Innovations & Incubation Officer at ICT Authority

Grade: ICTA 6

Responsible for: Supporting the promotion of innovation and ICT enterprise development

Key Tasks

• Provide support in the development of ICT budgets and manage all ICT operational and capital expenditures by obtaining competitive for research and innovation
• Assists in carrying out research to identify ICT needs and capacity that will inform the Authority’s development of programs, to improve service delivery and identify opportunities for the Authority’s growth
• Assist in promoting innovation in Government for the provision of ubiquitous public sector services that will deliver value to the Government and citizens
• Assist the division to prepare and implement business development strategies, plans and programmes for the development of ICT in private and public sector
• Assist in reviewing the business environment regularly and advise top management on the current ICT development and its effect on the economy
• Participate in innovation-encouraging environment, where employees are open to change and fast to adopt new technologies
• Assist in Analysing public sector and industry research and innovation requirements and develop long term and short term strategies for implementation
• Assist in research for the purpose of strategy formulation to ensure global competitiveness – scan local, regional and global developments and advise ICTA leadership on opportunities & threats, evaluate impact to ICTA and suggest adjustments to corporate plans & directions
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Job Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in ICT or related field
• Five years’ relevant experience
• Experience in an ICT innovation and incubation environment

Personal skills and attributes required

• Excellent organization and people skills
• Ability to set priorities, problem-solve, multi-task and work well in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment
• Project management skills
• Have proven ability in raising the level of ICT utilization across all functions
• Have excellent presentation, oral and written communication skills