Job Title: Software Developer
Organisation: International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Funding Source: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: CSA
Program Lead
About US:
The International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is one of the 15 Institutes of the
CGIAR global research partnerships with headquarters in Ibadan Nigeria. IITA is
a nonprofit organization governed by a Board of Trustees and has a permanent
office in Uganda. IITA focused primarily on improving cassava and banana-based
systems in the nineties. The research focus over the past 5-10 years has
expanded to include research on: climate change, trade-off analysis for
smallholder livelihoods, Innovation systems and impact pathways, and
Institutional and policy dimensions from local to national level.
Job Summary: The Software Developer will support CSA
Program portfolio, will train users of developed software and contribute to
protocol designs and tool development
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
·
Conduct/
provide technical input into ICT needs and capacity assessment.
·
Conduct
ToT on use of ICT Decision Support Tools.
·
Monitor
adoption of ICT decision support tools.
·
Contribute
technical input in the Stepwise Impact Assessment design, protocol and tool
development.
·
Support
the data analyst with data entry and compilation.
·
Provide
ICT technical content for project communication and learning products,
including project briefs, blogs and scientific publications and articles.
·
Identify
and regularly engage with ICT platforms and agri-business platforms to share
learning and identify synergies and potential partnerships.
·
Regular
progress reporting, contributing to internal monthly IITA Hub reporting,
monthly/ quarterly/ annual donor technical and financial reports and trip
reporting from all field activities
·
Contribute
to resource mobilization through development of concept notes and proposals in
collaboration with others.
·
Any
other duties assigned.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
·
The
applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in software Technology, with
specialization in software development and 4 years relevant working experience,
in similar responsibility.
·
Knowledge
and experience working with Research organizations
·
Experience
in designing protocol tools.
·
Excellent
communication skills in English, both written and oral
·
Writing
reports.
·
Computer
proficiency including MS Office (Word/ PowerPoint, excel skills)
·
Ability
to complete multiple tasks under pressure and work in a multi-cultural team
environment
How to Apply:
All candidates
should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 31st December 2020.
NB:
Because of the high numbers of applications, only shortlisted candidates will
be contacted.
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