Task Summary:
The LACRO ICT4D Technological Advisor offers complex tips and assistance to a vary of system structure and implementation difficulties in the space of ICT4D, with a concentration on developing ICT4D ability and supporting the prosperous and suitable implementation of ICT4D answers. The Advisor is a chief within just the ICT4D local community at CRS and actively promotes the responsible and impactful use of engineering to advance the supply of substantial-excellent programming to the lousy and susceptible. Their information, know-how, and guidance add to deciding how powerful, adaptive, and innovative CRS’s use of ICT4D enables our plans to be.
Roles and Vital Obligations:
- Help the advancement and lead to the implementation of agency-wide tactics, standards, tools and finest methods in ICT4D that allow the dependable and impactful use of technological innovation for improved method high quality. Assist guarantee the agency’s ICT4D technologies portfolio continues to fulfill evolving small business requirements.
- Present technical advice and guidance to regional and CP teams, remotely and on-web site, for strategic planning and how to best use ICT4D alternatives, requirements, and ideal tactics, encouraging to guarantee large-top quality implementation. Aid region courses in deploying ICT4D remedies and with ICT4D vendor choice and management.
- Add to embedding ICT4D in the specialized structure for proposals. Aid the approach of preparation, style and design, submission and acceptance of task concepts and complete-fledged proposals.
- Direct capability strengthening initiatives in ICT4D for staff members and companions through serving to build discovering and education methods and agendas/curriculums, conducting trainings and workshops, and coaching.
- Acquire and review method facts, capture and share lessons realized and most effective tactics for particular projects to facilitate improvements in conclusion-making and add to the ICT4D studying agenda.
- Contribute to preserving interactions with donors, peer corporations, exploration and other institutions, take part in forums in the place of ICT4D, such as the ICT4D Conference, to accumulate and share finest procedures and encourage CRS’ do the job.
- Co-lead CRS’s ICT4D Group of Apply by means of lively engagement with key stakeholders across the company and within unique concentrate parts
Needs:
Instruction and Experience
- Master’s degree in ICT associated discipline or equal practical experience.
- Minimal 7 years’ expertise in program program growth and deployment.
- Demonstrable practical experience making electronic capabilities and capability of the two specialized and non-technological audiences
- Demonstrable encounter of leveraging digital systems in intercontinental growth, humanitarian and/or lower resource contexts
Most popular Skills
- Considerable encounter in deploying technologies options (3 yrs) that assistance undertaking routines in international assist and enhancement.
- Substantial practical experience making use of digital technologies in aid of reduction and growth efforts. Being familiar with of administration of gadgets and capacity to evaluate gadgets for applicability to challenge wants.
- Abilities with employing and configuring currently used CRS systems (CommCare, PowerBI, ArcGIS on line, Red Rose, DHIS2). Knowledge with DHIS 2 Tracker a moreover. Means to immediately decide on up know-how and abilities on other options
- Being familiar with of the software package progress lifecycle
- Experience with human-centered style (HCD) methods
- Working experience with tactic improvement
- Basic comprehension of checking and evaluation ideas
Understanding, Expertise and Abilities
- Solid connection administration skills with capability to influence and get buy-in from people not beneath immediate supervision and to work with individuals in various geographical and cultural options
- Fantastic strategic, analytical, human-centered trouble-solving and devices wondering abilities with capacity to see the large photograph and skill to make seem judgment for improved engagements and enhanced item adoption
- Able to proficiently connect complicated technological processes, systems, risks and prospects to non-specialized audiences
- Presentation, facilitation, schooling, mentoring, and coaching capabilities
- Proactive, resourceful and effects-oriented
Essential Languages – Have to be fluent in prepared and spoken English and Spanish, working expertise of French is remarkably wished-for.
Journey – Will have to be willing and equipped to travel up to 40%, which include to source lousy locations.
How to apply
Intrigued candidates: Mail your Letter of Curiosity and up to date resume to CRS LACRO Recruitment at the next email deal with: [email protected] with the title of the emptiness “LACRO ICT4D Advisor II” in the subject matter line no afterwards than July 28th, 2022. Take note: ONLY FINALISTS WILL BE CONTACTED.
