Job Title: IT Specialist
Hiring Organization: Education
Development Center
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Non
profit
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 04/15/2024
Education
Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions
to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity. Since
1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful
and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.
EDC
promotes equity and access to high quality education and health services and
products that contribute to thriving communities where people from diverse
backgrounds learn, live, and work together. We support an inclusive workplace
culture that embraces many perspectives and broadens our understanding of the
communities we serve, enhancing and enriching our work.
Job Description
Project
Description
The
purpose of the Activity is to strengthen accountability and resilience across
the Ministry of Education (MOE) and other relevant semi-autonomous government
agencies (SAGAs) through improved collection, integration, and use of education
data and technology.
Position
Description
The
Information Technology (IT) Specialist will work under the leadership of the
COP. He/she will be responsible for all aspects e-assessment, including
overseeing establishment of test banks, transmission and storage of test items,
successful drawing of tests items, and all digital equipment and assessment
activities conducted in partnership with the Government of Kenya (GoK), sub
partners and grantees as well as developing their digital capacity where
appropriate.
Qualifications
The
candidate for the position of IT Specialist shall have at a minimum the
following qualifications:
Education:
- A
Master’s-level degree in information technology, business, and information
technology (BIT), computer science, information science with IT or related
field from an accredited institution.
Skills
and Experience:
- A
minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in ICT related service
management, IT systems support, basic computer networking, IT system
security management, and related technologies conducting and supporting
assessment.
- Hands-on
experience in installation, troubleshooting, and upgrading of software and
hardware systems such as but not limited to computers, printers, tablets,
servers, portable devices, and other peripheral devices.
- Strong
knowledge of competency based and school-based assessment, experience in
e-assessment methodologies, designing e-assessment frameworks,
e-assessment tools and implementing e-assessments.
- Experience
in developing and managing data dashboard and linkages with other data
systems.
- Ability
to work closely with assessment specialists to develop and manage required
test item banks and information management systems.
- Ability
to manage digital assessments including access to digital assessment
content, generate, analyze, and report digital assessment reports.
- Proven
ability to enhance online in-service and pre-service training forums,
strengthening existing platforms and uploading digital training modules to
be accessed remotely.
- Experience
in acquisition and procurement of ICT equipment and supplies, ICT
inventory management and disposal.
- Experience
in successfully supporting e-assessment of large-scale national reading
programs in a developing country, preferably in Kenya and East Africa, is
highly desired.
- Demonstrated
technical, capacity building, communication, and interpersonal skills to
ensure internal coherence among diverse team members and productive
relations with the GOK, sub partners, and grantees.
- Experience
with donor funded projects, including contracts, and understanding of
USAID rules and regulations.
- Ability
to write, communicate, and prepare reports clearly in English.