11 Job Positions at RWANDA INFORMATION SOCIETY AUTHORITY (RISA): (Deadline 8 July 2022)

11 Job Positions at RWANDA INFORMATION SOCIETY AUTHORITY (RISA): (Deadline 8 July 2022)

4 Job Positions of SPIU Innovation Hub Specialist at RWANDA INFORMATION SOCIETY AUTHORITY (RISA): (Deadline 8 July 2022)

Job description

Hub Management Function
• Lead, supervise and oversee the day to day management of Hanga Hubs and ensure that all activities are executed in line with project grant contracts.
• Ensure that Hanga Hub is established and it becomes fully functional includes making sure that the hub facilities are operational as well as making sure utilies services, tools, equipment, and furniture are cared for, well maintained and complies with necessary standards
• Sets Hanga Hub Innovation targets, plans the relevant budget, controls expenditure and operational costs.
• Facilitate and Coordinate Hanga hub programmes and ensure that Hanga Hub Activities from Idiation (Selection Process, training preparations, )s are running smoothly
• Coordinate day-to-day administrative work of the hub including mornitoring of building’s access, maintain security and safety of tenants and equipments, planning and budgeting, repoting of project activities, managing inventory stock levels, ordering consumables
Facilitator, Mentor and Coach Function:
• Organize the recruitment processes of innovators/startups to be enrolled in the Hanga Hub Model (Idiation, Pre-Incubation, Incubation)
• Assist innovators/start-ups to buid a strong entrepreneurial acumen and other soft skills including leadership, teamwork,
• Assit innovators/statups to identify problems/gaps, test the technical and/or market validity of their offering/idea, investigate different business models
• Assist innovators/start-ups to translate ideas into market-ready prototpe by identify the best customer segments, formulating an excellent value proposition, establishing supply chain structures, and developing a revenue strategy.
• Assist startup/innovator to get technical support needed to move their product(s) or service(s) from a minimum viable market to at least a minimum marketable product
• Assist startup/innovator to get advisory support to build internal capabilities to successfully rollout the products or services to the market.
• Must be stationed and live in any of the secondary cities where Hanga Hubs are located

SPIU-Communication Specialist(Under Contract) at RWANDA INFORMATION SOCIETY AUTHORITY (RISA): (Deadline 8 July 2022)

Job description

• Elaborate and Implement the communications and stakeholder engagement strategy for Hanga Hub Project in line with the EU stretegy. The strategy will help to enhance the awareness, understanding, and knowledge of key stakeholders in the general public, government, private sector, and academic. It will also serve to guide effective engagement with stakeholders, fostering behaviour and perceptions change where necessary, and help to achieve the overall project objectives. The strategy should specify appropriate communication channels, dissemination methods and media such as video, print, web/online media, traditional media, and social media, among others, to effectively communicate to specific stakeholders.
• Conceptualize, design and develop materials with appropriate and relevant messages tailored for key stakeholders using various formats as appropriate such as text, graphics, imageries, infographics, video etc. in line with the EU strategy
• Conceptualization a branding manual and guidelines serving to create a brand image for the project
• Creative graphic designs for print or digital media purposes that are consistent with the brand image of the project
• Raise the awareness of the Project activities/Outputs through printed and electronic media (coverage and advertising) as well as event coverage
• Engage in copywriting, presentation development, scriptwriting, storytelling for audio-video production and other content development as requested
• Strengthen the implementation of the ecosystem’s communications and stakeholder engagement efforts through training services
• Develop digital marketing campaigns using such tools as the Ministry’s own platforms, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Ads, and others.
• Maintain a web and social media calendar and content plans of content themes andall upcoming coverage schedules according to the calendar.
• Prepare social media packs for projects, events, initiatives, campaigns.
• Actively engage with onli

ne audiences and partners through reaching out to themand timely responses to messages and comments on those channels.
• Assist with digital marketing and promotional materials, webinars, newsletters, and social media management and content development
• Propose press messages/communique, handle media invitations and follow up and
review media publications
• Generate and analyse reports on online traffic and KPIs using Google Analytics and
social media focused analytics

