIENCE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• At least 3 years of experience working for a research institution/design firm/innovation lab with ample experience in apRequirementsplying a Design Thinking, Human-Centred Design and Behaviour Change methodology.
• Strong, extensive and proven project and client management skills
• Experienced in managing and coaching other team members
• Proven Experienced in running a Social Behaviour Change project
• Proven expertise in behaviour change methodologies such as social and behavior change communication (SBCC), human-centered design, and participatory approaches
• Possessed strong visual design or product design skills
• Experienced working in Cambodia and different countries, across diverse cultural environments, or remote areas
• Experienced in managing and leading design or design research projects (building a project plan, meeting deadlines, and delegating tasks)
• Strong skills and experience analysing, synthesing and coming up with Digestible Strategies and Action plan based on the design research effort
• Experienced in developing creative strategies, interventions and communicating this effectively with a client and team
• Experienced in facilitating workshops (Design Thinking, HCD, co-creations, stakeholder alignments)
• Experienced in writing proposals and business development
• Confident presenting in front of large audiences
• Possessed visual design or product design skills
• Familiar with design applications Canva and project management software
• High proficiency in English

IDEALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO FIND SOMEONE THAT:

• Is driven by a social mission
• Is optimistic, passionate, dynamic, and curious
• Is a fast learner and very hands on
• Is open and happy to share new methods and ideas with the team
• Is an autonomous problem-solver with a mind full of ideas ready to be tested
• Brings a positive attitude to the team and doesn’t take themselves too seriously
• Has cultural sensitivity and respect towards unfamiliar contexts
• Has a flexible mindset, is agile and adaptive, and at the same time takes into account their capacity, deadlines and limitations
• Has excellent time and people management skills
• Can embrace uncertainty and manage stress
• Will challenge the status quo to create creative solutions

WE COVER:

We intend to pay our staff a competitive salary benchmarked with Cambodia market pay scales and commensurate with experience. In addition, we will cover both health and accident insurance. This position will follow iDE Cambodia policies.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPLY?

1. CV

2. Portfolio with your previous projects

3. Through a video, a poster, or a sketch/another creative medium, tell us about yourself, your practice, your motivations to work at the iDE’s Innovation Lab, and why you are the best candidate. Just be creative and tell us a good story!

4. The submission must be through email: innovationlab@ideglobal.org starting with email

subject “iDE Innovation Lab - SBC Design Researcher”

This position is project-based so it is bound to available project funding - One year contract

Our deadline for applications is August 30, 2024