Monday, August 18, 2014

CLOSED --- WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME looking for SENIOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION (ICT) ASSISTANT

Job Title: Senior Information and Communication (ICT) Assistant                                             
Contract: Service Contract (SC6)
Duty Station: Gaziantep, Turkey (with regular travels to the field)           
Duration: Till 31.12.2014 (extendable)
Deadline for applications: 28/08/2014

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Accountabilities: Under the direct supervision of Head of Sub Office the Senior Information Technology Assistant will be responsible for the following duties:

1.       Guide, train and supervise staff maintaining inventory of material and/or database of information, such as, computer related equipment, communications equipment, website content, training material
2.       Guide, train and supervise staff maintaining logs or archives of information, such as computer related logs, trouble tickets, directories, website publications, registries, data warehouses, reports
3.       Deploy and/or disseminate standard material, such as, computer hardware and/or software, applications, programs, directories, telephony, web content, publications, database content, training material
4.       Maintain systems and equipment by carrying out specialized tasks and supervising staff carrying out routine tasks, such as backing up data, monitoring network and systems, servers and peripherals, running systems diagnostics, patch management and system optimization, removing viruses and bad data
5.       Monitor systems, databases and applications for servers and clients
6.       Resolve a variety of problems and/or assist in resolution of problems by identifying and forwarding issues to the appropriate person
7.       Maintain web pages, electronic documents, statistical databases; maintain Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) applications and procedures and provide support to IKM users
8.       Train and support users of technology and systems, such as audio/videoconferences, meetings, databases, registries, networks
9.       Evaluate, develop, and recommend procedures for best ICT practices. Participates in discussions on new/revised procedures and practices; interprets and assesses the impact of changes and makes recommendations on follow up actions
10.   Perform other related duties as required.

Expected Results:
Well organized, reports and/or records, put together independently with only general guidance. Well organized work with accurate information and databases; efficiently supervised team of support staff or work unit.


Minimum qualifications:

Education:
Secondary school education supplemented by technical training in electronic or telecommunications, computer technology or other related field. University Degree in Computer Sciences, Information Technologies is desirable.

Experience:
At least five years of progressively responsible job related experience in information technology or telecommunications or information management, such as, WAN/LAN networking, operating systems, telephone services, radio unit, web design, registry or similar.
Some experience in client support, such as, a Help Desk or User Support Unit, web design team, telephone maintenance service, e-marketing group, hotline, or similar and

Knowledge:

Training and/or experience utilizing computers, including word processing, spreadsheet and other standard WFP software packages and systems and general knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures governing human resources administration is an asset.



We are looking for national candidates for the position.
 Preferably candidates who are residing in location or surrounding areas.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
                         
Only short - listed candidates will be contacted.



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