Summary
Date Posted: 9th April 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full_Time , Currency: KES , Value: 27000 , Minimum: 18000 , Maximum: 81000 , Period: MONTH

JOB DETAILS:
Village Enterprise’s mission is to equip people living in extreme poverty with resources to create sustainable businesses. Our vision is a world free of extreme poverty and chronic hunger, where people have the economic means to sustain their families. Since its inception in 1987, Village Enterprise has been developing and refining an innovative model of poverty reduction combining training, seed capital grant or non-cash asset transfer, and ongoing mentoring to create small rural businesses. Village Enterprise’s economic development model plays a unique role in the microfinance industry, providing economic opportunities in rural, agricultural areas that other organizations are not reaching, and gives men and women living in extreme poverty the opportunity to transform a small grant into a new business, a better standard of living, and hope for the future. Village Enterprise is headquartered in San Carlos, CA, and currently operates in Kenya and Uganda.
Job description
Village Enterprise is looking for a dynamic and passionate Chief Technology and Innovation Officer (CTIO), with the desire and skills to lead a growing organization through transformational technological change. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, this position will be responsible for defining the ICT roadmap for increasing the scale and impact of our program, and building and managing a functional team that supports the organization’s ambitions around using technology and innovation to end extreme poverty across sub-Saharan Africa. S/he will need to be a true enterprise ICT architect with a vision for how technology affects the delivery and effectiveness of our entrepreneurship training and mentoring program. S/he will have a deep understanding of how to deliver appropriate solutions, tools, and training that are beneficial to our staff and business owners living in remote and rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.
This position will be based in Kampala or Nairobi and will require travel to our field offices in Kenya and Uganda to provide support to Village Enterprise’s program teams. The CTIO will coordinate regularly with the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Scaling Officer (CSO), Kenya and Uganda Country Directors, Director of Talent Management, other Director-level positions across the organization, and IT support staff.
Job Description:
• Provide Strategic and Management Direction for Technology and Innovation
o Define ICT roadmap, strategy, and ICT architecture for the organization that integrates use of technology for increased organizational scale and impact
o Work with department directors to create strategies for individual functional team efficiency through technology
o Support the development of internal and external communication strategies and delivery of information around the organization’s use of technology to end extreme poverty
o Demonstrate international thought leadership around the use of technology solutions for development
o Present to a board-level committee on a quarterly basis, maintain relationships with key technology stakeholders
o Contribute to the Business Development life cycle through preparation of strategies, approaches, proposals, concept notes, and other relevant activities that generate additional revenue and partnerships for the development of technological solutions
o Develop, track and control the annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing and operations for technology and innovation
• Design, Lead, and Implement Technology and Innovation Pilots and Processes that Increase Scale and Impact
o Provide strategic oversight and direction in identification and prioritization of opportunities and challenges which Village Enterprise can address through technology and innovation that would lead to increased scale and impact
o Lead processes which lead to high value activities and innovations being adopted in critical places across the organization
o Facilitate integration of technology skills and tools within and across functional teams, implement regular cross-team capacity building and feedback structures
o Provide, promote and/or facilitate staff development opportunities (for technology and non-technology specialists) to increase the adoption and use of technological solutions
o Prepare and distribute support materials related to technology and innovations
• Design, Lead, and Implement High Value Partnerships to Support Technology and Innovation
o Drive innovation by developing partnerships with ICT4D organizations and recommending new solutions and ideas across the organization that are designed to meet the future challenges of our operations and program participants
o Engage with Village Enterprise external stakeholders to raise awareness of technology platforms, tools and techniques
o Perform market analysis and identify partnerships that demonstrate shared value. Assess the value of partnerships and innovations through Human Centered Design with a focus of pushing forward Go to Market ideas that integrate or utilize technology solutions
Who we are looking for:
We are looking for an individual with a strong background working in international development organizations to deliver technology solutions to the extreme poor, with a deep understanding of available, cutting-edge technologies in digital training, financial services, etc. S/he would have a track record of evaluating customer/program participant needs and managing innovation delivery from ideation to implementation. S/he would enjoy being a technology ambassador and cultivating a culture of trust and excitement around technological changes.
Candidates that meet the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
• Minimum of 9 years of related professional experience, post-undergraduate experience providing technical assistance for ICT interventions; demonstrated understanding of the constraints to introducing and sustaining ICT interventions in low income rural settings. Bachelor’s degree in relevant computer science, information systems or other related fields. Preferred Master’s degree in relevant IT field
• Demonstrated experience in assessing organizational needs, developing technology plans, policies, and systems, and successfully managing organizational change and initiating key innovations
• Ability to develop, promote and work across cross-functional teams. Strong ability to manage in all directions including with direct reports, other staff, supervisors, and lateral directors
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to mentor and grow staff
• Deep knowledge of nonprofit enterprise solutions and ability to quickly evaluate new tools
• Knowledge of best practices for IT infrastructure management and digital security
• Vast experience with hardware and device management strategies, both on premise and remote
• Passionate about ending extreme poverty in sub-¬‐Saharan Africa. Experience working in international development, preferably serving vulnerable population.. .

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Job application procedure
Interested and qualified? Go to Village Enterprise career website on villageenterprise.bamboohr.com to apply https://villageenterprise.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=28