Full-time
Government Employees Only
Ref: B/176
Vacancy No: 135 of 2026
Programme Officer (PO) Space and Radio Frequency (RF) Spectrum Management
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT (SADC)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Open only to current government employees — verified by EC Number.
Application Deadline
November 20, 2026
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Role Overview
Provide effective support to the Senior Programme Officer (SPO) to facilitate and coordinate the: Harmonisation of policies, strategies, regulations, guidelines, standards and systems in the ICT Infrastructure Sector. Review, development and monitoring of protocol. Implementation of capacity building interventions for effective programming, planning and management of regional Space and Radio Frequency (RF) Spectrum Management in ICT infrastructure programmes. Development, review and implementation of strategies and plans. Formulation of relevant model ICT policy, strategy, regulatory, frameworks, guidelines, standards and systems related to Space and Radio Frequency (RF) Spectrum Management. Research, analysis and dissemination of information on the sector. Regular collection of data and information on sector status/profile in Member States, using primary and secondary research techniques. Research projects on Space and Radio Frequency (RF) Spectrum Management issues facing the ICT Infrastructure Sector in the SADC Region. Analysis of data and information from the research commissioned. Organisation of relevant capacity building, technical and policy meetings, workshops and ICT Thematic Group (TG) meetings. Organisation of capacity building initiatives for Member States. Engagement with or presentations to various stakeholders/audiences on relevant sector issues. Monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of programmes/projects and preparation of M&E reports.Mainstreaming cross-cutting issues (e.g. Gender, Youth, HIV/AIDS, STI, poverty, People With Disability (PWD) etc.) in own programmes. Integration of cross-cutting issues in all programme documents.
Requirements & Qualifications
- At least a Master's Degree in ICT, Telecommunications or Electrical Engineering from a recognised institution.
- At least 7 years of regional, continental or international experience in RF Spectrum Management for the Telecommunications and ICT Sector.
- At least 3 years should be in Geostationary (GSO) satellite communications development.
- Participation in the ITU Working Party (WP) Meeting, Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM) and World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) working procedures and in the SADC and ATU Preparatory Meetings for WRC will serve as an added advantage.
- Ability to undertake research, analyse and synthesise information.
- Good organisational, time-management and planning skills.
- Experience in managing ICT projects.
- Ability to produce both analytical and descriptive reports.
- SQL Coding and working with Access Databases.
- Negotiation, networking and relationship building skills.
- Organisational skills (planning, budgeting, time management, M&E, work prioritisation).