Intern Job in Nairobi Kenya - IT

ACTED Kenya

Department: Logistics

Position: IT Intern
 
Direct Hierarchy: Capital IT Officer

Contract duration: 3 Months

Location: Nairobi
 
Starting Date: April, 2015

ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) is a non- political and non-confessional international NGO founded in 1993 and headquartered in Paris, France.

The organization’s vocation is to save lives, assist vulnerable populations and bring hope to those in need for a better future.
 

ACTED is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated, experienced and committed team player to fill the IT Intern position in Nairobi, Kenya.
Main objective: To perform transparent and efficient IT management for ACTED programs in Kenya and Somalia

Reporting to the Capital IT officer, his/her duties will include;
  • Troubleshooting variety of problems on PC’s, laptops, printers, hard drives and maintain status logs.
  • Perform daily documentation and helpdesk duties/activities as they occur.
  • Maintaining a log of all problems detected user request and system backups.
  • Provide technical support to users remotely and onsite and support user data backups,
  • Assist in resolving user logons issues, mapping drives, wireless internet password and setting up created user accounts in Active directory.
  • Assist users to setup up for meeting ie projector, speaker, laptops, and cables as request by user.
  • Assist in setting up and maintaining computer networks ,
  • Support set up of computer security measures-Antivirus installation and maintenance.
  • Assist in configuring of new Information technology equipment.
  • Assist in installing and deployment of relevant hardware and software
  • Providing voluntary training to users on emerging I.T technologies in the organization e.g. Windows 7, Microsoft office 2010.
  • Any other duty that may be requested by your supervisor
Required Profile
  • Diploma/Bachelor’s in Information technology, computer science, information system.
  • Must have graduated in last 2 year
  • Good planning and organizational skills
  • Good time management skills
  • Good inter personnel skills
  • Good communication and writing skills
  • Able to communicate in Somali
  • Able to travel to  South central Somalia
  • Ability to work in a complex environment, with short deadline
  • A strong team player with ability to work with minimum supervision
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English.
Application Procedure
 
Qualified persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications (cv and cover letter) to kenya.jobs@acted.org on or before March 27, 2015. 

Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage.

ACTED reserves the right to hire prior to the application deadline.

Please note that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.


ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.