UNICEF IT Officer (Technology for Development) Job in Nairobi Kenya

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
 

Kenya Country Office

Vacancy Announcement “KCO/ICT/2014-055”

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Duty Station: Nairobi

Vacancy: Information Technology Officer (Technology for Development), NO-B

Type of Contract: Fixed Term 
               
Reference # 90599

Date of Issue: 21 October 2014

Closing Date: 03 November 2014

Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the above Fixed Term position of Information Technology Officer, Information Communication Technologies For Development (T4D) in UNICEF Kenya Country Office (KCO).

Purpose of the Post:  Under the supervision of the ICT Specialist, assist UNICEF Kenya with the identification, assessment, and integration of ICT into UNICEF programming, strengthening internal capacity to lead and support T4D related projects, and maximizing potential for T4D scale-up and rollout. 

The specialist will also liaise with all stake holders to contribute to programme planning, administration, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programme/project activities, data analysis and progress reporting. 

Provide T4D oversight functions with ICT systems and support with information security policy and procedures and risk analysis.  

The Technology for Development specialist will be integrated into the CO ICT team and will have a matrix management structure with the Country Office Innovation Lead. 

Technology for Development activities will be aligned with work plans of the country office programmes.  

Major Duties and Responsibilities: 
 

Policy and Strategy development: 

• Contribute to the development of a technology for development strategy for the country office, including assessment of T4D gaps, opportunities, standards and develop a scale up strategy for KCO. 
• Lead the development and oversee quality assurance during the roll-out of an office-wide T4D strategy and participate in setting up standards, documentation and mechanisms for T4D Programme M&E and Research.

Partnerships: 

• Raise awareness of potential partners and solutions to UNICEF Kenya ICT and Programme community. 
• Develop a catalogue of potential country specific T4D partners and their profiles/areas of engagement in Kenya to promote and enhance UNICEF goals for outcomes for children through the use of Technology for Development. 
• Develop clear and concise concept notes of each agreed T4D Initiative and proposals for fund raising efforts. 
• In close consultation with the CO innovation lead, support the design of and participate in global, regional and country events on innovation.

Research:  

• Collect data, undertake analysis and prepare reports on existing initiatives, solutions, capture lessons learnt from various programmes and share resources available. 
• Map all T4D projects and resources. 
• Ensure documentation and clear monitoring and evaluation mechanisms for the projects including baseline data collection, necessarily on-going monitoring, as well as first phase data collection and analysis. 
• With CO Information Management Specialist, respond to the data analytics, information and knowledge management needs of the country office.

Technical Assistance: 

• Support the development of innovative tools; 
• Provide support and technical assistance to the Country Office in the identification, selection, concept design and roll-out and sustainability of T4D interventions to address bottlenecks towards the achievement of programme results; 
• Work with stakeholders to help develop standards, procedures and partnerships for T4D interventions and their transition to relevant Government and Civil Society institutions. 
• Assist programme sections to identify and assess new T4D initiatives, or new phases of on-going initiatives, with immediate potential to improve UNICEF programming in service delivery and/or monitoring and evaluation.

 Capacity building: 

• Provide training on the use of new technological approaches to UNICEF staff, clients and partners; 
• Build capacity of programme staff in analysing the large amounts of data generated through T4D initiatives including the use of data visualization techniques, infographics and analytics tools. 
• Provision local Business and Technical Analysis services to country office sections (ICT and programme) to help define requirements, guidelines and sustainability for T4D solutions;

Required Qualifications: University degree or equivalent background in Computer Science, Information Science, Business Administration, Social Science, or related area

Experience:

• At least two years’ experience in the field of innovative technologies implementation, web development, data visualization or similar;
• Experience in supporting and coordinating project activities across a large organization and with other international partner organizations.
• Experience with ICT hardware, mobile and web-based technologies in Africa, particularly designing or deploying tools appropriate to low-bandwidth environments.
• Strong understanding of Principles of Innovation and usability principles for user interfaces;
• Strong experience with rapid prototyping methodology;
• Proved experience in handling a variety of internal business clients;
• Open Source, mobile and emerging ICT applied to public health is extremely desirable. It would be desirable if the individual had expert knowledge or interest in one of these areas: 

1. Mobile and Telephony [SMS gateways, IVR and PBX systems]
2. Mobile Health 
3. Mobile Learning 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in supervising engineers and software developers and responsibility for budgets, contracts and procurement desirable; Experience in an international organization is desirable.
• Good digital design skills and understanding of UNICEF led global technological innovations like RapdPRO, rapidFTR, uReport, mHERO would be an asset;

Language: 

• Fluency in English and another UN working language required
• Knowledge of local working language of the duty station an asset.

Competencies:
 

i) Core Values (Required)

• Commitment 
• Diversity and Inclusion 
• Integrity                 

ii) Core Competencies (Required)

• Communication [Level I] 
• Working with People   [Level I]      
• Drive for Results   [Level I]  

iii) Functional Competencies (Required)

• Formulating Strategies and Concepts [Level I]
• Analyzing [Level II] 
• Applying Technical Expertise [Level II]
• Learning and Researching [Level II] 
• Planning and Organizing [Level I]

Interested and suitable candidates should ensure they forward their applications along with their curriculum vitae, P11 (CLICK HERE to download) (internal candidates should attach copies of their last two Performance Evaluation Reports), to:

The Human Resources Manager
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org

Please indicate Reference No. “KCO/ICT/2014-055” in the email subject.

“Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply”
 

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