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Job Title ⇒ Senior ICT Officer Site ⇒ ugandajobss.blogspot.com
Organisation ⇒ East African Community EAC
Reports to ⇒ Principal Health Officer Knowledge Management
Duty Station ⇒ East African Health Research Commission EAHRC, Bujumbura,
Burundi
REF ⇒ EAC/HR/2020-21/38
NB ⇒ Open to Ugandan Nationals

About US ⇒
The East African Community is a regional intergovernmental organization
comprising the Republic of Burundi, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of
Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of South Sudan, and the
Republic of Uganda with its Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The EAC mission
is to widen and deepen economic, political, social, and cultural integration
to improve the quality of life of the people of East Africa through increased
competitiveness, value added production, trade, and investments. This is an
exciting opportunity for highly motivated and result-driven professionals who
are citizens of East African Community Partner States Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,
Tanzania, South Sudan and Uganda to apply for the following position.

Job Summary ⇒ The Senior ICT Officer has the functional role of planning
and coordinating implementation of Information Communication Technology ICT
Systems and Strategies of the EAHRC. This role serves to the provision of high
quality and measurable ICT services to EAHRC. The key areas of
responsibilities include the web portal for health information in EAC; the
East African Health Research Journal; the EAC and EAHRC conferences e.g. the
East African Health and Scientific Conference, etc.; the secretariat ICT
services; the ICT services that link EAHRC with EAC Partner States and other
stakeholders; and all related matters that are required for EAHRC to realize
it vision, and execute its mission.

Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
⇗ Plan and coordinate implementation of ICT Systems and Strategies.
⇗ Recommend innovative Systems that address EAHRC requirements.
⇗ Coordinate EAHRC wide information systems networks including coordinating
and linking with other EAHRC Stakeholders in the process of designing,
updating, and managing the Web Portal.
⇗ Manage internal ICT systems involving feasibility studies, system analysis,
design and development.
⇗ Coordinate evaluation, configuration and installations of software systems
and tools.
⇗ Manage local, intra and wide area networks, bandwidth, e-security.
⇗ Maintain and upgrade servers, computers, network hardware and software.
⇗ Assist in coordinating activities of functional department within the
Commission and train end users.
⇗ Ensure security and backup copies of core systems and data are maintained.
⇗ Ensure ICT disaster recovery and business continuity plans are maintained.
⇗ Administer the workflow of the EAHRC journals e.g. EAHRJ, etc. from
electronic submission, review, to publication. Support the teams of the
journals e.g. the editors-in-chief, editorial teams, editorial boards,
authors, reviewers, managing editors, etc.
⇗ Support conferences organized by EAHRC e.g. the biennial Health and
Scientific Conference, Digital health summit, etc., and when required,
support conferences organized by EAHRC stakeholders e.g. National Focal
Points, development partners, etc.. The support required spans from pre-
conference preparatory phase, the actual conference, and post-conference
phase. The responsibilities activities include setting up and managing the
conference website, registration of participants attendees, speakers,
exhibitors, etc., submission of abstracts, live streaming of conference,
social media, podcasts, etc.
⇗ Manage the open science platform for health big data for health.
⇗ Oversee the overall day-to-day management, maintenance, and updating of the
EAHRC web portal for health information.
⇗ Embrace the Commission’s vision and values and the ideals of the Commission
towards service delivery.
⇗ Put strategies to ensure accomplishment of the EAHRC objectives.
⇗ Undertake any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the
EAHRC management in order to meet personal, team, and EAHRC objectives.

Key Performance Indicators
⇗ All objectives of the Web portal for Health Information in EAC met.
⇗ Running of EAHRJ supported.
⇗ ICT strategies, policies, procedure and systems developed.
⇗ Functional ICT systems in place and upgraded. - Backup copies of all core
systems are made and maintained.
⇗ Timely submission of reports on implementation of ICT strategies.
⇗ Number of developed systems and databases deployed.
⇗ Number of Project proposals developed to mobilize funds for ICT projects.


Qualifications and Experience ⇒
⇗ The applicant for the East African Community EAC Senior ICT Officer job
must hold a Master’s of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information
Technology or a Master’s degree in ICT administration, or its equivalent.
⇗ Holding a degree/diploma/certificate of ICT applied to health and data
management, hospital management systems, health research, will be an added
advantage.
⇗ All candidates applying must have qualifications that are recognized by the
relevant national accreditation body in their respective countries. This
condition is applicable for both locally and internationally attained
qualifications. Work Experience
⇗ Minimum of 08 years’ experience with at least 03 years in managing health
web site at a senior level including; processing health database, managing
health-based ICT infrastructure and systems,
⇗ Experience in using geographic information system GIS for health will be
an important value.
⇗ Knowledge of, and competence in modern web development tools, ICT systems
e.g. HTML, PHP, MySQL and ICT systems administration and project management
⇗ Knowledge and competence in using GIS in order to capture, store,
manipulate, analyse, manage, and present in the EAHRC web portal health-
related spatial or geographic data. - Practical experience/skills in managing
database systems e.g. database designing, database administration, and Web
Content Management Systems
⇗ Practical skills working with web hosting platforms
⇗ Knowledge in business re-engineering and strategies, and systems analysis
and design
⇗ Familiar with tools in ICT security management
⇗ Knowledge in managing emails
⇗ Technical skills in drafting ICT-related specifications and contracts -
Practical skills in management and leadership of ICT-based health or health
research projects/programmes - Working experience in Network Administration
LAN, WAN
⇗ Experience in business continuity/disaster recovery management skills
⇗ Familiar with the regional EAC and global health sector
⇗ Experience in ICT applied to health care information management; Health
Information Management Systems
⇗ Practical skills to apply big data to health care
⇗ A commitment to quality and the desire to excel.
⇗ Ability to assist in the demonstration and training of staff in the use of
ICT systems and programme

Eligibility for applications ⇒ Applicants from all EAC Partner States are
eligible to apply for the above position.

Fringe Benefits ⇒
The established posts offer attractive fringe benefits including housing
allowance, transport allowance, education allowance, a medical scheme, and
insurance cover.

Equal Opportunity ⇒ The EAC is an equal opportunity employer; therefore,
female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. EAC will only respond
to those candidates who strictly meet the set requirements.

How to Apply ⇒
All interested candidates who meet the qualification and experience
requirements for the above mentioned position are advised to
⇗ attach their application letter, a detailed CV, Copies of certified academic certificates, and a copy of National Identity Card or Passport in PDF format scanned in one 1 file.
⇗ For electronic submission, please quote the respective reference number on the subject of the email and send to the address given below.

Please note ⇒
1\. You may submit your application either electronically or in hard copy but
not both.
2\. Applications which do not
⇗ indicate nationality and age;
⇗ or have an application letter attached;
⇗ or fail to provide three referees will be disqualified.
3\. Only qualified candidates will be contacted
4\. EAC Staff Rules and Regulations preclude considerations of applicants
above 55 years of age.

Please note that EAC does not require candidates to pay money for the
recruitment process. All invitations for interviews will be done in writing.
A due diligence will be conducted for all successful candidates in respect of
their academic certificates certification by a recognized higher education
body in the respective Partner States and employment records .

The Secretary General
East African Community
P. o Box 1096
Arusha - Tanzania.
Tel +255 27 2162100
Fax +255 27 2162190
E-mail vacancies@eachq.org

Deadline Friday, 21st August 2020.

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