I. About DOT

Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) is a global network of daring social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their own communities. DOT supports youth to become innovators and leaders, and to create and apply digital solutions that have a positive impact in their communities. We believe in the power of youth-led innovation, that communities can be shaped by empowering youth to create sustainable initiatives inspired by community needs, and that social innovation is accelerated when supported by digital technology. DOT Ethiopia, an Ethiopian registered NGO, is one of the founding members of the DOT network. Over the past ten years, we have connected more than 100,000 young women and men to entrepreneurship and employment opportunities in Ethiopia. More than 7000 youth and women were trained in ICT skills integrated with entrepreneurship and business skills. DOT Ethiopia has a particular focus on promoting gender inclusion and will continue to advance gender equality as an organizational and programmatic priority.

II. The project

Digital Opportunity Trust in partnership with DOT Jordan and Na’amal proposes a pilot project to prepare a group of 30 refugees in Ethiopia to access remote digital employment. Na’amal, DOT Jordan and Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Ethiopia will collaborate to deliver a programme that will provide participants with the advanced digital and human skills to access decent and sustainable remote employment in the digital economy. Na’amal will implement its Human Skills for Digital Employment programme, which will prepare programme participants with the skills to be successful when working remotely as well as preparing their CVs, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles that are appropriate for remote employers. DOT Ethiopia with the backstop support from DOT Jordan will deliver coding and digital skills for full-stack web programming (JavaScript focus). Via’s Na’amal partnership with the Nano jobs platform, programme participants will be given the opportunity to do freelance micro tasks to earn during the training period.  Na’amal will facilitate internships and sustainable and decent employment opportunities, freelance, part-time or full-time and contract. DOT will facilitate the programme in their training centre in Addis Ababa.

III. The opportunity

The Opportunity This opportunity is open to Ethiopian nationals only. DOT Ethiopia is hiring Full Stack Web Application trainer to train selected refugees and members of host community. The trainers will be responsible for the training, mentoring, and supporting the participants in Full Stack web application program. The trainers are required in continuously assessing the performances of the learners and support learners cop with the lesson and developing the skills. The trainers will responsible in designing lesson plan, preparing mini-projects and preparing schedule for both face to face and virtual learning.

IV. Specific Roles and Responsibilities

Delivering Training

● Prepare learning plan and deliver the training

● Regularly assessing individual/group training needs   

● Prepare training schedule as per the learning curriculum

● Customize content during training provision to the needs of participants learning style

● Facilitate trainings content with hands on project based learning

● Conduct continuous Learning assessment and support learners individually and as a group to cope with the learning as needed

● Prepare teaching materials in line to the curriculum from DOT Jordan.   

● Harmonizing digital skill trainings with other soft-skill trainings schedules

● Spending contact time with students on an individual or group basis

● Keeping IT skills and knowledge up to date.

Mentorship:

● Identify & prepare mini projects to engage learners to practice

● Provide technical support and mentor participants in their internship engagement

● Assign groups of trainee for each project idea

● Follow-up & support the project implementation

● Review & evaluate project outcomes

 Lab-management

● Arranging/preparing exercise & mini-project activities

● Closely support participants technically to debugging and other errors that occur in the project activities.

● Support participants in loading all the necessary applications, open Git-hub accounts for the project works collaboration

● Facilitate and manage the overall activities

 Collaborate with the project team

● Prepare and share Progress report on participant performance with the project team

Participate in weekly project team meeting         

Job Requirements

  ● Very good English skills (required for researching, reading technical documentation, using tools, etc.)

● Very good computer skills (required for installing, using, configuring and using the OS, tools and services for both development and deployment)

● Very good computer science and programming skills.

● Have a good understanding and practical experience in all training topics

● Training delivery experience and facilitation skill

● Practical experience (worked on several full-stack projects for clients)

● Very good debugging skills.

● Ability to work in a team

● Willingness to work in a flexible schedule

A graphic design sensibility is a plus.

How to Apply

Send your application letter together with an updated CV via email: dothr@dotrust.org

Note: Female applicants are encouraged to apply!