Central Africa Programme Officer Vacancy - Computer Aid International

UK Based Charity involved in ICT for development to provide PCs to Educational Institutions and NGOs with regional office in Nairobi Kenya

Closing date: 07 Jun 2010
Location: Kenya

Computer Aid is a not-for-profit NGO registered as a charity in the UK. Computer Aid has a values-based NGO ethos and is driven by social objectives.

Computer Aid is the world's largest and most experienced not-for-profit provider of refurbished PCs to educational institutions and not-for-profit civil society organisations. Computer Aid has provided over 160,000 PCs in 105 countries around the world, of which 70% have been provided to African organisations. Computer Aid only provides high-quality, professionally refurbished Pentium4 PCs.

Computer Aid is seeking to appoint a Central Africa Programme Officer to specifically handle Central African countries. The objective of this post is to further extend the number of beneficiaries through outreach in the Central Africa region to promote the application of low-cost ICTs to education and social development. The intention of extending the Nairobi office is to draw upon expertise in Africa and to better understand and respond to developing needs within target beneficiary groups.

The successful post-holder will need to be a dynamic, self-motivated individual with the leadership, marketing and relationship-building skills that will be necessary to achieve the set objectives. The post-holder will be confident in communicating, and in relationship-building, with all key actors from government, international organisations, NGOs and grassroots organisations.

This is a challenging and exciting post where the post-holder will be able to see the direct and concrete outcomes of their work impacting positively in education as well as in civil society organisations that play key roles in social change in the region. The post-holder will have scope to shape product and service delivery and the satisfaction of driving growth in provision and in establishing a new self-sustaining unit within the wider organisation. The post holder will be assigned specific countries and targets to attain.

The post is initially for 6 months. It is expected and intended that the post contract will be extended and made permanent subject to the satisfactory review of performance against objectives. It is not envisaged that any factors other than progress to viability would prohibit Computer Aid from establishing a permanent post. Success in meeting these objectives so is central to Computer Aid's plan for continued growth.

The post requires extensive travel across the region (between 10 and 14 days PCM). The post-holder must be free of any health, familial or other factors that would restrict their ability to make frequent trips often at short notice.

How to apply

Send blank email to centrafrica@computeraid.org to receive application pack.