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Medair International provides emergency relief and rehabilitation to the most vulnerable and difficult-to-reach regions in Africa and Asia in natural disasters, conflict areas, and other extraordinary crises. Medair HQ in Lausanne, Switzerland is seeking an ICT Specialist to help provide operational guidance for country programs and activities, along with technical support for relief workers in the field. The ideal candidate should have a strong IT background in order to provide technical support to HQ staff and country program activities, as well as experience in international relief work and a strong Christian identity.

Eligibility is limited to Swiss or EU citizens, or those with a valid work permit. Deadline is January 31. See here for more information.

The International Executive Service Corps is a Washington, DC-based not-for-profit with a focus on private sector growth. IESC is recruiting for an experienced Jordanian or Jordanian-American ICT Venture Capital Specialist for the anticipated USAID Jordan Competitiveness Program. IESC is a subcontractor, responsible for the Access to Finance component of the program, to a large prime contractor that is submitting a proposal to USAID Jordan. The ICT position will likely be based in Irbid, Jordan.

The individual in this position will be responsible for venture capital financing with an emphasis on the ICT sector, and will set up effective angel networks. Deadline is January 27. More details here.

UNDP’s OCHA is looking for an ICT Associate to be based in Nairobi, Kenya, who would implement ICT systems and strategies, provide daily technical support to users of information management tools and technology infrastructure, including provision of daily technical support to OCHA Somalia systems, network infrastructure and corporate productivity tools, and support and training of business applications and new technologies.

The candidate should have a strong background in IT in order to provide helpdesk services as well as experience in ICT for development. Deadline is January 27. More details here.

Aquaya, based in San Francisco, is dedicated to improving global child health by increasing access to safe drinking water. Aquaya believes that innovative ICT systems have the potential to improve the efficiency and accuracy of data reporting and management in the water sector and to strengthen institutional linkages between field staff and their managers at various administrative levels.

The organization is seeking an ICT Program Associate to manage the technical aspects of its field deployments in South America, Africa, and Asia and to expand its ICT project portfolio. More information about this unique opportunity here.

Jim Wiggins adjusting a WiFi antenna in Saint Marc, Haiti

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Position Summary:

Inveneo is seeking a Project Engineer who will implement technical solutions in the rural and developing world, train Inveneo’s growing global network of IT partners, and seek new appropriate technologies. Inveneo’s engineering team is small and agile. Our engineers must be technical generalists able to adapt quickly to unpredictable conditions and unforeseen technical challenges.

Major Responsibilities:

• Guide technical aspects of projects from design through implementation:
• Evaluate potential projects
• Prepare technical quotes
• Survey project locations in the field
• Assess project technical requirements
• Design technical solutions including server/workstation hardware, wireless/wired networks, solar/generator/battery power systems and appropriate software applications
• Deploy technical solutions in the field
• Build technical capacity of Inveneo partners by leading both classroom and practical training sessions
• Provide technical support to Inveneo partners and clients via phone, email, chat, online forums, and other channels
• Identify and research new technologies to assess suitability for the rural and developing world
• Create and maintain documentation and training materials
• Collaborate with the broader ICTD community using social media tools
• Assist Inveneo staff members with internal technical support requests
• Maintain and expand a broad range of technical skills in a self-guided manner

Required Job Skills and Experience:

• Strong self-starter, able to drive projects to completion in circumstances where little guidance and support is available
• Minimum 2 years Linux systems administration, desktop and server
• Minimum 2 years Windows systems administration, desktop and server
• Minimum 2 years LAN networking experience, including implementation of gateways, firewalls, NAT, and web proxies
• Minimum 2 years script and software development in one or more of the following languages: Python, Shell, Ruby, Java, C/C++, Perl
• Ability to administer network systems including but not limited to web servers, routers, firewalls, proxy servers, and mail servers
• Familiarity with GPS technology
• Ability to communicate highly technical information to a less technical audience
• Ability to deliver training in classroom and project settings
• Ability to work with people from a wide range of cultural, socio-economic, and religious backgrounds

Highly Desirable Job Skills and Experience:

• Experience traveling and working in developing regions
• Long distance wireless networking experience
• RF engineering experience
• IP routing experience
• AC, DC, and/or solar electrical system experience
• VOIP telephony experience
• Satellite connectivity experience
• Proficiency in French, Portuguese, Spanish, or Arabic

Additional Comments:

• Position is full-time, based in San Francisco
• Must be able to travel internationally to Inveneo project sites in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East (Approximately 30% - 50% travel required)
• Must be willing to work outside of standard hours as needed to interact with international partners
• Must play well with others

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The Fostering Agriculture Competitiveness Employing Information Communication Technologies project (FACET) is coordinated by USAID/EGAT/I&E/ICT and funded by USAID/AFR/SD/EGEA - the team that oversees the design and implementation of USAID's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (now named FTF ¡V Feed The Future) for sub-Saharan Africa.

