ICT Specialist (Information and Communication Technologies) at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen West African countries. Founded on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, its mission is to promote economic integration across the region. Considered one of the pillars of the African Economic Community, the organization was founded in order to achieve collective self-sufficiency for its member states by creating a single large trading bloc through an economic and trading union. It also serves as a peacekeeping force in the region. The organization operates officially in three co-equal languages French, English, and Portuguese.

We are currently recruiting for the vacant position below:

Job Title: ICT Specialist (Information and Communication Technologies)

Reference : ECW/WAHO-CDC/10
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Department: Regional Centre for Disease Surveillance and Control
Grade: P3/P4
Status: Permanent
Reports to: Head of Division, Administration and Finance

Summary
Under the supervision of the Head of the Division for Administration and Finance of the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Disease Surveillance and Control, the ICT Specialist is responsible for the management of IT tools to enable the Storage and timely transmission of data to produce information for epidemic prevention, detection and control.

Specific Responsibilities

• Specifically, the Incumbent shall discharge duties as follows:
• Assist in assessing the Centre Staff needs in computer equipment, software and training
• Ensure the proper functioning of the IT system (equipment, LAN/WAN and software of any kind)
• Participate in the installation, configuration and maintenance of workstations and various servers
• Installation and configuration of operating systems and other software
• Analyze, design and develop specific applications to meet the needs of the Centre; manage web platforms for managing epidemics, alerts and health information
• Participate in the analysis of health data and disseminate health information via Internet;
• Establish a policy for the regular backup of data
• Install and maintain an anti-virus system on all workstations and servers in the Centre.
• Provide user support
• Keep an updated inventory of all computer and communication equipment
• Conduct according to the training plan resulting from the expression of the training needs, a user training on the software used and radio and communications stations.
• Perform any other duty as may be assigned by Management

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in ICT from a well renown institution
• A Post Graduate Degree would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in analysis, design and development of web-based software
• Possession of higher Degree would reduce the required professional experience to 3 years
• Proficiency in various programming languages such as C #, Python, Java, JavaScript, HTML5, LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
• Experience in health informatics, particularly standards of health information exchange and interoperability (eg, IHE, HL7, OASIS, X12)
• Open source platforms and enterprise database solutions such as DHIS2, iHRIS, OpenMRS, CommCare, OpenLMIS, Open HIE,
• RapidPro, MySQL, Oracle
• Experience in configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting Windows and Linux server
• Experience in: Network Virtualization (LAN, WAN, MAN -CISCO switching), Windows Server operating system (Windows Server, 2008 R2 -Windows Server 2008), Linux Operating Systems (Debian -Ubuntu) storage system.

Skills:

• Ability to work in a dynamic and agile environment, including changing requirements and priorities
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to communicate on technical topics to non-technical audiences

Age:

• Candidate must not be more than 50 (fifty) years of age at the point of recruitment and must be an ECOWAS citizen.

Language:

• Must be fluent in one of the official languages of the Community; English, French and Portuguese. A working knowledge of another would be an advantage.

Anual Salary
USD 98955 - USD 3355./ USD 12465 - USD16575.

Application Closing Date
9th April, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should download the "Job Application Form", fill it and send it as an email attachment together with their CV's to: waho-cdc@ecowas.int No certificate should be attached.

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