Danya International
Vacancy: Web Portal Content Manager
Report To: In the interim to the VP for Africa
Location: Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
The position will be responsible for leading
periodic user satisfaction surveys which will help guide the further
development of the portal content and functionality to be demand
driven.
This position will be responsible for writing new content, identifying relevant partner content, and developing and implementing a web content strategy.
This position will be responsible for writing new content, identifying relevant partner content, and developing and implementing a web content strategy.
This individual will also be responsible for
managing and directing the content development related mentoring and technical
assistance to regional partners.
The ideal candidate will also have experience
managing website creation, application development and ICT-related training.
Additionally, overall project management experience is essential.
Tasks require a strong attention to detail and
ability to work under tight deadlines.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Formulate website content strategy & manage implementation of
monthly digital plan
- Create & implement communication campaign to drive traffic to
the website
- Create/Write content for the portal and assist with content
development from partners
- Collaborate with team members to enhance website functionality and
develop innovative ways to effectively meet customer needs
- Leadership the functional web team and individual projects, schedules
and priorities
- Review & edit content from partners
- Experience in the measurement, analysis and improvement of web key
performance indicators (wKPI).
- Proven track record of driving product from idea to market launch
and post-launch client acquisition, adoption, activity and satisfaction.
- Establish processes for client responsiveness, support and
communication.
- Calendar management, individual projects and priorities
- News & Event section updates
- Support development of bi-monthly, quarterly & annual reports
- Create and manage website database
- Write & issue eNewsletters
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years’ experience with
proven web writing and editing skills, including product design and
promotion
- Knowledge of web usability standards and practices
- Strong organizational skills, including the ability to handle
multiple assignments and tasks within tight schedules and deadlines
- Self-driven with ability to formulate innovative solutions
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and
oral.
- Relevant education and training
- Self-starter; Strong initiative & independence; Proactive
- Experience in trade and/or private sector development preferred
- Experience with E-learning desired
- Experience with USAID-funded projects desired
Vacancy: Web
Portal Content Manager
Report To: Senior ICT Manager
Report To: Senior ICT Manager
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Summary Scope of Work: Leading the creation of content, management of stakeholder engagement and marketing of the portal to new users will be a Web Portal Content Manager.
Summary Scope of Work: Leading the creation of content, management of stakeholder engagement and marketing of the portal to new users will be a Web Portal Content Manager.
The position will be responsible for leading
periodic user satisfaction surveys which will help guide the further
development of the portal content and functionality to be demand
driven.
This position will be responsible for writing new content, identifying relevant partner content, and developing and implementing a web content strategy.
This position will be responsible for writing new content, identifying relevant partner content, and developing and implementing a web content strategy.
This individual will also be
responsible for managing and directing the content development related
mentoring and technical assistance to regional partners.
The ideal candidate will also have experience
managing website creation, application development and ICT-related
training.
Additionally, overall project management experience
is essential. Tasks require a strong attention to detail and ability to work
under tight deadlines.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Formulate website content strategy & manage implementation of
monthly digital plan
- Create & implement communication campaign to drive traffic to
website
- Create/Write content for the portal and assist with content
development from partners
- Collaborate with team members to enhance website functionality and
develop innovative ways to effectively meet customer needs
- Leadership the functional web team and individual projects,
schedules and priorities
- Review & edit content from partners
- Upload content to the portal through content management system
- Review and upload content from partners
- Calendar management, individual projects and priorities
- News & Event section updates
- Support development of bi-monthly, quarterly & annual reports
- Create and manage website database
- Write & issue eNewsletters
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- At least 5 years’ experience with proven web writing and editing
skills, including product design and promotion
- Knowledge of web usability standards and practices
- Strong organizational skills, including the ability to handle
multiple assignments and tasks within tight schedules and deadlines
- Self-driven with ability to formulate innovative solutions
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and
oral.
- Relevant education and training
Vacancy: Learning
and Knowledge Management Manager
Report To: Africa Regional M&E Advisor
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Summary Scope of Work: An important part of the project is a learning agenda for the project to ensure that the project continues to build on and reassess its evidence base, effectiveness and to learn from other projects in the region and beyond.
Summary Scope of Work: An important part of the project is a learning agenda for the project to ensure that the project continues to build on and reassess its evidence base, effectiveness and to learn from other projects in the region and beyond.
This
position will lead the development and implementation of the learning agenda
and contribute to the knowledge management activities of the
project.
Responsibilities:
Develop and adapt tools to enhance documentation of best practices and project learning – Identify and adapt, if necessary, existing tools that are being used for best practice project documentation and learning. Project staff will then be trained on these tools; mentored on their completion and finalized documents stored in an easily accessible digital location.
Develop learning and knowledge management agenda for the project staff to promote a learning culture – Building on USAID’s Collaboration, Learning and Adapting framework, develop a specific learning agenda. This agenda will promote an internal culture of learning and of sharing with other stakeholders within EAC and beyond.
