A. Background
GIZ – German International Cooperation Agency – supports the German Government in achieving its goals in international cooperation for sustainable development.
About the Digital Transformation Centre Kenya
The Digital Transformation Centre (DTC) Kenya is a bilateral project of German Development Cooperation established to support the country’s digital transition towards a sustainable and human-centred digital economy and society. The DTC capitalizes on the existing digital and innovation ecosystem and seeks to strengthen it, while also looking at the wider societal impact of digital technologies. Through establishing of strategic partnerships across a wide spectrum of public, private and civil society actors, the DTC’s engagement can be structured into four action areas:
1) Tech Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Digital skills
2) Data Protection
3) Data Economy, Open Data and Artificial Intelligence
4) Digital Economy Ideation Lab
About the Data Economy, Open Data and AI Action Area
Data can unlock the doors of business prosperity, solve problems and enable organizations to grow. But data as such is not easy to get hold of. Unsurprisingly there is a growing thrust on creating access to data. One of the ways to do so is through data sharing agreements. As data held by businesses can help other businesses optimize their products and policymakers improve public services, the DTC supports business-to-business (B2) and business-to-government (B2G) data sharing and the development of data governance frameworks. Hereby, the DTC’s primary focus lies on the agricultural and food tech sector.
Beyond that, the DTC seeks to increase the understanding and awareness about the importance of data, especially open data. Whereas data is usually a costly affair, open data can be used freely by anyone. Whether you are a company, government official or NGO, open data has immense potential that you can leverage for your specific needs. Hence, the DTC supports trainings on the opportunities and challenges of open data, particularly for governmental actors. Within the realm of enabling a data-driven economy, the DTC also strengthens local know-how on AI and supports digital learning and training for the development and use of AI. Hereby the DTC collaborates closely with the GIZ Global Project FAIR Forward – Artificial Intelligence for All.
B. Responsibilities
The Advisor is responsible for:
C. Tasks
The Advisor will perform the following tasks under disciplinary supervision of the Head of the Digital Transformation Centre.
Technical advice for implementation of project activities
· Supporting the implementation of the DTC’s activities related data governance, open data and AI. This includes, e.g.:
Support the implementation of training activities around data sharing, open data and AI
Support policy processes regarding open data and AI
Advise on data sharing agreement (B2B; B2G) related questions such as data privacy, data rights, data security and data access
Draft terms of reference for data governance frameworks and data-driven use cases in the agricultural sector
Review, comment and accompany the set-up of financial agreements
Support activities by implementing partners, follow-up and ensure that quality results are delivered in a timely manner
Project management
Support knowledge management and public relation of the programme, including documentation of lessons learnt, best practices, case studies and success stories
Support the preparation of communication materials and progress updates to BMZ and other stakeholders
Partnerships and network management
Manage a network of project partners consisting of Kenyan stakeholders
Support in keeping positive and productive relations with implementing partners, and other stakeholders
Ensure alignment with FAIR Forward activities
Other duties/additional tasks
A. Required qualifications, competences and experience
The Advisor should have the following qualifications, competences and experiences:
Qualifications
Professional experience
Other knowledge, additional competences
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