Fresher National Young Professional – Digitalization in Skills Development NGO Jobs – Enabel
Job Title: National Young Professional – Digitalization in Skills Development
Organization: Enabel
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Salary: UGX 1,900,000/= to UGX 2,000,000 /=
Reports to: Finance and Contracting Co-ordinator
About US:
Enabel (Belgian development agency, formerly BTC), together with different Government Ministries, are implementing the bilateral co-operation between Uganda & Belgium.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for piloting of utilisation of ICT and digital resources in Skills provision in the SSU project (40%)
- Pilot and practice integration of digital resources in skills training, in partnership with the project partner Vocational Training Institutions (VTIs) and other relevant project stakeholders, by:
- Piloting e-learning practises (where relevant) in skills development
- Promoting digital Online Educational Resources (OER) in BTVET
- Nurturing set-up small scale pilots of utilization of e.g. mobile apps, VR and robotics in skills training within a controlled pilot environment.
- Support the set-up of model Digital hubs on VFI campuses to foster integration of digital resources in skills provision, in partnership with the D4D actors and VT1 management, by:
- Supporting the set-up of model ICT hubs and networks on VTI campuses, and
- Liaising with other actors and service providers in terms of operation and maintenance of Digital Hubs.
- Capitalization Officer on Digital for Skills Development
- Assisting the project team in documenting lessons learned and good practices on integrating digital resources in skills development.
- Setting-up an online open-source platform/knowledge base in order to share good practices on integrating ICT as a tool for Skills Development with other D4D actors and stakeholders from the education sector
- Capacity building officer for D4D innovation (30%)
- Fostering relations and pro-active networking with ICT and D4D actors in Uganda, including ICT departments of universities, ICT-hubs, ICT focussed start-up incubators, innovation driven private sector companies, etc
- Enhancing the capacity of project’s key stakeholder, such as the partner VTIs and other relevant stakeholders of the SSU intervention to integrate ICT usage in skills provision
- Advocating roll out of innovative D4D practices by bringing pilots to scale.
- Coming up with digital solutions to address emerging needs within the project
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications, Engineering, ICT, Computer Engineering or any other related fields
- Proven experience in ICT management is an asset
- One to two years’ experience in ICT, Digitalization.
- Good understanding of the practical complexities of set-up of ICT networks
- Knowledge and experience in Digital for Education (E-learning, OER, etc.) is an asset
- Excellent verbal and written skills in English Person Profile
- ICT skills: a minimum of hands on skills in: ICT-maintenance, set up of ICT- equipment & software and/or ICT-programming skills
- Skills in designing digital solutions and hands on implementation of ICT networks and digital hubs
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Independent research skills, investigating relevant D4D practices
- Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness by adapting to changing circumstances, tasks, responsibilities and people
- Taking initiative and creativity: Recognizing opportunities and acting on them; self-starter, coming up with original solutions for job-related problems, devising new methods of work and solution oriented.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should send their hard copy applications including a cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) of 4 pages maximum and copies of relevant academic documents with names of at least 3 professional referees; their emails and telephone contacts to:
The Human Resource Officer;
Enabel in Uganda,
Plot 1B Lower Kololo Terrace P.O. Box 40131, Kampala.
On-line applications to be submitted here: Click Here
Deadline: 30th March 2018 by 4pm.
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