Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, May 04, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Specialist works alongside other Regional Missions’ DDAs across geographies, other Mission staff managing digital programs across technical offices (including activity managers and COR/AORs), and fellow Mission Digital Development Advisors across the globe.
The Specialist reports to the Director, EG.

Statement of Duties to be performed.
• Technical Support and Project/Program Management (50 %)
• Support the implementation of recommendations from USAID/Uganda’s Digital Agriculture Ecosystem Assessment on addressing the agriculture sector bottlenecks.
• Provide technical and organizational advice to Mission staff and IPs in integrating digital development tools and approaches to better meet strategic objectives.
• Engage a wide set of stakeholders throughout the Mission as well as from private sector, multilateral agencies, and foreign organizations integrate digital approaches and best practices.
• Convene and participate in technical meetings, consultations and working groups with key stakeholders to address issues such as data privacy, cybersecurity, digital payments, and digital inclusion, both internally and within the wider international development and technology communities.
• Contribute to the development of digital innovations and adaptations of digital innovations to advance
• Mission goals.
• Introduce and advise on digital tools for development (e.g., crowdsourcing platforms or mobile data n collection tools).
• Collaborate with and support related Mission programs to ensure the implementation of digital tools and services.
• Provide technical support for specific digital interventions (e.g., mobile phone based systems for real time data collection and digital financial services, including negotiations with mobile network companies and other service providers).
• Identify and facilitate the use of appropriate implementing mechanisms that best meet program needs, facilitating professional guidance during the design of activities employing digital tools.
• Perform and/or evaluate data-driven analyses of project success in achieving stated goals. Identify opportunities for further improvement and take steps to make appropriate changes.
• Liaise with the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) USAID office based in Washington DC, and perform Activity Manager duties for DIV grants.
• Perform AOR/COR duties for mechanisms with digital development and innovations as needed.
• Digital Strategy Management (30 %)
• lead the Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) process, develop plans to implement
• recommendations, with support from headquarters and update the assessment annually.
• Establish a Digital Strategy for the Mission that identifies priorities and goals and methodologies for implementation.
• Lead the development of a Digital Development Mission Order that provides guidance to the Mission on what required steps they must take to integrate the Agency’s Digital Strategy in their work including project and activity designs, and performance management.
• Consult with Mission colleagues and IPs to offer needs-based suggestions on the utility of the Digital
• Strategy initiatives for improving outcomes.
• Participate in and/or lead conferences, trainings, and other means of promoting, creating knowledge, and building capacity related to the responsible use of digital technology in Agency development and humanitarian assistance activities.
• Develop partnerships and networks with local innovators, youth organizations, Non-Governmental
• Organizations (NGOs), cultural and religious organizations, the private sector, local media, and academia to build and provide community of practice to nurture and share innovative ideas, develop the next generation of thought leaders, and build local capacity.
• Work with headquarters to provide basic training to Mission staff on Digital Development broadly and digital approaches specifically tailored to Mission needs.
• Facilitate technical support between USAID/Washington and the Mission to support the initiatives of the four-track implementation plan for the Digital Strategy (adopt an ecosystem approach, help partners navigate risk and rewards, shift to digital by default, and build the USAID of tomorrow). Strategic Planning and Support (20 %)
• Provide a technical perspective to ongoing Mission programming, introducing, and supporting policies and processes that enable incorporation of digital tools and analytical capacity in the Mission’s portfolio.
• Work closely with Mission staff across teams and across sectors to review and identify optimal entry points for digital tools and analytical support. Incorporate digital technology into requests for proposals (RFPs) and contracting language.
• Proactively scout for new ideas and opportunities within the local technology community, among USAID partners and externally, and include them in strategic planning for the Mission. In particular look at approaches or technologies that can be implemented in an integrated fashion across sectors or across offices.
• Build collaborative relationships within the Mission, the Agency, and with IPs, to identify and incorporate digital solutions with relevance in the local context. Keep partners appraised of progress and critical issues. As appropriate, identify additional entities capable of adding value to the project, and seek support.
• Identify opportunities for new external partnerships with the private sector, local partners and others on digital global goods, common architectures, interoperability, and public use (e.g., shared short-codes) and lead proposal and partnership development efforts in close collaboration with the Mission, and with support from the Lab where applicable.
• Prepare and present concept papers, background analyses, and briefings to build support for the use of digital tools throughout the Mission.
• The contractor is eligible for temporary duty (TDY) travel to the U.S., or to other Missions abroad, to
• Supervisory Relationship:
• The Specialist works under the general supervision of the Director, EG.
• Supervisory Controls: The direct supervision of other staff is not contemplated.
• Physical demands: The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.

Minimum Qualifications Required for this Position
• Education:
• Bachelor's Degree in economics, statistics, geography, data science, information and communication technology, computer science, or other related degree supported by significant training in information and communication technology, or digital development is required.
• Prior Work Experience:
• From five (5) years of progressive experience providing support and technical expertise around a variety of digital development initiatives for stakeholders in International Development, Donor Agency, or Private Sector Organization.
• Experience working alongside Government of Uganda (GOU) counterparts and other key stakeholders such as private sector and non-profit sector on designing and implementing digital development initiatives or developing policy to support open, secure, and interoperable digital infrastructure is required.
• Language Proficiency:
• English Level 4 (Fluent) is required, and English proficiency will be tested.

Skills and Abilities:
• Ability to respond positively to shifting priorities and project timelines.
• Ability to lead, supervise, and respond to change in a high pace environment and the ability to maintain strong working relationships with colleagues. Excellent presentation and documentation skills.
• Ability to support the design and supervise the implementation of digital systems and approaches and take advantage of opportunities to work collaboratively with local governments, private sector partners, NGOs, innovators, tech communities, and others to institutionalize the use of digital technology across
• USAID/Uganda offices and teams.
• Ability to write and review of various types of solicitations that request sustainably designed and principled proposals and that surface the most appropriate technical solutions for a given problem.
• Strong capabilities in the following technical areas of expertise:
• Advising organizations on how to incorporate digital solutions into their programming to support the achievement of development objectives including working with mobile devices, internet connectivity, digital financial services, and solutions for data collection, analysis, and sharing, preferably in international development, including a comprehensive understanding of solutions for Short Message Service, Interactive Voice Response, smartphones, tablets, social media, websites, and messaging apps.
• Experience managing projects in line with the internationally recognized Principles for Digital
• Development and U.S. policies related to open data and internet freedom.
• Supporting, using, or working with Digital Payment providers and/or applications with a particular focus on improving financial inclusion.
• Supporting, using, or working with GIS software to include providing data analysis and data visualization products.
• Working with Internet Service Providers, local governments, and communities to support digital inclusion and reduce the digital divide.
• Building, facilitating, coordinating, and maintaining large-scale collaborative efforts between numerous donors, NGOs, private industry partners, and other stakeholders.
• Working in start-up companies/organizations. Entrepreneurial failures are considered as valuable learning experience.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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