FACET is designed to support USAID Africa Bureau Missions and works with implementing partners, national and local governments, and the private sector to provide technical assistance to better enhance the competitiveness and trade in the agriculture sector across Sub-Saharan Africa.

To achieve its objectives, FACET has two components:
1) Knowledge sharing across Missions regarding sustainable and scalable approaches to using ICT to increase the success of FTF activities; and
2) Short term technical assistance to projects to improve agriculture through the use of ICT.

Position Summary:

The Senior ICT and Agriculture Specialist will both lead the project as well and ensure the technical quality of project materials and provide technical assistance to USAID on an as needed basis.

Essential Job Functions:
- Oversee the project and provide technical assistance, including field-based assistance, across the agriculture sector using ICT tools. Field-based assistance may vary from short-term to ongoing assignments.
- Evaluate and assist USAID thinking through the deployment of agriculturally appropriate technology based solutions .
- Conduct a demand survey of USAID/AFR missions in SSA in order to gauge a systematic sense of the ICT application demands of missions and their agriculture-related projects.
- Write as well as oversee the production of quality thought pieces (including briefing papers, presentations and other forms of knowledge sharing) for USAID Missions and implementing partners on agriculture and ICT best practices.
- Enlist the support of other donors (e.g., foreign governments, private sector, etc.) and create multi-sector alliances focused on USAID/AFR FTF countries.
- Provide overall programmatic support to FACET and its team.
- Other duties assigned by the Center Director, as necessary.

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Let’s change the world together! NetHope, which started in 2001, is a new-generation information technology collaboration of 33 leading international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) representing over $33 billion (U.S.) of humanitarian development, emergency response, and conservation programs serving millions of beneficiaries in more than 180 countries. Through member collaboration and by facilitating public-private partnerships with major technology companies, foundations, and individuals, NetHope helps members use their technology investments to better serve people in the most remote areas of the world.

Preamble

The primary focus of the Global Broadband and Innovations (GBI) Program is to provide leadership on a range of information and communication technology (ICT) related activities across USAID’s development portfolio. This includes not only infrastructure, but also the leveraging of that infrastructure to support broadband and mobile network-enabled applications for programs including education, health, agriculture, and economic growth.

The GBI Program focuses strategically on two priority areas:

1. Extending the reach of broadband, including enhanced mobile networks, into more remote rural areas as a key infrastructure for extending the reach of socioeconomic services through USAID’s NGO and contractor partners, as well as others working within the international, national, and local development community, and

2. Leveraging the extension of these broadband and mobile networks for delivering network-enabled value-added application support across USAID’s development portfolio.

A fundamental component of achieving this second priority is the leveraging of public-private partnerships (PPPs). Toward this end, the GBI Program and NetHope have come together to form the GBI Alliance. Details about the position are as follows.

Job Description

NetHope seeks an experienced development professional to serve as Deputy Chief of Party for the USAID Global Broadband and Innovations (GBi) program. GBi is a broad-based initiative aimed at improvement of the Agency’s utilization of ICT – specifically the application of ICT across the Agency’s access and application agendas.

The GBI Program’s focus is leveraging ICTs in several key areas including: enhancing access to broadband Internet, supporting telecommunications-related legal and regulatory reforms, improving universal service funds/universal access funds (USFs/UAFs) administration, leveraging public private partnerships, delivering program-focused value-added content and services, expansion and leveraging of mobile networks, and supporting ICT-related capacity building.

The Deputy Chief of Party works under the direction of the Chief of Party (CoP) and provides oversight to all aspects of day-to-day implementation, personnel management, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and representation to donors and government, especially with USAID representatives. S/he works closely with the CoP and other key staff to oversee and implement the project in line with donor and NetHope strategy.

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IREX seeks a uniquely qualified candidate for the position of Chief Information Officer for the Bibliomist program in Ukraine.

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The Bibliomist CIO will provide leadership and strategic guidance on all technology issues to the Bibliomist team and the Ukrainian library community. He or she will participate in debates and thinking on the global stage about how to best ensure public access to information, while tailoring international best practices in IT management to Ukraine’s blossoming library system. His/her services will be solicited on a full-time basis to lead a team of professionals that will be responsible for the technology aspects of the Bibliomist program.