2 IT Assistant Job Vacancies – Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
Job Title: IT Assistant (2 Job Vacancies)
Organization: Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
Duty Station: Adjumani, Uganda
Reports to: Refugee Desk Officer
Reference Number: AD/004/2019
About US:
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) is the Leader of Government Business in Parliament and responsible for the coordination and implementation of Government Policies across Ministries, Departments and other Public Institutions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- To provide IT support, to monitor and maintain the computer systems and networks. Install and configure computer systems, diagnose hardware and software faults and solve technical and applications problems.
- Responsible for the smooth running of computer systems and ensuring users get maximum benefits from them, provide technical support and teach the clients the basic skills they need to operate newly installed programs.
- To interpret data from RIMS and communicate results often to management, ensure that statistical concepts are explained and often advise on strategy.
- Prepare and circulate refugee statistics from RIMS, update refugee population statistics and data clean up; oversee data management operations
- Responsible for the maintenance and repair of IT equipment.
- Responsible for the provision of support and relevant reports on RIMS, hence Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Working continuously on various tasks until completion cycles (or referral to third parties, if appropriate) agreeing timescales or responding within agreed time limits to call-outs
- Training and mentoring personnel through a series of RIMS actions to help resolve issues and offering technical support (End-user support to all staff)
- Analyzes and recovers system when malfunction occurs and performs back-up, recovery and systems monitoring, follow up on recommended changes in the system
- Monitors job output, ensure proper printing, correct breakdown and accurate delivery of documents or files.
- Analyze and interpret statistical data in order to identify significant differences in relationships among sources of information.
- Any other duty assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Applicant should be a holder of a Degree in Information Technology, Computer hard ware engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or any equivalent from a recognized University. SQL Programming skills, familiarity with MS SQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2012, understanding basic statistical concept and reports, Certificates in professional studies in computer repairs are an added advantage.
- Applicants must have two years working experience of MS SQL Server integration and programming.
- Age: 23 – 45 years
How to Apply:
Applications are invited from qualified Ugandan Nationals to fill the under listed vacant positions available at Arua Refugee Desk, Adjumani Refugee Desk, Hoima Refugee Desk, Mbarara Refugee Desk and Kampala Refugees Department Head Office. Handwritten application letters be addressed to the Permanent Secretary Office of the Prime Minister, P.O. Box 341, Kampala. Uganda
All application letters should include personal contact addresses e.g. phone contacts, e-mail addresses, and a recent passport photograph of the applicant and indicate three referees. The applicant should be a person of high moral character and integrity, willing to work in remote rural settlements.
All applicants must quote the Reference Number of the post advertised (Check top of the advert), indicate the reference number on the top left hand side corner of the application letter’s envelop, seal it and submit their application letters to the Human Resource Office, Open Registry 3rd Floor, Office of the Prime Minister.
Deadline: 31st May 2019 by 5:00pm
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