ICT and Data Support Specialist Job in Mott MacDonald, Jigawa State
Mott MacDonald - The Cambridge Education-managed Education Sector
Support in Nigeria (ESSPIN) programme is an 8.5-year UK
government-funded programme designed to provide strategic technical
assistance to support education reform at federal level and in six lead
states. It is one of several education programmes managed by Cambridge
Education and the Mott MacDonald group in Nigeria.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: ICT and Data Support Specialist
Job Ref: 19846BR
Location: Jigawa
Work Pattern: Full-Time
Job Category: Education, International development
Job Profile
- The Programme is a UK government funded programme designed to
provide strategic technical assistance at Federal level in up to 6 Lead
States on teachers’ skills improvement.
- It aims ultimately at improving student learning.
- The State ICT and Data Support Specialist will provide
technical advice on the introduction and integration of digital
technology through all aspects of the programme and its component
learning materials, teacher development, M&E and management
activities at state level.
Job Description
Task:
- To identify the most effective, scalable and sustainable model
of supported open and distance, distributed and blended learning
approaches for the programme and the most appropriate forms of
technology to support this;
- Monitor the use and effectiveness of the ICT provision in both
INSET and PRESET components through data collection and provide
assistance in finding short term and long term solutions to any
challenges in the use of ICT
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge base of ICT and developments
in teaching, learning and training, and advise other team members
accordingly, evaluating and sharing examples of innovative and
effective practice elsewhere;
- Produce technical plans, analyses, briefings and reports on ICT-related aspects of the programme.
- Liaise with software providers, mobile phone companies and
providers, and other technology hardware and software providers, to
identify and adopt, adapt or develop packages of hardware, software and
systems which best meet programme purposes;
- Support the introduction and utilisation of innovative approaches the use of ICT for teacher development;
- Provide overall ICT service and support, establish and develop
sustainable systems for maintenance of chosen technologies, and provide
technical lead on all ICT related tasks essential to the effective
running of the Teacher Development Programme;
Candidate Specification
Knowledge, essential competencies, skills and qualifications:
- Degree, or equivalent documented experience, in relevant aspects
of computing, open and distance education or ICT-based training;
- Informed ability to identify and analyse the costs and benefits of ICT options for learning;
- High level of technical skill and up to date knowledge of ICT and its use in education;
- Excellent communication and training skills to support non-technical ICT users and managers.
- Experience of implementing ICT in fragile environments;
- Experience in leading the use of ICT for distance or distributed learning on a large scale;
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online