Senior Information Technology Officer at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Job Description

• With the supervision of the Director of Operations, the Senior IT Officer will perform a range of assignments related to planning, designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining AHNI’s computer information systems and applications, and is responsible for the design and maintenance of these systems and applications.
• The successful candidate will also support the development of technical approaches in consultation/coordination with others involving a range of hardware and software tools and the interface of these various tools and develop programming in high level languages involving complex validity checks and processing that are complex and may involve varied and numerous programs and applications that are interrelated, requiring extensive interfacing with other applications and systems.
• S/he will oversee the operation, maintenance, trouble-shooting and local enhancement/extensions of automated systems; monitor transactions to measure the performance and continuing effectiveness of AHNi’s IT systems.
• S/he is responsible for maintaining the office local-area network (LAN), wide-area network (WAN), network segment, Internet, or intranet system and provide day-to-day onsite administrative support and periodic servicing of the network and all peripherals..

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• BS/BA Degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science or its recognized equivalent with 4 - 5 years post national youth service relevant experience of which 2 years should have been in a supervisory role.
• Or MS/MA Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science or its recognized equivalent, and 5 - 7 years post national youth service relevant experience of which 3 years should have been in a supervisory role.
• Candidate must possess Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and/or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certifications.
• Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is an advantage.
• Experience with a multi-site network (at least 3 sites) with a minimum of 200 users is highly desirable.