UNHCR Programme Manager IT Consultant Job in Dadaab Kenya

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Vacancy Notice No. EVN/KEN/DDB/15/212
 

Functional Title: Programme Manager IT Consultant
 

Duty Station: Sub Office Dadaab
 

Date of Entry on Duty: As soon as possible
 

Duration: Up to 31 December 2015
 

Closing Date: 25 May 2015
 

Duties and Responsibilities: Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Livelihood Officer at Sub-Office Dadaab and overall supervision of Senior Protection Officer, the incumbent will perform the following tasks and duties:
 

Co-ordination in the phase of preparation:

• Leads and co-ordinates all the steps involved in the preparation of learning objects. In this capacity serves as a liaison between different stakeholders, including instructional designers, knowledge and learning specialists, graphical designers, IT and administrative support, and subject matter experts.


• Ensures intermediate deliverable timeframes are met, respecting costing guidelines, quality standards and best practices in the field of training


• Responsible for course scheduling and publication;


• Ensures compliance with KIE standards and is directly responsible for the required documentation and reporting to KIE;

Support of online instruction delivery.

• S/he works with support personnel and/or inter-agency ICT team to co-ordinate the delivery of training in different formats in a seamless fashion to participants;


• Defines participant support needs, and oversees that these are being met during training delivery;


• S/he plans for and provides resources and training necessary to teachers in addition to collecting and providing feedback of each learning activity;


• S/he utilizes this feedback to improve each learning activity in order to ensure quality and continuous improvement as well as maintaining the desired standards in the delivery process;

Advising and support to technology adoption and selection.

• S/he analyses and recommends e-learning technology plan, and manages the implementation of that technology;


• Gathers information to keep abreast of shifting trends that impact areas of expertise advising partners of the adoption and use of new technologies.


• Conducts research and participate in targeted training in order to keep current on the use of technologies for learners and shares new information as needed with the community;

Resources Planning and Management

• S/he will plan the necessary resources for the completion of various projects related to the virtual classroom;


• S/he will manage and supervise both the inter-agency implementation and support teams, oversee and monitor the budget;


• Provide mentorship, procedural and technical work guidance to team members;

2. Qualifications and Experience

• University degree in ICT


• A background in Education and knowledge of HTML and other web design tools is an advantage


• 5 years of proven experience with various distributed ICT Systems and Networks


• Working experience in harsh environments and with low bandwidth field technologies

3. Desirable Qualifications or Competencies

• Innovation and Creativity – Generates innovative and creative solutions to problems that contribute to Organizational and inter-agency effectiveness. Tries different and novel ways of approaching work to create added value in the services provided;


• Knowledge sharing – Actively develops and shares knowledge, leverages expertise to improve organizational and inter-agency effective and add value within sphere of influence;


• Collaboration and Influence – Encourages teamwork and cooperates with others to achieve mutually beneficial results. Gains the support of others for own ideas and initiatives, regardless of formal authority and organizational boundaries;


• Critical Thinking and Judgement – Uses data, experience, and good judgment to make sound decisions and devise effective solutions to problems. Assesses and manages risk in own work.

4. Languages: Fluency in oral and written English and Kiswahili. Somali language will be an added advantage.
 

Application Procedures:
 

Interested candidates are requested to submit their application for the position, and attach their curriculum vitae that include the applicant’s telephone numbers, and email addresses of at least two referees who have supervised the applicant’s professional work.

Applications may be submitted electronically to kennahr@unhcr.org 

or the 

Human Resources Officer, 

UNHCR Branch Office, 

P.O. Box 43801-00100 

Nairobi-Kenya. 

Only applications received by close of business on 13 May 2015 will be considered. 

Only the Short listed candidates will be contacted and invited for a written and oral interview.