:Title:    Life in Africa Jobs - Questions and Answers
:Author:   Christina Jordan
:Date:     Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:26:29 PST
:Modified: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:27:06 PST
:URL:      http://www.ned.com/group/lia-global/news/7/

`Life in Africa`_ supports community based organizations in Kampala and Gulu (Uganda) through an active presence online at a number of interactive global community platforms. The organization is currently restructuring to expand the delivery of webbed empowerment services to community based organizations across the East Africa region. In this context, **Life in Africa is hiring** to fill a number of full time positions in Uganda over the course of 2008. Job descriptions for all advertised posts will be posted at http://lifeinafrica.com/jobs and announced in Uganda through radio.

Life in Africa operates in virtual community environments to keep our global supporters and partners updated on LiA-funded programs and organizational activities. One of the online communities we rely on the most for sharing and discussing operational information is ned.com (where you are now). **All employees hired will be expected to communicate regularly using ned.com** and other online community platforms as required. The ned.com based application procedure for all advertised Life in Africa positions is designed to assess each applicant's aptitude for learning new online skills, while at the same time collecting information from applicants in a space that staff from Life in Africa Foundation (Uganda), Life in Africa-USA and our WE Centers in Gulu and Kampala can access for evaluation purposes. 

**IMPORTANT!** - Before you can post a question or begin the application procedure, you must join ned.com and the Life in Africa Global group. Please FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY to get started:

   1. Click here to **join Ned.com**: http://www.ned.com/user/new (you must have an email account to join.)
   2. You will receive an email with a temporary Ned password. When you log in for the first time, we recommend that you click on *settings* in the green bar at the top of the screen to **change your password** right away to something you can easily remember.
   3. When you click on settings you will also see a link to edit your profile. Be sure to **fill out your profile** using your real name, noting Uganda as your location, and including 2-3 sentences introducing yourself to the global Ned community (you do not need to mention your job application in your ned.com profile!)
   4. Click here to **join the Life in Africa Global group** on ned: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-global/. Once you have joined the Life in Africa Global group, you are ready to start completing the application procedure.

**You are highly encouraged to ask questions!** Your questions about the application procedure or job description should be posted in the discussion space below. 

 - Any member of the dynamic ned.com community is authorized to help you with the  technical part of the application procedure. 
 - Life in Africa staff members Evvy Bryning, Christina Jordan and Grace Ayaa are authorized to answer questions in this space about the job you are applying for. *Please note that questions submitted to Life in Africa staff from applicants by email or private message will not be answered.* 

Welcome to Ned! We look forward to reading your applications, and to answering any questions you may have. 

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