TITLE : Deputy Director Skills and Digital Economy

DESCRIPTION : Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide blended learning facility in schools, colleges, technical and vocational centers, and universities. • Develop digital literacy and digital skill programs for schools, colleges and Universities. • Develop Digital skills programs for women, labor force, government servants, ICT professionals, students, ad literate but marginalized communities • Provide training to employees on IT productivity tools, soft skills and web literacy to improve e-readiness, productivity, and efficiency • Develop certificate programs for digital skills that are in demand to produce quality employable workfare • Develop programs to train freelancers to benefit from the growing gig economy • Identify emerging areas and trends, impart training and develop collaborative programs with academic institutions to spur innovation and digital disruption • Create digital skills working groups having local and international experts to identify and develop a list of key skills (soft and technical), that should be relevant to the market needs in the short, medium and long term • Strengthen digital entrepreneurship through education, training, and facilitation • Establish strong connectivity between digital ecosystem components • Develop local and international partnerships • Provide convenient financing channels for eligible startups and enterprises especially for women entrepreneurs • Develop programs to support startups, incubators, and accelerators • Promote the essence of entrepreneurship in schools, colleges and universities • Facilitate the promotion of IT Parks and tech cities • Provide an environment for increasing ICT exports and revenue • Facilitate SMEs to increasingly adopt e-commerce platforms and digital solutions for their products and services to expand e-business • Facilitate tech-SMEs and tech-businesses to access regional and global markets • Provide an integrated payment platform for citizens to pay for e-government services and other online services for public, with ease and convenience, and strengthening the digital payment ecosystem • Create awareness among the banking sector to emphasize on fintech solutions to target the financially excluded fraction of population • Promote innovation in fintech sector, and increased adoption of digital financial services • Explore the potential use of emerging technologies, evaluate market demand, and identify competitive skills • Facilitate ease of doing digital businesses and discourage anti-competitive behavior
JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
• Having sound knowledge and in-depth understanding on latest technologies like Web/Mobile Development, Blockchain Technology, Cloud Computing, Graphics Designing, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce Business, IoT, Big data analytics, Data science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies etc. • Familiarity with in demand digital certifications • Strong knowledge of branchless banking, digital transactions, online money transfer mechanism • Strong data analysis skills • Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills • Strong training and facilitation skills • Efficient time management and ability to multitask • Strong project planning and execution skills
Education:
Degree in Computer Sciences/ Information Technology/ Software Engineering/ Telecommunication Engineering/ Electrical Engineering (Communication)/ any other related field (at least 16 years of education).
Work Experience:
At least 7 years progressively relevant post-qualification experience in public or private sector organization