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As a federal company, GIZ supports the federal government in achieving its goals in international cooperation for sustainable development.

By sending qualified specialists as development aid workers, GIZ is making a contribution to permanently improving the living conditions of local people.

• Job ID: P1533V4320
• Location: Khartoum
• Period of application: 01.10.2020 - 31.12.2022
• Specialty: Information and communication technology
• Employment type: full-time
• Application deadline: 04.08.2020

Field of activity

Our Digital Ambassador Initiative aims to provide disadvantaged groups, municipalities and civil society organizations in Africa with better access to current digital technologies and their use. In this way, more people should benefit from the opportunities of digitization. The initiative particularly promotes access to the Internet in rural areas, digital literacy of women, girls and young people and digital support for democratic processes. This means that digital ambassadors are intermediaries between the digital world, the digital ecosystems and the local realities, which, in peer-to-peer approaches, provide innovative solutions to overcome the digital divide between city and country, poor and rich, or men and women ( co-develop) and advance their scaling.

Your tasks

• Teaching basic digital skills
• Development of easily accessible digital information channels in the area of ​​the entrepreneur and start-up scene
• Digitization in vocational training and design of concepts for non-governmental organizations that are committed to democratic participation online
• Development of solutions that are designed and developed with local partners

your profile

• Completed university degree or professional degree related to digital change or a comparable education
• Affinity to the topic of digital transformation combined with first practical work experience and first experiences in the field of international cooperation
• Proven IT knowledge and experience as well as understanding of IT developments and information and communication technology projects
• Knowledge of the promotion of 'digital literacy' and consulting approaches for information and communication technologies as well as interest in cooperation and interface management and process design
• Experience abroad and experience working in intercultural contexts
• Sensitivity in experience with approaches to equality between men and women

• Teamwork and networking skills combined with the talent to think conceptually and analytically as well as a structured work style
• Very good knowledge of English and French; Knowledge of German is an advantage

Location information

• Khartoum offers an international school, good shopping and basic medical care. Various restaurants and cafés offer both Sudanese and international cuisine
• There are various leisure options
• The climate in Khartoum is very hot but dry, in summer the temperatures rise to over 40 degrees
• Sudan is an Islamic country. International employees, especially from Germany, are shown a great deal of respect, the hospitality of the Sudanese is proverbial

The security situation is tense. Special precautionary measures apply to GIZ employees on site. The GIZ security measures must be followed at all times. Please also find out about country-specific information provided by the Federal Foreign Office. GIZ is on site with professional security risk management. The freedom of movement is restricted. GIZ does not restrict family members from leaving the country. We ask you, if necessary, to find out which forms of relationship are legally and socially accepted in the country of assignment.

Hints

The GIZ development service welcomes applicants with completed vocational training and / or a degree who have at least two years of relevant professional experience. You also have German citizenship or the nationality of another EU member state.

Please understand that we can only accept and process applications via our e-recruiting system. After confirming the successfully created application, we ask you to check your spam / junk folder regularly, as e-mails from our eRecruiting system are classified as spam by some providers.

Here you can get an overview of our service packages.

A prerequisite for the conclusion of the contract is the lifting of the restrictions currently applicable to the international travel and business travel options in order to curb the worldwide spreading Covid 19 virus.

Our benefits

• We are a service provider of international cooperation for sustainable development and work worldwide for a future worth living. We support projects in more than 130 countries in order to achieve sustainable goals together with our partners.
• At the beginning of your work there is an induction and preparation phase that gives you initial insights into GIZ and lays the foundations for the upcoming assignment as well as establishing contacts and networks.
• Extensive examinations and precautionary measures (e.g. when hiring, before leaving the country, while staying in a country of deployment, in an emergency) are a matter of course for our employees and family members traveling with them.
• As a development worker, you can use the project vehicle for trips to school or to the doctor or get a monthly mobility fee as a replacement. Private trips with the project vehicle are also possible with the approval of the manager.
• As a development worker, you will receive extensive additional benefits (e.g. foreign allowance, family allowances, private group health insurance) in addition to the basic maintenance allowance.
• To enable you to prepare for your development aid assignment and your departure, you will receive an exit holiday after your preparation time in Germany.
• For children traveling under 14 who are entitled to maintenance, we cover a large part of the childcare costs, provided that your partner does not travel with you and does not work as a development assistant or integrated specialist. Costs for kindergarten or schooling are mostly covered.
• We reimburse your rental costs based on the country-specific rent index and pay an additional equipment and furnishing fee.
• You and your family members traveling with you are insured through us with health and liability insurance, and your family members are also insured against accidents. For crisis countries, we have a comprehensive risk management system for your protection that minimizes personal dangers and risks.

We are a service provider of international cooperation for sustainable development and work worldwide for a future worth living. We support projects in more than 130 countries in order to achieve sustainable goals together with our partners. At the beginning of your work there is an induction and preparation phase that gives you initial insights into GIZ and the basics for the upcoming assignment as well as the contact and network development., Extensive examinations and precautionary measures (e.g. when hiring, before leaving the country, while staying in a country of deployment, in an emergency) are a matter of course for our employees and family members traveling with them , in addition to the basic maintenance allowance, Comprehensive additional benefits (e.g. foreign allowance, family allowances, private group health insurance). So that you can prepare for your development aid mission and your departure, you will receive an exit holiday after your preparation time in Germany We assume a large part of the childcare costs, provided your partner does not travel with you and is not working as a development assistant or integrated specialist. Costs for kindergarten or school attendance are mostly covered. As a development worker, you can use the project vehicle for trips to school or to the doctor or get a monthly mobility fee as a replacement. Private trips with the project vehicle are also possible with the approval of the manager. You and your family members traveling with you are insured through us with health and liability insurance and your family members are also insured against accidents. For crisis countries, we have a comprehensive risk management system for your protection that minimizes personal dangers and risks.

about us

We offer you work in an innovative, global development policy institution. Your skills are required in an interdisciplinary team on site. They advise state and civil society organizations at local and municipal level. The GIZ development service offers a comprehensive service package. This includes targeted professional and personal preparation. The basis for the posting of specialists in the development service is the Development Aid Act (EhfG).

Contact & application

Customer portal of the recruitment and follow-up department +49 6196 / 79-3200kundenportal-rueckfragen@giz.de

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