ICT Manager for Food Security

ICT Manager for Food Security
Nairobi, Kenya
Full-Time Regular Employee
Posted: October 2010
Summary of Responsibilities

The Information Communications Technology Advisor for Food Security 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 GoK, designing and leading high impact ICT strategies and implementations.

Education/Experience

Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years’ of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Unique Requirements

Ability to travel nationally and Internationally
Fluent in English
Competencies – Behavioral

Flexibility: Is open to change and new information, adapts behavior and work methods in response to new information, and adjusts rapidly to new situations warranting attention and resolution.
Resilience: Maintains focus and intensity and remains optimistic and persistent, even under pressure. Recovers quickly from setbacks.
Conflict Management: Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a positive and constructive manner to minimize negative impact.
Leveraging Diversity: Recruits, develops, and retains a diverse high-quality workforce in an equitable manner. Develops and uses measures and rewards to hold self and others accountable for achieving results that embody the principles of diversity.
Team Building: Inspires, motivates, and guides others toward goal accomplishments; develops and sustains cooperative working relationships.
Decision Making: Exercises good judgment by making sound and well-informed decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; makes effective and timely decisions, even when data are limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; and is proactive and achievement-oriented.
Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems, distinguishes between relevant and irrelevant information to make logical decisions, and provides solutions to individual and organizational problems. Develops reasonable options for solutions when required for decision making.
Detail Orientation: Pays strong attention to detail and shows demonstrated experience in detail oriented work.
Analytical Skills: Ability to use analytical skills to frame and facilitate substantive and focused discussions of monitoring reports and related issues is required.
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
A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts is a plus.
Competencies – Technical

Technical Ability: Understands and appropriately applies procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.
Financial Management: Demonstrates a broad understanding of financial principles, justifies and/or administers the budget for the program area, and monitors expenditures in support of programs and policies.
Human Resources Management: Using merit principles, ensures staff are appropriately selected, developed, used, appraised, and rewarded; takes corrective action when necessary.
Excellent Written and Oral Communication: Expresses facts and ideas in writing in a clear, convincing, and organized manner.
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
Familiarity with the design of mobile phone applications
Demonstrated experience leading large ICT initiatives funded by international donor organizations
Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable projects is preferred.
Expertise in research to practice – identifying best practices and adapting them to program realities is preferred.
Competencies – Corporate

Integrity: Demonstrates a professional approach embedded with a high level of integrity, trustworthiness, and honesty in all relationships with staff, customers, contractors, consultants, and the general public.
Quality: Implements and maintains quality control systems to meet company standards by developing policies and implementing procedures that ensure a high level of quality in all aspects of corporate activity and projects.
Creativity: Demonstrates an ability to develop creative, original, innovative, or inventive solutions in support of Danya processes, services, interactions, or products. Maintains high-level creativity and innovation in the full spectrum of project development, implementation, and operation.
Customer Service: Ensures customer’s needs are understood and that products and/or services demonstrate an understanding of customer’s needs and requirements. Continually strives to reduce variations in the existing process that cause failures to meet customer’s needs and requirements. Constantly looks for ways to provide new innovative products/services and processes to meet customer’s needs and requirements.
If you would like to apply for any of the current Nairobi openings listed or submit your resume for future consideration, please send a cover letter and resume to: globalrecruitment@danya.com.

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