Deadline: 18 February, 2021
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is seeking to fill the role of Regional ICT Advisor.
NRC provides assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
- Develop/review the regional ICT strategy as per the NRC’s global ICT strategy (direction, guidance and standards), and ensure dissemination and implementation in the region
- Contribute to the development of policies, strategies, tools and new approaches, with a focus on innovation and piloting
- Provide strategic advice and technical support on ICT to the country offices in the region
- Support and monitor compliance with the ICT strategy and NRC policies, and respective quality assurances – including information security and minimum standards
- Provide control checks to the country office, ensuring compliance to the ICT strategy and policies through travel visits to the country offices
- Analyse current and future ‘business demand’ and translate this into clear ICT requirements and plans at regional level
- Implement regional specific ICT technical SOPs, guidelines ad tools in line with global ICT standards, policies and guidelines
- Ensure implementation of the global ICT initiatives/tools/system within the region
- Ensure adequate security standards are applied to all applications and/or locally developed solutions in the region
- Ensure proper backup mechanisms and disaster recovery procedures for the ICT platforms at regional level
- Support country offices in establishing technical management of ICT infrastructure in line with country office needs and ambition level
- Provide regular ICT report for the region, including recommendations for improvements
Requirements
- Three years, minimum, of experience working in similar role in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Experience working in complex and volatile contexts
- Technical ICT expertise
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Fluency in English and French (both written and verbal)
- Project management skills
- Knowledge of Central and West Africa is a plus
To apply and for more information, click here.
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