Terms of Reference Recruitment Program Support Coordinator-SADA

• Position: Program Support Coordinator-SADA
• Duration: One (1) year, renewable
• Location: Kigali, Rwanda
• Deadline: December 11th ,2022 at 11:00 PM Kigali (GMT+2) time

1. Smart Africa

The Smart Africa Alliance is a partnership among African countries adhering to the Smart Africa Manifesto (herein after referred to as “the Manifesto”), the African Union (AU Commission, AUDA, specialized institutions and Regional Economic Communities), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the World Bank, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the Private Sector, Academic and Research Institutions.

The Smart Africa Alliance (or Smart Africa) is a bold and innovative commitment from African Heads of State and Government to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development on the continent, ushering Africa into a knowledge economy through the usage of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).

On 30th-31st January 2014, the Smart Africa Manifesto was endorsed by all Heads of State and Government of the African Union at the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa. This development places the Manifesto at the heart of the ICT agenda in Africa beyond just the 7 original signatories at the Summit to all African countries. The Smart Africa Alliance has since grown to include 32 African countries that represent 815+ million people.

The Smart Africa Manifesto aims to put ICT at the center of the continental and national socio-economic development of Member States. This means increasing access to ICT solutions, improving accountability, efficiency, and openness through ICT, promoting the introduction of advanced technologies in telecommunication, strengthening the private sector, leveraging ICT to promote sustainable development.

The Smart Africa Alliance as an organization is the framework for implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Manifesto, designed to make it actionable. The Smart Africa Alliance is not a profit-oriented organization.

2. Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA)

The Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) is the delivery vehicle of the Smart Africa capacity building and skills development activities across the various digital skills spectrum. It is a pan-African dynamic learning ecosystem in which African citizens of all ages and social classes can gain or improve their digital skills, gain qualifications, meet the emerging talent needs of employers, industry or be self-reliant.

The birth of SADA was driven by the need to meet a genuine need of sustainable jobs driven by the fact that 15% of the world’s working-age population are expected to be from Africa by 2030. The governments of the Smart Africa Member States recognize the urgency to drive inclusion and economic growth through the development and adoption of strategies for education and skills development to build this required future workforce. Digital skills development at all levels – from basic to competency-based – is required to allow the uptake of new technologies in the economy, increase productivity, support growth while avoiding unnecessary disruptions in the labor market and society.

Eighteen months since its birth, SADA has successfully impacted over 3000 policy and established national academies in seven (7) countries through an initial funding from BMZ/GIZ. As the Smart Africa Digital Academy program enters its full-scale phase, the Smart Africa Secretariate seeks to recruit an experienced Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning expert to develop a ME&L plan that uses evidence and systematic reflection to improve the relevance, effectiveness, and impact of the SADA program.

3. Duties and Responsibilities  

The Smart Africa Secretariat would like to recruit a Program Support Coordinator for the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) to provide administrative support for the SADA program planning, development, and implementation while coordinating the various teams to ensure effective collaboration towards achieving desired goals.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide administrative support to the Program Director, as well as the department.
• Track the implementation of the SADA projects actions and deliverables to ensure responsibility, accountability, and timeline for delivery
• Develop a reporting system for SADA program activities that tracks daily, weekly, and monthly actions, and put processes into place to ensure its utilization
• Coordinate with other directorates and stakeholders to schedule meetings and activities supporting SADA’s execution
• Oversee communications and information sharing within SADA
• Design and implement mechanisms and tools to ensure streamlining of all SADA procedures and processes and in line with the Smart Africa Secretariate process framework and workflow.
• Participate in project meetings and workshops and other activities as required.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Prepare documents such as Memos, and communications in support of program activities, and as directed by the Supervisors.
• Any other assignments or projects, which will be assigned from time to time by the leadership of Smart Africa;

4. Key qualifications

Education:

• A Bachelor’s Degree or related degree in IT Business administration (preferred), Information Technology, Computer sciences, Business administration, or related fields.

Professional Experience:

• At least five (5) years of relevant work experience in program/project coordination support, preferably with international organizations
• Experience in results-based management, project monitoring, reporting, and evaluation.
• Exposure to program coordination settings in an international organization
• Experience in use of computer including Internet research, intermediate to advanced level of knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications, web-based databases, and project management tools.
• Experience with daily, detailed data entry and outreach with ability to build or utilize tracking and monitoring systems
• Management experience including the ability to provide strategic guidance, technical oversight, build strong teams, mentor staff, develop work plans, and manage budgets and project expenditures.
• Deadline oriented with ability to manage large volume of data

General attributes and skills:

• Commitment and understanding of the Smart Africa’s vision, mission, and goals;
• Demonstrate written, analytical, presentation, reporting, and computing skills and familiarity with modern communication systems (internet, the world wide web, email, etc);
• Ability establish and maintain effective working relationships with all SADA stakeholders
• High degree of flexibility to work independently on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work in a team.

Languages:

• Fluency in French or English, a good working knowledge the other language will be an added advantage.

5. Duration of the assignment

The appointment will be one (1) year renewable subject to availability of fund and performance.

6. Duty Station

The position will be based in Kigali, Rwanda.

7. Reporting requirements

The Program Support Coordinator will report to the Project Manager in Charge of the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) under the Skills and Empowerment Directorate

• A detailed CV with 3 contacts of professional referees.
• A one-page cover letter with a motivation statement in relation to the responsibilities and requirements for this position.
• Copies of academic degree, professional certificates, and other relevant training certificates