OLPC Afghanistan/Job descriptions

Job descriptions of each position

Following are concrete job descriptions of each position within Technical operations.

• Position: Technical implementation manager

Main responsibilities:

• Coordinating whole technical side of OLPC
• Communicating with Project manager at the MoE
• Monitoring and evaluation of technical aspects of OLPC implementation
• Coordinating of reporting to Project partners (Roshan, ASMED, MoE)

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• Position: Deployment technician
• Team: Deployment team
• Responsible Persons:

Main responsibilities:

• Deploying computers to schools
• Checking mesh network created automatically by XO laptops
• Checking and installing basic electrical work for laptops
• Connecting computers to internet via GPRS

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• Position: Deployment intern
• Team: Deployment team

Main responsibilities:

• Assisting Deployment technicians with laptop deployment to schools
• Checking mesh network created automatically by XO laptops
• Checking and installing basic electrical work for laptops
• Connecting computers to internet via GPRS

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• Position: Tech trainer
• Team: Training team

Main responsibilities:

• Training of teachers – technical aspects of using OLPC (basic usage, troubleshooting etc.)
• Training of Deployment teams – technical specifics of deploying of OLPC
• Training of User services officers – usage of OLPC, troubleshooting

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• Position: User services director
• Team: User services team

Main responsibilities:

• Coordinating work of User services team
• Assigning placements for members
• Communicating with MoE regarding new activities (applications) development
• Overseeing documentation creation
• Overseeing incident database and Support line
• Overseeing fixing laptops and linked logistics
• Overseeing development of new activities (applications)
• Review of content materials and communicating it to MoE for approval

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• Position: User services officer
• Team: User services team

Main responsibilities:

• Writing documentation for use of activities (programs)
• Helping to write specification for new applications for OLPC
• Creating Help pages/manual for teachers
• Operating Incident database
• Remote support for laptops
• Checking/fixing laptops that arrive
• Checking diagnostic programs
• Answering support line

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• Position: Developer
• Team: User services team

Main responsibilities:

• Develop / Adapt activities (programs) for Afghan Curriculum
• Support training university students
• Develop and finalise standard OLPC images for deployment (client & server)
• Developing community web applications

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• Position: Dari language translator
• Team: Localisation team

Main responsibilities:

• Translations of software content from English to Dari

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• Position: Pashto language translator
• Team: Localisation team

Main responsibilities:

• Translations of software content from English to Pashto

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• Position: Community Development Liaison

Main responsibilities:

• Community Building for OLPC Afghanistan, i.e community promotion of OLPC AF around the world, manage and update Facebook & other related groups, send news mails, update blogs etc.
• Update OLPC Afghanistan Website
• Send news around OLPC forums (grassroots, wiki and other online related sites...)
• Deputy for the Economic Development of OLPC Afghanistan.

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• Position: Economic Development Officer

Main responsibilities:

• Generating ideas, collecting data about trainings, research etc.
• To provide with relevant information to parents and which would help them with education and most importantly to increase the family income.

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• Position: Media / graphic designer

Main responsibilities:

• Design and editing of publicity materials such as videos, guides, leaflets, cards, photos, CDs etc.
• Coordinate the layout and design of internal and external communication materials (banding), including newsletters, reports, pamphlets, posters, website stories, brochures, reports etc.
• Oversee publishing of designed document such as printing (quotations, communication with printing services, quality check up etc.), website updates, distribution of documents psychically and over email / mailing lists and similar.
• Other duties as reasonably delegated