ICT Manager for Food Security

Job Description
Information Communications Technology Manager
Danya International

REPORT TO: Regional Director
LOCATION: Ethiopia
SUMMARY SCOPE OF WORK:
The Information Communications Technology Manager will provide technical leadership and implementation oversight for Danya’s evidenced-based information communications technology (ICT) food security initiatives in the country. The position will be responsible for providing technical assistance to USG agencies, USG partners, and GoE, designing and leading high impact ICT strategies and implementations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leadership
- Provide strategic leadership and vision for the food security ICT program
- Ability to lead the ICT technical approach across multiple projects
- Represent Danya before stakeholders and oversee implementation of activities throughout Ethiopia
- Contribute to annual work planning
- Establish and maintain a productive relationships with key stakeholders, including government officials, NGOs and community groups for smooth implementation
- Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary program planning, development, resource availability and management activities function smoothly and efficiently

Management
- Work collaboratively with project and headquarters staff to assure proper financial projections, reporting, spending and compliance with project terms and conditions.
- Contribute to ensure projects meets set targets
- Promote and support the dissemination of best practices among the project teams
- Contribute to timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and results to the donor, including progress reports, and annual reports
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Computer science degree with post-graduate level training preferred
- A minimum of 6+ years of senior level experience in designing and implementing ICT programs for social development programs
- Significant experience in design and development of technology solutions to increase international development project impact
- Project work experience with open source technology
- Design and management experience with web-based, database and mobile phone applications
- Demonstrated experience leading large ICT initiatives funded by international donor organizations
- Excellent interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills
- Strong change management, results oriented and decision making skills
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
- Fluency in English
- Ability to travel nationally and internationally

PREFERED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable projects
- Expertise in research to practice – identifying best practices and adapting them to program realities
- A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts

Danya is an equal opportunity employer!

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