ACDI/VOCA,Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Integration Manager Jobs in Tanzania

ent program in Tanzania. The project will have a
strong focus on sustainable, private-sector driven market development in
several agricultural value chains, including rice and maize.

• Lead
  the integration of technology-enabled solutions across the project?s
  technical components (which includes Agricultural Marketing and Trade,
  Business Management Systems, and Access to Finance and Investment). The
  aim of these ICT Integration efforts is to advance the overall
  competitiveness and inclusiveness of the agricultural sector, working with
  project staff, project agribusiness partners/clients, and with technology
  service providers.
• Provide
  technical and managerial oversight and leadership of ICT integration
  strategies and activities, contributing to the design, implementation, and
  monitoring of annual work plans and strategies, and ensuring that ICT
  Integration interventions respond to identified market opportunities and
  create sustainable development outcomes.
• Proposes,
  designs, and then supports the implementation of a variety of technologies
  that provide creative solutions to value chain constraints or
  opportunities. This could be through developing partnerships, providing
  direct technical assistance, training or advice, etc, and will include
  such cross-project interventions/strategies as mobile banking;
  e-financing, use of business operations software to improve internal
  performance or customer/supply chain management, SMS and voice messaging
  to reach clients and supply real time information of stock, inventory, and
  transactions; use of radio groups to spread awareness; and e-weather
  forecasting or market information systems
• Stay
  abreast of changes in the technology sector in Tanzania and regionally ?
  including companies, new products and services, innovative applications of
  existing products/services to solve agricultural value chain constraints,
  etc.
• Pursue
  and maintain an understanding of the various value chain participants and
  their inter-relationships, and assess and provides trend information on
  contacts and information flows between the various actors based on
  frequency, duration, and conduct.
• Makes
  suggestions to senior leadership and the M&E Director of technology
  that can reduce the project?s resource burden associated with collecting
  project monitoring data ? for example, identifying opportunities to
  leverage data already being obtained in service of the technical
  objectives.
• Supports
  and participates in the knowledge management work regarding ICT including
  but not limited to: contributing to the preparation and drafting of the
  ICT Outreach sector components of project reports and any other project
  publications as required; monitoring the performance of the technical team
  in regards to ICT outreach and documents all changes (both qualitatively
  and quantitatively) in line with the program?s M&E framework and
  guidelines for tracking the transformation process and ensures that all
  such data and information is shared within the program.
• Actively
  engage in collaborating with program stakeholders as they relate to the
  ICT Outreach program including trade associations, NGOs, government
  agencies, universities, research agencies, value chain actors, other donor
  programs, and strategic partners.

• Bachelor?s
  Degree in Business, Computer/Information Science, or similar field
• At
  least 5 years experience in designing and implementing ICT solutions to resolve
  private sector client constraints, preferably in the agricultural sector
  and in service of development goals.
• Demonstrated
  experience in working across teams, developing partnerships and outreach
  plans
• Technical
  experience developing methods for communication outreach via mobile,
  radio, and/or web, reaching rural areas/clients and targeted at the
  agricultural sector
• Familiarity
  with the commercial agricultural sector in Tanzania
• Collaborative,
  creative team player with minimum 3 years of leadership experience
• Fluency
  in English and Kiswahili