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STEP ONE: Search for opportunities > IT Teacher / Trainer

Right now we’re looking for experienced IT teachers and trainers to improve ICT teaching skills in developing communities in Africa. You could be sharing your skills in countries like Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa or Tanzania.

You’ll most likely be working in a teacher training college or university, integrating ICT into the training curriculum, developing training documentation and delivering classes. You might also help with network, hardware and software maintenance and troubleshooting.

Skills needed to volunteer in IT

We're looking for IT professionals with a broad range of IT skills, such as network administration, hardware and software maintenance, database knowledge and troubleshooting. Some placements require formal teaching qualifications and experience, for others, informal training experience such as training new staff in your work place is sufficient.

If you have sound technical skills but want to develop your management or people skills before volunteering, visit www.it4c.org.uk for short local opportunities before taking your skills overseas.

If you're aged 18 to 25 you could take part in one of our youth volunteering programmes. Find out more here.

Current volunteer jobs in IT

High demand (?)

	IT Hardware and Network Officer - Ethiopia As a volunteer with broad IT skills, you'll improve the IT infrastructure at a Teacher Training College in Adwa and train staff in basic computer skills and maintenance. Read the full volunteer job description:
	Hardware and Network Officer - Ethiopia(pdf, 55.7kb)

High demand (?)

	IT Trainer - Tanzania The Jifunze Project in Tanzania is looking for an experienced IT Trainer to bring IT skills to rural Kibaya. You’ll be training school teachers at a new IT training centre, so they can pass on their new IT knowledge to their students, improving educational and employment prospects for the future. Read the full volunteer job description:
	IT Trainer - Tanzania(pdf, 44.1kb)

High demand (?)

	ICT Department Adviser - Ethiopia An experienced IT professional is needed to support the development of an IT Department at Abi Adi College of Teacher Education. You'll be responsible for establishing an effective network, improve desktop support and train your local colleagues to become self-sufficient in network development and hardware support. Read the full volunteer job description:
	ICT Department Adviser - Ethiopia(pdf, 48.8kb)

What Next?

Apply now or find out more

Whether you are ready to apply now, would like an information pack or would like to be kept informed about our work, please register your interest now.

Any Questions?

If you have any outstanding questions about voluntary work abroad with VSO, take a look at The VSO Experience.

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If you haven’t found what you’re looking for, use the search box below to search again or call us on 020 8780 7500.

The volunteer jobs displayed on this page are examples of our current opportunities for voluntary work abroad and all last for 24 months. For information on volunteer jobs lasting one to six months please visit our Specialist Assignments pages.

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