Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Jobs: Systems Developer / Analyst

Kenya Tea Development Agency is a key player in the tea industry providing management services to the small holder sub-sector for efficient production, processing and marketing of quality teas.
To ensure continued success and growth, we are now seeking for a dynamic and highly talented professional to join our management team in the following challenging positions:
Systems Developer / Analyst
(1 Position)
The Role
Reporting to the ICT-Business Systems Manager, the successful candidates will be responsible for analysing, designing, developing, maintaining, and documenting KTDA’s business and management information systems in accordance with established standards.
Key Responsibilities
  • Designing and developing Business applications.
  • Implementing, supporting and maintaining applications.
  • Performing analysis for Application Development including selecting design tools, developing design specifications, models and prototypes and validating design scheme and models.
  • Testing and validating Applications i.e. developing test plans, performing tests and document test results.

  • Interpreting test results, making recommendations and supporting user acceptance test.
  • Developing training materials for the systems developed and providing training to the end –users of the systems.
Qualifications/Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate must possess the following qualifications and competencies:-
  • A university degree in Computer Science, Maths or related field from a recognized university.
  • At least three (3) years working experience with standard system development methodologies; Intensive hands-on experience with developing applications in Delphi, VB programming, and/or visual Basic.
  • Extensive knowledge of RDMS especially SQL Server, Oracle would be an added advantage.
  • Experience in systems release management.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
If you fulfill the above requirements and wish to be considered, please write to us enclosing your detailed CV with details of qualifications, experience and the current position to reach the undersigned by 26th  May 2010.
Email: recruitment@ktdateas.com
The General Manager – Human Resources & Administration
Kenya Tea Development Agency Ltd
P.O. Box 30213 – 00100
Nairobi