Hekima
College, a Constituent College of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, is
pleased to invite interested and qualified IT Professionals to apply for the
position of ICT Administrator.
The
applicant for the above position must:
- Have completed
at least a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or Information
Systems; possess a certified equivalent qualification from a recognized
and accredited institution.
- Have effective
communication and good interpersonal skills and fluent in English, both
orally and written.
- Have acquired,
or be in the process of successfully acquiring, individual membership of a
relevant professional society (e.g. the Computer Society of Kenya)
- Have some
experience with (and preferably be certified in) Cisco, Oracle, Linux or
Microsoft Office and Windows products.
- Have technical
skills in systems development, and implementation, as well experience of
network design and administration.
- Have ability to
work with limited supervision in information systems teams, and by
oneself, as needed.
- Have good
systems analysis and diagnostic skills.
- Be conversant
with at least three, and be confident of developing a skill set with the
remaining following software packages: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop, Director, Dreamweaver, Flash and Flash 3D Animator, Apple
Final Cut Pro, and Avid audio production software.
- Be familiar with
Koha (open-source integrated library system), Quickbooks, MOODLE
management and configuration, and Academic Referencing and Plagiarism
detection software. Knowledge of, experience with, and enthusiasm for,
open-source projects would be a distinct advantage.
- Be able to
arrange files in a single program, to enable interactivity and navigation
through the product content.
- Be able to test
and adjust software products to fix any technical problems, and produce
documentation describing the creation, content and processes of files.
- Be skillful,
creative, innovative and self-motivated, with a proven ability for
time-management and experience of having completed IT Projects before.
- Have at least
two years’ experience in medium-to-large institutional ICT management
Responsibility
The
person will work closely with the College Librarian and the Registrar in their
daily duties, and report directly to the Academic Dean.
Specifically,
he/she will:
- Attend, and play
a key-role in, a termly reporting and planning committee meeting of all IT
activities in the College at which progress of current work is
reported-on, and plans for future work are made.
- Implement and
maintain the College’s information system
- Analyze, design,
construct, implement, maintain and support information systems on various
platforms, in line with established international industry standards.
- Lead the ongoing
maintenance and constant review and updating of the institution’s
website(s), with input from various relevant stakeholders.
- Design, implement
and ensure appropriate systems security elements
- Be responsible
for the successful backup of all necessary corporate information, and
respond to any security concerns related to information technology.
- Be responsible
for network management and database administration.
- Provide
technical support to institutional employees and train non-technical
workers on the information systems.
- Manage the
training of the system’s users.
- Assess the
effectiveness of technology resources already in use or of those new
systems that are being implemented and advise where necessary of future
changes and trends.
- Determine and
advise on the practicality of changes and modification of systems, from
various perspectives, for example (though the following are not an
exclusive list): the technical, skills-based, human and financial
perspectives.
- Teach people how
to use certain computer programs and hardware.
- Develop and
maintain adequate documentation for systems.
- Identify skill
requirements and pursue appropriate training.
- Identify tools
and service requirements and advice on their procurement.
- Perform any
other duties related to ICT as may be assigned.
Salary
and Benefits:
Negotiable
Interested
individuals may send their application which should reach by July 15,
2013.
Among
the documents that need to be sent include:
- a Letter of
application
- an Up-to-date
Curriculum Vitae
- Photocopies of
certificates and transcripts
- Photocopy of
Identification document
- 2-coloured
passport photographs (not more than 3 months old)
- 3 recommendation
letters (sent directly to the College)
The
applications, and requested references, may be sent directly to:
The
Principal
Hekima College,
Joseph Kang’ethe Road off Ngong Road,
P.O. Box 21215,
00505 Adams Arcade,
Hekima College,
Joseph Kang’ethe Road off Ngong Road,
P.O. Box 21215,
00505 Adams Arcade,
Nairobi,
Kenya