Support data quality improvement process for project M&E data - Work with the M&E team to develop a routine data quality assessment program. This program will proactively identify data quality gaps in collected and reported data and develop capacity building activities to address these gaps when they are found.
Design and support project evaluations that respond to Learning Agenda key evaluation questions - Work with the project M&E, Communication and ICT teams to implement key evaluation questions in the Learning Agenda. These evaluations will address both outcome and impact level questions.
Support effectiveness and outcome assessments for Communication other project activities - Work with the Communication team to implement its regular communication effectiveness and outcome assessments. This position will specifically support the design of the methodology, field data collection and writing of the final reports.
Lead in refinement of data and repackaging of project information - Work with the project communications team to further develop and refine project data and information for wider distribution.
Develop and adapt tools to enhance documentation of best practices and project learning – Identify and adapt, if necessary, existing tools that are being used for best practice project documentation and learning. Project staff will then be trained on these tools; mentored on their completion and finalized documents stored in an easily accessible digital location.
Develop learning and knowledge management agenda for the project staff to promote a learning culture – Building on USAID’s Collaboration, Learning and Adapting framework, develop a specific learning agenda. This agenda will promote an internal culture of learning and of sharing with other stakeholders within EAC and beyond.
Support data quality improvement process for project M&E data - Work with the M&E team to develop a routine data quality assessment program. This program will proactively identify data quality gaps in collected and reported data and develop capacity building activities to address these gaps when they are found.
Design and support project evaluations that respond to Learning Agenda key evaluation questions - Work with the project M&E, Communication and ICT teams to implement key evaluation questions in the Learning Agenda. These evaluations will address both outcome and impact level questions.
Support effectiveness and outcome assessments for Communication other project activities - Work with the Communication team to implement its regular communication effectiveness and outcome assessments. This position will specifically support the design of the methodology, field data collection and writing of the final reports.
Lead in refinement of data and repackaging of project information - Work with the project communications team to further develop and refine project data and information for wider distribution.
Write complex documents including research designs
and protocols, case studies and journal publications and actively participate
in and contribute to the knowledge hub
Work collaboratively with other project team
members to ensure that necessary program planning, development, resource
availability and management activities function effectively and efficiently
Promote and support the dissemination of project
information among the project team internally and with other country, regional
and headquarters-based staff
Contribute to timely, accurate and appropriate
reporting of program activities and results to the donor, including progress
reports and annual reports
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Minimum Bachelor's degree and 6+ years relevant experience
- Proven experience in Research, M&E with bias towards knowledge
management and documentation
- Working knowledge of BCC
- Experience in identifying and incorporating or adapting best and
promising practices
- Accustomed to working as a member of a team, building capacity,
delegating work and developing communities of learning
- Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, writing, and oral
presentation skills
- Possession of creative and strategic thinking skills and examples
of applying these successfully
- Effective communicator, with outstanding oral and written
communication skills in English
- Participatory and collaborative working approach
- Passionate, trustworthy, dependable and decisive manager who
communicates effectively and consistently works efficiently to high
standards
Vacancy: Marketing
and Communications Manager
Report To: Regional Communications Advisor
Report To: Regional Communications Advisor
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Summary Scope of Work: This position is responsible for the strategy development, implementation, management and assessment of marketing and communications initiatives to achieve the project’s objectives.
Summary Scope of Work: This position is responsible for the strategy development, implementation, management and assessment of marketing and communications initiatives to achieve the project’s objectives.
This
position will also play a mentoring role to firms in the region to also adapt
these communications and marketing practices.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead implementation of marketing and communications
strategies that build on evidenced-based approaches including; literature
reviews, barrier analyses, pre-testing and continual assessment
- Assess communication capacity of key regional, national and local
institutions and mentor them for improvement.
- Ensure integration and harmonization of messages across various
channels (online, print, media)
- Oversee development, pre-testing and refinement of marketing and
communication materials
- Support the continual monitoring and evaluation of marketing and
communication activity effectiveness for continued improvement and impact
assessment
- Develop brand guidelines and ensure consistency and adherence to
guidelines for all marketing materials and events/activities
Leadership
- Provide strategic leadership and marketing and communications
vision for the project
- Contribute to annual work planning including budgeting, resourcing,
and forecasting
- Establish and maintain a productive relationships with key
stakeholders, including government officials, private sector and civil
society organizations for smooth implementation
- Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure
necessary program planning, development, resource availability and
management activities function smoothly and efficiently
Management
- Able to manage multiple communications staff and consultants in
multiple countries to achieve project timelines
- Record and report on overall project deliverables and milestones,
including presenting that information to the senior management team in the
form of meetings, presentations, and quarterly and annual report creation
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- A university degree in communication, marketing or a related field
required
- Excellent English writing and interpersonal communication skills
required
- A minimum of 5+ years of experience in communication/corporate
marketing including direct experience with capacity assessments and
strategic planning
- Experience in trade and/or private sector development preferred
- Experience with USAID-funded projects desired
- A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating
working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country
partners and counterparts
- Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, writing, and oral
presentation skills
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short
deadlines and intense pressure to perform
- Understanding of how to work with databases, content management and
Microsoft office programs
- Flexibility – ability to be self-driven and proactive in a dynamic
environment, multi task, shift priorities as needed, ability to blend
communication knowledge and skills with organizational strategy
- Attention to detail
- Trend monitoring and online research skills
Vacancy: Senior
ICT Manager
Report To: Regional Director
Report To: Regional Director
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Summary Scope of Work: The Senior ICT Manager will provide technology leadership and implementation oversight for the management, design and development for all Danya’s evidenced based information communications technology (ICT) initiatives in the region.
