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An IT specialist at the Kenya Society for KSB, Nairobi, Kenya
What's the context and purpose of the role?
KSB's objective is the creation of an environment that encourages the inclusion of visually impaired persons and promotes the prevention of avoidable blindness. You'll be supporting this goal by strengthening KSB's IT capacity to allow visually impaired people to access and use IT systems. You'll enable the IT department staff and the visually impaired to become confident users of the software programmes available. These new skills will provide the visually impaired with improved access to higher education and employment resulting in increased independence.
What does the role involve?
What skills, experience and personal qualities are needed for the role?
You'll be educated to Degree level in Computer Science, Information Systems Management or a related field. Your recent work experience will encompass creating programmes for the visually impaired and training others in how to use these. In addition you'll be familiar with Wide Area Networking (WAN) and Local Area Networking (LAN) and have gained skills in database development and maintenance and JAWS software.
Working at different levels within the organization, from senior staff to field workers and parents and children in the programmes, you'll be confident being part of a team with little formal supervision.
And the rest
You'll be based in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, a cosmopolitan, lively, interesting and pleasantly landscaped city. It's a great place to tune into modern urban African life. You could dance away the night to the most popular musical style in Kenya, a contemporary dance music known as 'benga'. Less strenuous activities include sampling the many delicious varieties of food on offer, just keep away from the bootleg liquor chang'a or kumi-kumi. You'll meet Kenyans from all walks of life, from the highest income brackets to the very poor living in large unplanned and poor settlements. Kenya is one of the most beautiful countries in Africa and you'll find plenty of places to visit in your time off.
Well ask you to commit to 12 - 24 months to make a sustainable contribution to our development goals. In return, well give you comprehensive financial, personal and professional support. We'll provide you with extensive training before your placement, and our financial package includes a local salary, return flights, accommodation, insurance and more. When you return to your home country, we'll help you to resettle and many of our returned volunteers stay involved with us long after their placement ends.
Candidate must be eligible to work in this location, for more information use the help page.
