Overview
The Technology for Development Specialist will support school connectivity and EdTech programmes for foundational learning in Rwanda, aligning with government goals and UNICEF's equity strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Support school connectivity and Giga-related work, including monitoring internet connectivity status and serving as a technical focal point.
- Coordinate with government entities on school connectivity and profile data validation and use.
- Support the review, cleaning, verification, and updating of school information on Giga platforms.
- Track connectivity performance trends and prepare summaries.
- Support coordination with ITU and Giga global teams on Rwanda-specific priorities.
- Document lessons from connectivity transitions.
- Support the design and implementation of EdTech programmes for foundational learning.
- Contribute technical input on practical school-based use of low-cost digital tools.
- Support curation and technical review of digital learning applications and tools.
- Work with partners to map and organize curriculum-aligned content for devices.
- Support technical specifications for procurement of devices and complementary equipment.
- Follow up with programme partners on device preparation, deployment, and handover.
- Support teacher use of digital tools in classroom settings.
- Support planning and coordination of teacher orientation and training.
- Contribute to user-friendly teacher support materials.
- Support coaching visits to target schools to observe device use and identify bottlenecks.
- Work with partners to strengthen blended follow-up support for teachers.
- Support school-level systems, coordination, and implementation quality.
- Support district and school-level coordination for technology use.
- Liaise with school leaders and district officials to support oversight and follow-up.
- Monitor implementation risks related to technology use.
- Support monitoring, evidence generation, and knowledge management.
- Contribute to monitoring tools, trackers, and reporting formats.
- Consolidate implementation findings, lessons learned, and promising practices.
- Prepare high-quality briefs, presentations, concept notes, and reports.
- Support documentation of perspectives and proof-of-concept models.
- Support partnerships, coordination, and visibility.
- Support engagement with key public and private sector partners.
- Contribute to technical preparation for meetings and events.
- Help position UNICEF Rwanda’s EdTech work.
Required Experience
- Supporting technology-enabled programmes in schools or other public service settings.
- Designing, testing, or implementing digital tools suitable for low-resource or low-connectivity environments.
- Working with government systems or public institutions in Rwanda, preferably in education, ICT, data systems, or service delivery.
- Good understanding of Rwanda’s education and digital policy environment, especially school connectivity, foundational learning, teacher support, and system strengthening.
- Familiarity with digital content curation, device deployment, user support, implementation follow-up, and practical classroom integration of technology.
- Supporting training, coaching, field monitoring, partner coordination, and knowledge management.
- Analyze implementation issues and convert them into clear operational recommendations.
- Writing skills, including reports, presentations, concept notes, meeting briefs, and implementation updates.
- Organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and follow through on details.
- Working collaboratively with government, schools, private sector partners, and UNICEF technical teams.
- Child safeguarding, accessibility, inclusion, and responsible digital practice are desirable.
- Common digital productivity tools are required.
- Familiarity with data tools, device management processes, mapping platforms, or EdTech product review is an advantage.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, computer science, or in a related field.
