VACANCY – ICT/Coding Initiative Senior Officer
ALIGHT works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities – to better survive conflicts and crisis, and to rebuild lives of dignity, health, security and self-sufficiency. ALIGHT presently works in and with partners in seventeen countries globally. ALIGHT has consistently operated in Rwanda since the year 1994, and today has a strong and committed team of over eight hundred personnel who include full time staff, community mobilizers and incentive workers– implementing programs in Reproductive Health, HIV and Nutrition; also Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Shelter and general Infrastructure, Livelihoods/Economic strengthening, and Sexual and Gender Based Violence Prevention/ Protection. Our work in Rwanda currently covers all the refugee locations and their kind Rwandan-host communities. And we are always looking to expand and, jointly with our partners, offer lasting impact with and for the communities we serve! ALIGHT is looking for a qualified, self-driven and committed individual to join its team as ICT/Coding Initiative Senior Officer to be based full time in any one of the field sites (refugee camps, transit and reception centers) where ALIGHT has active operations with fix term to December 2023.
PRIMARY PURPOSE:
The ICT /Coding Initiative Senior Officer primary role is to lead the coding school initiative in all sites in Rwanda, coordinating and leading assigned staff. S/he leads work planning and execution, staff and performance management, procurement, and representation of the project. Also, overall reporting, briefs, and participates in planning and ideation for growth or expansion.
The position holder supports the ALIGHT program leadership and play liaison role with ALIGHT field partners and coding teaching entities. The position reports to Area Program Team Leader
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Under the supervision of Area Program Team Leader, in close collaboration with ALIGHT coding teaching partner officials, execute the implementation plan of the coding school;
- Provide leadership, guidance to coding school project staff, including performance management;
- Lead for coding school project procurement, and liaison with ALIGHT Operations unit;
- Participate in design and implementation of a marketing plan of the ICT center and coding school in both Nyabiheke and Mahama;
- Facilitate planning and delivery of effective orientation for coding school students;
- Assist in field coding school staff leave planning and play the interim role at field when coding school staff are away;
- Support in preparation and submission of all required project reporting;
- Support ALIGHT Rwanda’s effort in setting up coding school project governance committee and attend team meetings;
- Assist in the orientation of partners visiting or working with the coding school (liaise with the camp authorities to facilitate any visit);
- Execute any other tasks as assign by the supervisor.
EDUCATION, TECHNICAL SKILLS AND KNOWELDGE REQUIRED;
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in ICT, Information Science, or other directly related fields;
- At least four years direct or relatable working experience;
- Exposure to software development – HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, SQL, JavaScript, Python, React, Node JS, Figma and beyond;
- Lead capstones, and manage software development projects with a goal to produce tangible results and deliverables;
- Proven work experience with humanitarian agency in Rwanda or abroad would be an asset;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, advanced computing knowledge, application;
- Excellent organizational and coordination skills;
- Solid written and verbal communication skills;
- Ability to communicate in spoken and written English with aptitude in reporting are mandatory;
- Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda required.
KEY BEHAVIORS & ABILITIES:
- Commitment to personally champion ALIGHT’s program vision and mission and inspire others to do the same;
- High level of flexibility and tolerance to ambiguity;
- Ability to adapt to the situations as required due to changes on the ground;
- Collaborative, results-oriented team member;
- Ability to work in a sensitive, multi-cultural context as a respectful team player and manager;
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment;
- Ability and willingness to travel and spend long periods of time in remote field areas.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit 1page Cover letter, and updated CV (maximum three pages) and names, title and contacts of three professional referees, to include most current employer/supervisor (all in/as one document) – via email only to: RWJobs@wearealight.org with the POSITION applied for clearly indicated in the subject line. The deadline for submission of applications is July 29th 2023 at 16:00hrs. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Alight is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. Alight complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
