I did a six month stint with PIH in Rwanda, and it was a fantastic experience. This looks like it'd be a great gig! ---------------------------------------------------- UI Designer for Partners in Health Organizational Profile: Partners In Health ("PIH"), headquartered in Boston, MA, is an internationally recognized non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. Through its service delivery, training, advocacy and research, PIH works globally to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need and to serve as an antidote to despair. PIH has major programs in Haiti, Peru, Guatemala, Mexico, Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, Burundi, Kazakhstan, the Dominican Republic, and Boston, working tirelessly to lessen the joint burden of disease and poverty. This is an exciting time for PIH. The organization is taking on immense challenges, while its new found visibility has brought the opportunity to influence even greater changes on the global stage. As the work continues to expand, PIH seeks individuals committed to the mission and values of the organization (see PIH values) to join the team. Overall Responsibilities: PIH's Medical Informatics team enables the use of high quality, reliable data at PIH to strengthen programs, support quality improvement and academic research, and improve the care we deliver to our patients. The Informatics team is a founder and key contributor to OpenMRS, an open source Electronic Medical Record (EMR). The User Experience Designer is a new position that is responsible for designing attractive, intuitive, extensible user interfaces that are adapted to the unique needs of the users of PIH's informatics systems. This person will work with PIH staff to collect and analyze functional requirements, create user stories, document workflows, and design mockups. The position may also take on aspects of business analysis and user interface software development. The position is based in Boston, with frequent travel to PIH sites. Specific Responsibilities: * Provide the creative leadership necessary to facilitate the design of cohesive, integrated implementations of OpenMRS and other informatics software that deliver the right functionality to the right user at the right time. * Work with site-based staff to analyze clinical and programmatic workflows, including formal qualitative and quantitative assessments. * Create user stories, workflow diagrams and functional requirements based on these assessments. * Create wireframes, storyboards and concept designs for variety of user interfaces that are tailored to users' computer abilities, ranging from novice to computer users to experts. * Write detailed functional specifications, and work with Informatics staff to turn these into actionable work plans. * Design detailed, attractive graphical mockups suitable for front-end developers. * Work with the software development team to move user interface designs from prototypes to finished products using HTML, css and other software tools. * Create user documentation and training materials to support the deployment of informatics systems. * Assist with additional aspects of business analysis including processes, data and program functions. * Take on additional work as directed by the Informatics team. http://tbe.taleo.net/NA1/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=PIH&cws=1&rid=185