ORANGE DIGITAL CENTRE MANAGER – Orange Botswana

Introduction

Orange invites candidates who wish to be part of a dynamic workforce to apply for the following position:

Orange Digital Centre Manager (2 Year Fixed-Term Contract)

Reporting to the Director Legal & Corporate Affairs, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing the Orange Digital Centre. He/she will support the start-up ecosystem by engaging in a variety of activities such as teaching young people to code, prototyping, accelerating and investing in start-ups, and teaching young people about digital fabrication.

Job description

The main duties include but are not limited to:

• Manage the day to day activities of the Orange Digital Centre.
• Formalize the operational model of the Orange Digital Centre
• Build the Orange Digital Centre deployment plan.
• Co-create the action plans with relevant parties (startup ecosystem, government, donors, NGO partners, Universities, experts, HR etc ).
• Set up appropriate governance bodies.
• Monitor the deployment of associated action plans

Animate the Orange Digital Centre

• Provide support and coaching to teams to facilitate the deployment and animation of each of the programs (Coding school, Fab Lab solidaire, Orange Fab, ODC Clubs)
• Create and plan the deployment of ODC Clubs
• Build an animation program in partnership with all stakeholders: universities, NGOs, ecosystem and the Orange Digital Centre network

ODC Management

• Ensure the on-going development of team skills and the sufficiency of resources to meet the Orange Digital Centre’s objectives and KPIs.
• Pilot and coordinate the development and execution of budgets and the business plan of Orange Digital Centre in coordination with donors.
• Contribute to the efficiency and optimization of Orange Digital Center processes and to the development of synergies between programs.
• Providing communication adapted to the activities of the Orange Digital Center in accordance with the ODC charter

Skills:

• Interest in Fabrication laboratories and their challenges.
• Knowledge and use of numerically controlled machines (milling machine, laser engraver, 3D printers),
• Skills in open source 2D and 3D digital design tools, software development (Processing, Pure Data, Open Framework…) and electronics (Arduino, RaspberryPi);
• Solid skills in managing cross-functional projects
• Good knowledge of the learning organization and new learning devices
• Ability to work transversally in multidisciplinary teams
• Analytical and synthesis skills, writing skills
• Excellent written and oral communication (workshop, seminar, etc.)
• Understanding both strategic and operational challenges
• An experience in entrepreneurship and support for start-ups.
• Knowledge of the world of technological innovation.
• Previous experience with donors.

Requirements

Qualifications and experience:

• 5 years of experience in technical, start-up environment.
• Degree in Engineering, preferably IT, mechatronics, mechanics, industrial design or building architecture.
• Creative spirit with a passion for new technologies
• Combination of engineering, business qualification and Training experience is added advantage.