UN Women International Consultant Jobs in Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

UN Women International Consultant Jobs in Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Background

AGCCI is a programme that is being implemented by UN Women in collaboration with the African Union Commission and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and is designed to expose and equip young girls with digital literacy, CODING and personal development skills.

The four-year programme with a total programme budget of US$7.5Million will train young girls to become programmers, creators and designers, placing them on track to take up educations and careers in ICT and CODING through the following overall components:

CODING Camps in countries across Africa targeting young girls aged between 17 – 20 years from African countries.

The first CODING Camp took place in Addis Ababa in August 2018 with up to 90 young girls aged 17-20 years from all AU Member States followed by the second regional coding camp that hosted 43 girls from the SADC region.

Duties and Responsibilities

Develop, design and implement a three-day training programme on Mainstreaming ICT, Gender and Coding into the national curricula of relevant ministries including outline content and time frame; (The training must be contextualized to African countries reality).

Develop, design and implement a consecutive two-day TOT following the initial training

Prepare major points of discussion (e.g. using Power Point) that could be easily referred to in the organization of the training,

Develop and conduct Pre- and Post-assessment of the training

Prepare a final workshop report that includes assessment of

participants evaluations

Guide the participants to prepare plan of activities relating to duplication of the training in their respective countries

Prepare a full report of the training and TOT

Required Skills and Experience

Education

Master’s degree in Social Sciences such as Gender and Women’s Studies, International Studies or related field.

Additional qualifications in working on projects/programmes such as Girls in ICT, Coding or STEM is strongly preferred

Experience and skills

A minimum of seven years professional experience iworking on policy and/or research related to only girls in ICT; demonstrated skills in gender analysis, particularly in relation to ICT and Coding.

Substantial experience in content editing and writing as well as publication of manual/strategy of similar nature.
Familiarity with UN and/or AU report writing style preferred.

Demonstrated substantive and technical knowledge to meet requirements of the consultancy tasks.

Prior experience in providing a training on Mainstreaming ICT, Coding and Gender in other African countries is strongly preferred.

The consultants should be able to understand the practical challenges and opportunities of mainstreaming ICT and Coding in times of conflict.

An ideal candidate should have creativity, strong organizational ability, capacity to deliver on time, excellent presentation skill and be responsive to feedback.

Language

Excellent knowledge of written and oral communication in English

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 17th May 2019

For more information and job application details, see; UN Women International Consultant Jobs in Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

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