Information Technology Officer

United Nations Development Programme

Anambra, Nigeria

Experience: 5 to 10 Years

Skill Required: IT and ICT

The Anambra State Government has established a 15-person Committee on Truth, Justice, and Peace with a mandate of supporting the State to lay a firm foundation for a peaceful, unified and prosperous future. The Committee will execute its mandate through an inclusive stakeholder dialogues, consultative processes and participatory research as a basis for forging a common ground and shared approach to addressing the root causes of conflict. In playing its role, the Committee will also make clear recommendations to the State Government on the alternative pathways for peaceful resolution of disputes that could arise in the future, address grievances for inclusive and sustainable development. The 15 members of the Committee are comprised of eminent persons carefully selected from across the political, economic, private sector, cultural and religious spheres.

To ensure, effective and timely execution of the Committee’s mandate, the Anambra State Government with support from UNDP will establish a Secretariat to serve as the administrative, technical and management arm of the committee. 

The Secretariat will be comprised of a lean core team of 5 staff. This team will be supported and mirrored for mutual learning and experience transfer by a team of 4 staff seconded from Government. This team will play the following key technical and supportive roles:

  • Research and data analysis
  • Logistics and Administration
  • Communications and Stakeholder Engagement 
  • Information Management and Technology

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the overall guidance of the UNDP DRR (P) and supervision of the Crisis Prevention and Recovery Advisor the Information Technology Officer will perform the following roles:

  • Design and implementation of the Committee’s ICT Strategy
  • Develop and maintain the Committee’s Website and other communication channels
  • Set up and maintain the Committee’s ICT equipment including the server (Help Desk and Network administration)
  • Develop and manage the Committee’s Information Management and Storage System
  • Provision of web management services
  • Facilitation of knowledge building and sharing

Qualifications:

Education:

  • Graduate degree in Information Technology and related disciplines

Required experience:

  • At least 5 years of professional experience in the field of IT and IC
  • Experience in database and information management
  • Demonstrated experience in web design, development and management (using open source languages)
  • Demonstrated experience in software engineering
  • Experience in providing help desk support and network management
  • Working experience in Nigeria is an asset.

Language requirements:

  • Fluency in English (written and spoken) required.
  • Additional local languages an asset.

Source: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=107525