Post:Technology for Development Specialist -
P3/NOC, Kampala – 11 months – Consultancy Service
Job
from UN Children's Fund
Career categories: Information/Communications
Country: Uganda
City: Kampala
Organisation: UN Children's Fund
Theme: Other
Job years of experience: 5-10 years
Job type: Consultancy
Background: In November 2009, UNICEF Uganda set up a cross-sectoral
Technology for Development Coordination Unit, tasked to support the
integration of innovative practices into traditional UNICEF programming.
The T4D Unit focused on identifying regional and global trends in
innovative technologies, reviewing initiatives with programmatic
counterparts and assessing opportunities for the use of innovations,
advising government counterparts, strengthening partnerships and
supporting capacity building with local and regional stakeholders,
managing the design and development of software applications and
hardware components, coordinating testing and deployment, and monitoring
and evaluating outcomes. As part of this process,