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4 Job Positions of SPIU FabLab / MakerSpace Senior Engineers at RWANDA INFORMATION SOCIETY AUTHORITY (RISA): (Deadline 8 July 2022)

Job description

Hub Management Function
• Support the Innovation Hub Manager on the day-to-day management and coordination of the Hub
• Participate in the creation and establishment of Hanga Hub FabLab and making sure it becomes operational
• Be responsible for day-to-day operations of the FabLab
• Ensure management of consumables, raw materials and spare parts including managing inventory of stock levels as well as supply of consumables, spare parts, and other tools
• Support the hub tenants in the discovery and use of machines and the integration of new technologies into their personal projects
• Enforce rules and procedures for the access and use of equipment, tools and machine and safety, as well as for the protection and safety of users.
• Ensure the safe and correct use of all Hub machinery including making sure that all hardware and machine are properly maintained
• Help establish the creation of a local community of Fablab and anchor it to the network of fablab ecosystem
• Must be stationed and live in any of the secondary cities where Hanga Hubs are located
Facilitator, Mentor and Coach Function:
• Organize the recruitment processes of innovators/startups to be enrolled in the Hanga Hub Model (Idiation, Pre-Incubation, Incubation)
• Assist innovators/start-ups to translate ideas into market-ready prototype by gathering requirement specification, setting the design and production specifications, testing the technical feasibility, estimating the cost to engineer the prototype
• Assist the innovators/startups to identify the key customer pain points and by using agile approaches, develop a realistic product development/improvement plan to move the product from a minimum viable product up to a market ready product

SPIU-Logistics Specialist(Under Contract) at RWANDA INFORMATION SOCIETY AUTHORITY (RISA): (Deadline 11 July 2022)

Job description

Logistics Function:
• Develop tools for proper management of project assets and logistics;
• Ensure daily management of project assets and logistics in order to facilitate the proper execution of the project;
• Ensure the codification and record of assets;
• Elaborate and update the status of the inventory of fixed assets on regular basis;
• Ensure the delivery of material or equipment ordered to Hubs;
• Organize and supervise distribution of purchased assets to the hubs;
• Ensure maintenance of fixed assets;
• Identify equipment that need to be replaced based on law related to amortization rate, and the status of material;
• Provide a written technical advice for the decommissioning of damaged or depreciated equipements;
• Participate in elaboration of Contract for maintenance, service and equipments;
• Ensure the proper management of project and hub stores;
• Elaborate a consolidation report related to all property to the competent authority on regular basis (monthly, quarterly and annual) and on time.
Human Resource Function:
• Management of Project Staff and ensure the staff’s welfare;
• Coordination of leave and capacity development plan for the project staff;
• Provision of HR-related advice to the institution;
• Management of HR Budgeting, Payroll, employment contracts, and various HR legal issues for Project Staff;
• Coordination of the Implementation of the performance management system for the project.

SPIU-Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist(Under Contract) at RWANDA INFORMATION SOCIETY AUTHORITY (RISA): (Deadline 8 July 2022)

Job description

• Establish mechanisms for data collection;
• Establish a system of monitoring and evaluation of the activities/ projects to be managed by the SPIU as well as developing M&E tools;
• Design an appropriate system of evaluation of performance indicators for all projects to be implemented under SPIU;
• Design an appropriate reporting format to be disseminated and agreed upon with all stakeholders;
• Provide high quality and timely periodical reports of activities (monthly, quarterly and annual reports) for all the activities during the project preparation phase;
• Ensure that the reports are validated, approved and
disseminated;
• Act as a whistle-blower in case of delays or deviation from the targets;
• Lead efforts to monitor and evaluate activities, interventions, document results and provide feedback to stakeholders to guide decision-making.