Systems Officer FINMAP III Project Jobs – Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MOFPED)
Job Title: Systems Officer
Organisation: Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MOFPED)
Project Name: The Third Financial Management and Accountability Programme (FINMAP III)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Local Government Public Financial Management (PFM) Systems Manager
About US:
The Government of Uganda (GOU) has been implementing Public Service Reform Programmes aimed at improving efficiency, effectiveness and accountability in delivery of public services. Some of the reform initiatives included strengthening the human resource management function by enhancing the establishment and payroll control through implementation of an Integrated Personnel and Payroll System (IPPS).
The Government of Uganda is implementing Public Financial Management (PFM) reforms through the Third Financial Management and Accountability Programme (FINMAP III) with the primary purpose to strengthen Public Financial Management (PFM) at all levels of government and ensure efficient, effective and accountable use of public resources as a basis for improved service delivery. The programme is supported by Development Partners including DFID, Norway, EU, KFW, and DANIDA. The overall objective of FINMAP is derived from the GoU PFM reform strategy for the period from July 2014 to June 2019.
Job Summary: The Systems Officer will work closely with a Data Centre team in the Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) and Local Government PFM team in the Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) in the development and implementation of the PFM systems.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Keenly monitor, Support and troubleshoot the IFMS and wide area network (WAN) and the servers to ensure business continuity.
- Liaise / interface with WAN service providers in resolving WAN related issues and resolution/ escalation of exceptions to contract managers.
- Actively participate in carrying out updates and upgrades of Operating Systems, databases and the application in use by the Local Governments.
- Keenly monitor the security of all the installation including the network, the servers, and the physical security.
- Support the development and documentation of IFMS security policies and procedures
- Execute of regular back-ups at the data centre, the disaster recovery centre and at the Local Government sites.
- Provide application support to users at Local Government sites.
- Provide support to system set up, testing and monitoring.
- Act as trainee system administrators for the storage, applications and Microsoft, Cisco and other products.
- Act as database administrators in the absence of a substantive database administrators.
- Any other reports requested for from time to time.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Quarterly performance reports.
- Periodic security reports.
- Annual Performance reports.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, computer Science, software engineering, Business systems Engineering and any other related discipline.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication skills, and the ability to work as part of a team, which is critical in carrying out this assignment.
- A sound operating knowledge of Information Technology (IT) systems.
How to Apply:
All candidates should send their applications, updated CVs and copies of academic certificates should be addressed and submitted to the address below. Envelopes should have clear reference to the job applied for. Send to:
The Programme Coordinator,
The Third Financial Management and Accountability Programme (FINMAP III),
Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development Finance Building; 3rd Floor, Room 3.4 Plot 2/12 Apollo Kaggwa Road P 0 Box 8147, Kampala. Uganda.
Email to: finmap@finance.go.ug
Deadline: 7th May 2018 by 5:00pm
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