Summary Scope of Work: The Senior ICT Manager will provide technology leadership and implementation oversight for the management, design and development for all Danya’s evidenced based information communications technology (ICT) initiatives in the region.
The position will be responsible for providing
technical assistance to USG agencies, USG partners, and national government
partners, designing and leading high impact ICT strategies and
implementations.
This individual will also be responsible for
managing and directing ICT-related technical assistance and will be responsible
for providing technology leadership to the team.
The ideal candidate will also have
experience managing website creation, application development and ICT-related
training. Additionally, overall project management experience is
essential.
Tasks require a strong attention to detail and
ability to work under tight deadlines.
Responsibilities:
Leadership
Responsibilities:
Leadership
- Provide strategic leadership and technology vision for the
organization’s ICT program
- Responsible for leading the ICT technical approach across multiple
projects in parallel
- Represent Danya before both operational and senior management
stakeholders and oversee implementation of activities throughout the
Africa region
- Contribute to annual work planning including budgeting, resourcing,
and forecasting
- Establish and maintain a productive relationships with key
stakeholders, including government officials, NGOs and community groups
for smooth implementation
- Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure
necessary program planning, development, resource availability and
management activities function smoothly and efficiently
- Become the go-to person for technology needs definition, scoping,
sizing and advisor on key project milestone gate sign-offs where needed.
Management
- Promote and support the identification and dissemination of best
practices among the project team
- Record and report on overall project deliverables and milestones,
including presenting that information to the senior management team in the
form of meetings, presentations, and quarterly and annual report creation
- Work collaboratively with project staff and US-based headquarters
staff to assure proper financial projections, reporting, spending and
compliance with project terms and conditions.
- Contribute to ensure projects meets set targets
- Contribute to timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program
activities and results to the donor, including progress reports, and
annual reports
- Develops the Quality Delivery approach for the organization by implementing
industry standard best practices within scope and budget.
- Self-starter, capable of shaping, leading and growing a dynamic
partnership and policy function within a global environment
- Strong communication skills, representing the organisation at all
levels at meetings and conferences, writing comprehensive reports and
policy documents, delivering excellent presentations
- Experience of working with Governments and bilateral/multilateral
aid agencies.
- Strong understanding of the latest trends in international
development,
- Experience of sector representation and achieving change through
associations, networks or coalitions of agencies pursuing common interests
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Computer science or similar technology post-graduate degree with
post-graduate level training preferred
- A minimum of 8+ years of senior level experience in designing and
implementing ICT programs for social development programs
- Significant experience in design and development of technology
solutions to increase international development project impact
- Project work experience with open source technology, social media,
online community portals, mobile technology, and on/off connectivity
solutions.
- Familiarity with requirements development and managing the design
of mobile phone applications
- Demonstrated experience leading large ICT initiatives funded by
international donor organizations, preferably funded by USAID or other USG
agencies
- Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable
projects by promoting reusability of design and solutions, reusability of
portions statements of work where applicable, and alignment of internal
team capability with business being pursued and solutions being developed.
- Expertise in research to practice – identifying industry and local
best practices and adapting them to program realities including local
environment restraints, budget, skillsets, governmental cultures, and
stakeholder review/approval procedures
- A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating
working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country
partners and counterparts
- Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, writing, and oral
presentation skills
- Strong change management, results oriented and decision making
skills
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short
deadlines and intense pressure to perform
- Fluency in English
- Ability to travel nationally and internationally
- Project Management Certification (PMP) or Agile Project Management
Certification or similar experience
- Excellent grasp of developing project Work Breakdown Structures
(WBSs) or by using Microsoft Project with respect to contract scope
requirements
- Preferred experience and understanding of Behavior Change
Communication and Monitoring & Evaluation with respect to Social
Programs in Africa.
How to Apply
Interested applicants please email CV together with
a covering letter which explains how you meet the criteria in this job
description to: recruitmentafrica@danya.com
Important: Please entitle your email subject line with: Your name, position title and save letter together with CV in one attached file
