2 Interns Jobs in Kenya – IT

IT Intern 
(2 Posts)
 
Description: We are an international training and consultancy organization offering technical training and education services designed for individuals, and organizations working in the agriculture, climate change and environment; disaster management; education; food and nutrition; health;  humanitarian relief; logistics and telecommunication; recovery and reconstruction; safety and security; water sanitation and hygiene sectors amongst others.

We are looking for IT interns to work in our IT department

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Continuous management and improvement of our joomla website
  • Reacting to problems and correcting  programs as necessary, devising possible solutions to anticipated problems
  • Evaluating and increasing  program's effectiveness, adapting  program to new requirements if necessary
  • Conducting user acceptance testing to ensure a program can be used easily, quickly and accurately
  • Writing detailed documentation for the operation of a program by users and computer operators
  • Reviewing, updating, repairing, modifying and developing existing IRES information systems
  • Presenting ideas for system improvements, including cost and writing prospective proposals
  • Maintaining IRES and clients’ systems once they are up and running
  • Consulting manuals, periodicals,  technical reports, attending seminars and workshops to learn new ways to develop programs, and for continuous improvement of existing skills and knowledge
  • General IT support work
  • Any other IT related work
Qualifications
  • A Diploma in IT, ICTM, BBIT or any other related field
Knowledge and Skills Required
  • Excellent Knowledge in Content Management Systems (CMS).
  • PHP programming skills
  • Skills in Java
  • Knowledge of databases and database systems
  • Understanding of Web technologies
  • Experience working with common Internet technologies (e.g. CSS, HTML, and JavaScript)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to a non-technical audience
  • Strong ambition to adapt and learn new development technologies

Diploma holders are encouraged to apply

If you meet the above criteria, please send your application and a detailed CV via email to hr@indepthresearch.org