Advisor Digitalization in Skills Development - Zurich, Schweiz - Swisscontact

Swisscontact

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Zurich, Schweiz

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

The Skills, Labour and Migration Team provides technical expertise and support for internal projects and external clients in advisory services, training, and research, assures the quality of implementation, fosters innovation, and engages in knowledge sharing in its fields of expertise.
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Working on Skills Development in developing and emerging economies requires, more than ever, technological and digital solutions to improve access to and quality of learning and training. Technologies must be fit to context and to the needs of the vulnerable target populations Swisscontact is aiming to link to economic opportunities. The focus for this role is on learning technology mainly in a vocational context (hybrid and e-learning, digital teaching content development, gamification, etc.), but also encompasses designing, supporting, and assessing skills training initiatives related to the digital economy such as coding, digital literacy and inclusion, tech entrepreneurship, etc.
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To complement our dynamic and ambitious team, we are looking for an experienced, highly motivated, outgoing, and client-oriented person who can cover the breadth and manage the diversity of supporting our skills development projects in the areas of learning technologies and training for the digital economy as a versatile team member in the role of Advisor Digitalisation in Skills Development %), with effective start from 1 November 2023 or by agreement.
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Contract duration: unlimited
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Place of work: Zürich
Advisor Digitalization in Skills Development 70%-100%
Contract type

Unlimited
Working location

Zürich

Responsibilities

Provide remote and onsite technical support, strategic guidance, and technical backstopping of project teams in the field of learning technology and digital solutions for skills development principally for projects implemented by Swisscontact, and in the longer term also for other clients.
Carry out project reviews in projects implemented by Swisscontact, and lead project design processes in the field of vocational training for the digital economy (coding, digital literacy and inclusion, digital entrepreneurship, etc).
Deploy contextspecific (e.g., limited connectivity, power cuts, low digital literacy, low numeracy, etc.) strategies for digital solutions to skills development and learning.
Contribute to the identification of trends and thematic areas where advisory services related to learning technology and digitalisation in skills development are needed, and support positioning Swisscontact's thematic expertise within and outside the organisation.
Contribute to the identification of new business opportunities and support business development (bid management, partner/external expert engagement, proposal writing, etc.).
Build up a network of institutional partnerships and consultants related to digitalisation in skills development.
Collaborate closely with Swisscontact's Head of Technology as well as the Head of Impact Measurement and Learning to implement quality standards and align knowledge, processes and ideas for innovation.
Keep an overview of learning/education technology related digital solutions applied in Swisscontact's projects, and document and share good practice and innovation in internal and external networks.
Contribute to the development of training and capacity building sessions/courses and support their delivery to internal and external audiences.
Contributing to vendor selection processes (RFI/RFP) including authoring of requirements and technical specifications based on discussions with colleagues and implementation partners.
Potentially also management of contracting including vendor due diligence (IT security & compliance, maintenance agreements, source code escrow agreements).
Potentially also management of respective technology implementation projects on Swisscontact's side using agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFE etc.).

Requirements:

A bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science or equivalent.
Strong background (experience and skills) in Learning Technology, Ed Tech, Coding Training, Digital Literacy and/or similar.
Background in vocational skills training and/or education is a strong asset.
Additional experience and specialisation in digitalization, including digital marketing, ecommerce, data analytics, and cloud computing, are an asset.
At least 5 years of experience in project management and technical advisory.
Working experience in emerging economies and/or developing countries.
Experience in business development incl. proposal writing.
Excellent multilingual communication, digital and interpersonal skills
Excellent written and spoken command of English and good command of French and/or Spanish. Command of German and other languages is an asset.
Ability to collaborate across different teams in a decentralised organisation.
Excellent selfmanagement and mul