Job Description

Reports to: Zonal Manager

• Effective strategic IT planning and oversight of IT performance. Also oversee the development and maintenance of the IT strategic plan.
• Approve vendors used by the organization and monitors their financial condition;
• Approve and monitor major projects, IT budgets, priorities, standards, procedures, and overall IT performance.
• Coordinate priorities between the IT department and user departments; and review the adequacy and allocation of IT resources in terms of funding, personnel, equipment, and service levels.
• Accomplishes information technology staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job results, coaching, counseling, disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintaining a safe and secure work environment; developing personal growth opportunities.
• Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.
• Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects.
• Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center.
• Verifies application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented.
• Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures.
• Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.
• Accomplishes financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Required Skills or Experience

• First degree in ICT or Related Field, OR Higher National Diploma-ICT Option. A second degree is an added advantage
• Five (5) years’ experience in a comparable organization in related Role
• She/he should be proactive and also a team player
• Skills in capacity building and effective communication
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to develop well written, cohesive reports that are responsive to the donors’ needs