CONSULTANCY 12 MONTHS: TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT COORDINATOR (GIGA), BARCELONA, SPAIN AT SPAIN

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children.
To save their lives.
To defend their rights.
To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child...
nnovate UNICEF has a 70-year history of innovating for children.
We believe that new approaches, partnerships and technologies that support realizing children’s rights are critical to improving their lives.
The Office of Innovation is a creative, interactive, and agile team in UNICEF.
We sit at a unique intersection, where an organization that works on huge global issues meets the start-up thinking, the technology, and the partners that turn this energy into scalable solutions.
About Giga Launched in as a joint initiative between UNICEF and ITU, Giga has set the ambitious goal to connect every school in the world to the internet.
Half of the world’s population has no regular access to the Internet.
Millions of children leave school without any digital skills, making it much more difficult for them to thrive and contribute to local and global economies.
This has created a digital divide between those who are connected and those who are not, a divide that has become even wider during the Covid-19 pandemic.
UNICEF and ITU have therefore joined forces to create Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and address this new form of inequality.
Giga focuses on connecting schools so that children and young people have access to information, opportunity, and choice.
It also uses schools as anchor points for their surrounding communities.
if you connect the school, you can also connect local businesses and services.
This creates opportunities for service providers to generate revenue from paying users, making connectivity more sustainable.
A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that a 10% increase in school connectivity can increase effective years of schooling by 0.
% and increase GDP per capita by 1.
%.
You can read more about Giga’s work at https://giga.
lobal/ and by following us on twitter @Gigaglobal How can you make a difference?  The Technology Deployment Coordinator will be at the forefront of our efforts to introduce and implement technology solutions in varied environments and countries.
Key responsibilities include.
Market Analysis and Strategy Developments Conduct thorough market analyses to identify opportunities for product deployment, and gain a deep understanding of Giga’s trajectory in countries to date, becoming deeply familiar with existing relationships, successes and roadblocks.
Based on analyses and other information, develop strategies tailored to each country’s specific needs and define, along with product owners and country engagement focal points, product roll out strategies and plans, including marketing efforts, product deployment pipelines, etc.
Develop user-facing documentation and artifacts – such as pitch decks, demos, installation videos – in close coordination with product owners, the Country Engagement team and Communications team.
Stakeholder Engagement.
Build and maintain relationships with country counterparts, technical communities, and other stakeholders to ensure buy-in and support for technology deployments, in constant coordination with the Country Engagement team and UNICEF Country Office colleagues.
Maintain and grow Giga’s list of in-country school connectivity champions.
Track stakeholder engagement and maintain up-to-date data in project management tools.
Product Deployment: