Company Profile

The Government of Ghana has received a grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) a United States Government Agency. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), representing the United States of America, entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact on August 5, 2014 with the Republic of Ghana, under which MCC is providing funding to the Government of Ghana for a poverty reduction and economic growth programme through the Power Compact.

Job Description

The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) is therefore seeking to engage qualified persons for the following staff position in the MiDA, on a fixed term contract of five years, renewable yearly. Unless otherwise stated, all posts are based in Accra.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support and lead a team of in the development and maintenance of an Information Technology (IT) system, including budgeting and work planning to support the business applications and IT communications requirements of MiDA including the management of the implementation of an IT Infrastructure and development of the team to support and extend the system.
• Oversee the implementation of a business application system to support the financial management, procurement, project management, and reporting requirements of MiDA.
• Development, implementation and management of Management Information Systems (MIS) policy, Strategy, System and Controls, ensuring the security, stability, integrity, continuous improvement and update and expansion as applicable of the IT network, infrastructure, data, documentation and systems
• Lead development and implementation of MIS-based functional requirements and management of assigned MIS projects to ensure optimal alignment of the MIS infrastructure with current and future needs.
• Ensure the effective recruitment, management, motivation and development of IT staff to ensure that they are well equipped for current and future systems challenges.
• Coordinate MiDA's website content development.   
• Perform and oversee system administration and engineering tasks.

Required Skills or Experience

• University degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or Information Technology or other related field with a minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in planning, design, development, implementation and maintenance of computer information systems, including website web-based applications, database design and administration, LAN and WAN design and management, and project management.
• Experience with the engineering, design and management of data centre infrastructure (power,   cooling,   etc.),   network   infrastructure   (Cisco   switches   and   routers),   firewa'l administration (Palo Alto), backup systems (Acronis), Storage (Nimble), servers (Winder Server and VMware), Anti-Virus (Kaspersky),  Windows Desktop OS (Windows 7),  and Microsoft Office preferred,
• Experience with cloud-based technology (Google Applications) and in managing staff and contractor resources preferred.
• Experience with Business Automation Applications (SAP), and Microsoft Databases (SQL Server) preferred.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to work as part of a team required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English