Digital Safety Technologist - South Central Asia

Job Title: Digital Safety Technologist - South Central Asia Location: Remote LoE: Full time until 30 March 2024 Department: Global Technology Hub Reports to: Helpdesk Manager About Internews: Internews works to ensure access to trusted, quality news and information that empowers people to have a voice in their future and to live healthy, secure, and rewarding lives.
We envision a world where everyone can communicate freely with anyone, anywhere, and exchange the news and information they need to shape their communities and the world.
For 35 years and in more than 100 countries, we have worked with our local partners to build hundreds of sustainable organizations, strengthened the capacity of thousands of media professionals, human rights activists, and information entrepreneurs, and reached millions of people with quality, local information, improving lives and building lasting change.
On issues ranging from health and the environment to conflict and governance, Internews has developed approaches that harness the power of media and information to create positive change.
Internews is a charity operating internationally, with administrative centres in California, Washington DC, London, and Paris as well as regional hubs in Nairobi, Kiev and Bangkok.
Formed in 1982, Internews currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.
Our commitment to fostering a culture of belonging: We are an organization of dynamic, mission-driven individuals who are passionate about our core values and about supporting positive change in the world.
We pride ourselves on our commitment to innovation and flexibility.
We believe that diverse teams are strong teams and work to support an ethic of belonging, dignity, and justice for all people.
Our current team includes a mix of genders, parents and non-parents, and people of multiple races, nationalities, ages, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
We are an EEO employer and encourage candidates of all races, genders, ages, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply, and welcome those with alternative backgrounds and experiences.
About the role: Internews seeks an experienced technologist with a background in direct support to join Internews' Global Technology team to provide mentoring, training and ongoing support for our media partners working with media and information providers in South Central Asia.
You'll join a growing international team providing a line of direct support between Internews and its partners and beneficiaries by offering vital assistance in how to use digital tools more safely, securely, and effectively.
for internet access, publishing, social engagement, day-to-day work and communications.
Key Responsibilities: Being a first point of contact for urgent or emergency support - either to be handled directly or to refer on to others in the Global Technology Hub, or in our wider digital support community.
Conducting needs assessments covering different digital capacities with Internews media partners to develop support and training plans.
Helping in selection, procurement and adoption of digital tools, and support their adoption by partners.
Carrying out one-to-one or group training, either remotely or in person.
Developing or translating tutorials, guides, and other shareable resources.
Helping review translated English language materials and adapt them as needed for the local context.
Linking partners with Internews’ Global Technology Hub team, when needed, for support on issues related to website security, hosting and other forms of digital publishing or collaboration.
Helping with the documentation of processes for training or extended use in other areas.
Working with the program teams to ensure that the implementation of projects is impactful and practical on the ground.
Working with an international team to maintain good communications, timelines, and reasonable expectations on service delivery.
In all duties, demonstrating an understanding of and commitment to upholding Internews' Core Values.
Qualifications: We are seeking candidates with a background in supporting the technological needs of both organizations and individuals in a helpdesk or other similar model, and who can work on sometimes complex or urgent issues calmly and confidently and bring both a patience to the role and a keen interest in making technology understandable and accessible.
Required: Native or fluent in Pashto and Dari.
Fluent in English.
A strong understanding of the internet’s building blocks: DNS, SSL, IP, etc.
Knowledge of best practices for organizational and individual best practices in digital hygene, information security and both writing and implementing organizational policies in these areas.
Knowledge of digital network analysis tools, and the diverse ways of accessing the internet in different conditions, including censorship circumvention tools, and in how to use other offline digital communications and file sharing tools.
Either a lived experience or deep understanding of working online amid various challenges emerging from electricity and bandwidth limitations, censorship, surveillance, and other hurdles.
A solid understanding and familiarity with using information security and digital safety tools and best practices.
Demonstrated ability in running trainings in technological topics such as digital safety or information security for individuals, and small, medium or large groups.
An ability to explain technical concepts in plain language for individuals and groups with different levels of digital experience and understanding.
Be self-organizing and able to prioritize, re-assess and respond to needs and urgency based on sometimes rapidly changing situations.
Documentation ability and writing for hand-over, and clear writing.
Teaching or training experience and an understanding of instructional practices most effective with adult learners.
Able to provide support remotely, working with those who may have technical difficulties.
Patience, and excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
Direct or equivalent experience in working with charities, NGOs, non-profits, media, human rights, and/or civil society groups.
Please respond to this opening with the following: · A covering letter on why and how you are suited for this role, and about your interest in this kind of work.
Include your relevant professional, educational or lived experiences, your geographic location and the best methods to reach you.
· A latest version of your CV.
Additional information: It is not required, but if you have other writings or projects, you think would be worth seeing for considering you for this role, please include relevant links to where they are online.