UNICEF Technology for Development Coordinator Job Vacancy in Kigali, Rwanda

1. Objective and targets :

• Coordinate with other local partners in the
  T4D area to look for and exploit synergies.
• Coordinate with programme colleagues, local
  and international developers to ensure that technical components are
  identified and developed, partner relationships forged and maintained,
  mechanisms for sustainability developed and addressed, and other programmatic
  goals met in a timely manner.
• Consult, coordinate and achieve buy in from
  open source mobile / tech system of choice on technical and non-technical
  community during the duration of pilot / programme
• With country office, coordinate training and
  rollout of ‘Saving Mothers and Babies in Rwanda’ project
• Provide ongoing and final documentation of
  implementation and scale up process, including challenges encountered and
  lessons learned, and Government and partner involvement in provision of
  technical, financial, and other programmatic support.
• Coordination and sharing of lessons learned
  across the organization in consultation with supervisor and UNICEF NYHQ
  Tech Innovation
• Contribute to overall monitoring and
  evaluation framework of the ‘Saving Mothers and Babies in Rwanda’ project
• In collaboration with Access, document and set
  up clear monitoring and evaluation mechanisms for the projects including
  baseline data collection, necessarily on-going monitoring, as well as end
  of pilot phase data collection and analysis.

• Input information on process, lessons learned,
  outcomes etc into relevant communities of practice.
• Participate and feed in to guidelines on how
  to standardize the process of using mobiles and technology for development
  to amplify programmatic outcomes for other country offices
• Will be asked to travel in line with UNICEF
  rules and regulations to perform tasks outlined.
• May be asked to work weekends

• Online documentation – in blog format of
  process and key findings
• Support to UNICEF Rwanda and other partners
  for deployment
• Ongoing and final documentation of
  implementation and scale up process, including challenges encountered and
  lessons learned, and Government and partner involvement in provision of
  technical, financial, and other programmatic support.
• Integrated, Deployed and hosted systems in
  UNICEF Rwanda
• Local developer hired and mentored through
  project deployment sustainability measures planned and budgeted for
• End user focused tool and documentation that
  can be relayed using Training-of-trainers
• Costed plan for scale up endorsed by UNICEF
  and appropriate partners

1. Consultant will provide weekly delivery of
   materials (or delivery based on schedule arranged with supervisor, if
   other than weekly)
2. Will ensure that all system code on this
   project is submitted to GitHub, as well as on accessible servers.
3. Work will be licensed in the public domain
   (creative commons or other appropriate license)
4. Monthly report on the progress of work to the
   local office and NYHQ
5. Duty Station/Location at Duty Station: UNICEF
   Rwanda
6. Supervisor and frequency of performance
   reviews: Dr. Friday Nwaigwe will provide supervision at regular intervals
   in consultation with Erica Kochi (UNICEF NYHQ)
7. Performance indicators for evaluation of
   results:
8. Delivery of products on dates specified to
   Supervisor
9. Communication with Supervisor and team about
   work
10. Quality of products (do they fit the needs as
    defined) 8. Qualifications or specialized knowledge/experience required:
    It is required that the project coordinator has at least 5 years of
    experience with demonstrated results in the majority of the following
    areas:

• Innovative uses of technology for development,
  particularly in the areas of mobile health.
• Identifying a baseline, and measuring improvements
  in coverage and uptake, geographic expansion, etc.
• Training experience
• Programme communication / Communication for
  Development / and/or Design experience
• Background experience with the UN, especially
  UNICEF is desirable

• Demonstrated communication and relationship
  building skills
• Good oral and written presentation skills
• Experience in creating spaces and environments
  that are conducive to team participation and effective coordination
• Proven capacity to work with and lead
  collaborative teams across different locations and with different
  technical skills
• Experience in budgeting and coordinating large
  scale projects
• Clear upward communication and management
  skills