Uganda: IT Manager | Uganda Jobs Vacancies, Employment, Career Opportunities in Uganda. - 2015

Organization: World Vision

Country: Uganda

Closing date: 09 Jan 2015

Position: IT Manager

Report to:Associate Director Support Services Division

Location:National Office, Kampala

Purpose of the position:

To provide vision and leadership in exploiting the potential of evolving Information and Communication Technologies that supports World Vision’s vision/mission The incumbent will be required to provide leadership and management of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and establish ICT as a critical success factor in World Vision Uganda ministry. To build ICT capacity in the National Office that will support the ministry and contribute to its effectiveness, quality and accountability.

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a national IT strategy that is in alignment with partnership ICT strategy, policies and standards and National Office ministry objectives, in collaboration with the Regional IT Leadership Team.


• Design, develop, deploy and maintain appropriate ICT infrastructure solutions for both head office and field offices for secure, efficient and effective flow of information to facilitate operations and decision making. This may include but not limited to Servers, Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Internet Connectivity, user productivity tools such as desk top computers and laptops, performance monitoring and reporting tools, etc.


• Design, develop, deploy and maintain appropriate business applications that support critical business processes to ensure accurate data gathering, storage, retrieval, processing and reporting to facilitate operations and decision making. This may include but not limited to acquisition and implementation of commercial business applications and other software based productivity tools.


• Develop, document, implement, test and review Business Continuity Plan (Disaster Recovery Plan) in alignment with the National Office Disaster Mitigation and Management Plans for ensuring high systems availability and business continuity


• Establish appropriate operational procedures, tools and resources for effective and timely delivery of technical support to all users (at the head office and field offices) that ensures high user productivity and guarantees customer satisfaction.


• Provide team leadership by building and maintaining a high performance and motivated National IT team.


• Represent the NO in Partnership IT and other Forums as required by the ND, Regional IT Leadership


• Effectively manage relationships with role players and stakeholders in the IT industry both internal and external to World Vision, for example hardware and software vendors, service providers, industry regulators, consultants, etc.

Qualifications:

Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology and related field.


• Qualified as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MSCE) or CCNA.


• ITIL Certification will be an added advantage


• Over 4 years of experience in managerial position from a busy International organisation


• Willing and able to travel within and outside the country for work assignments and/or to attend national, regional and partnership-wide meetings and events.**Only Ugandan Nationals are encouraged to apply**

How to apply:

Qualified and Interested candidates should get the details of this job and how to apply from our Careers site: http://careers.wvi.org/job-opportunities-in-uganda