Tuesday 19 March 2013

CRA ICT Career Opportunities

CRA Jobs 2013.  ICT careers in Kenya
Commission on Revenue Allocation Vacancies Announcement

The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) is an independent Commission set up under Article 215 of the Constitution of Kenya.

Its core mandate is to recommend the basis for equitable sharing of revenues raised nationally between the National and County Governments; sharing of revenue among the County Governments
and make recommendations on other matters concerning the financing of, and financial management by county governments.

The Commission seeks to recruit qualified and competent staff to fill the following positions:

ICT Officer - Technical Services
The officer will plan, develop, install, troubleshoot, maintain and support an operating system and associated physical and virtual server infrastructure (VMware), network infrastructure, software and databases ensuring
optimum system integrity, security, backup and performance.

The Officer will be responsible for the smooth running of computer systems and ensuring users get maximum benefits from them.

The successful candidate will report to the Director, ICT.

Key Responsibilities:
    Provide ICT support for all elements of the ICT Infrastructure including network, server and workstations.
    Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
    Install, configure and manage/monitor/upgrade wireless and wired network infrastructure.
    Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures in order to protect data, software, and hardware.
    Maintain and enforce ICT policies (group, hardware, software) in conjunction with the ICT Director.
    Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
    Troubleshooting system and network problems and diagnosing and solving hardware/software faults.
    Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.
    Setting up new users' accounts and profiles and dealing with password issues.
    Testing and evaluating new technology.
    Undertake any other appropriate tasks as may be assigned by the ICT Director.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

    Bachelor degree, with a technical major, such as Management Information Systems (MIS) or computer Science.
    Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in Unix and Microsoft (CCNA, MCSE, MCSA).
    Five years system administration experience.
    Experience with management of the physical and virtual server infrastructure (VMware).

Other requirements:
    Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken, including the ability to communicate technical issues in an accessible and supportive way.
    Able to work both independently and under direction from the ICT Director.
    Require working knowledge of networking principles and of both wired and wireless networks and experience of troubleshooting network problems.
    Demonstrable skills with PC networks and Microsoft Server management in an AD environment.
    Demonstrable skills with supporting and maintaining Vsphere 4.0 or above.
    Experience of managing windows and Linux servers.

General Competencies
 All applicants to the above positions should possess the following general competencies:
    He/she must be a person of integrity, demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and be a team player.
    Strong managerial skills, including motivating, developing, coaching and leading team.
    Ability to collaborate with people and organizations of diverse backgrounds.
    Excellent communication skills.
    Be computer literate specifically in Microsoft Word and Excel.
    Ability to work in a team-modulated and collaborative environment.

Terms and Conditions of Service
The successful candidate for the above position will be offered a competitive remuneration package and will be appointed on permanent and pensionable basis.

Application Process If your training, experience and competence match or exceed any of the above minimum requirements, please send (2) separately secured copies of your application, a detailed up-to-date curriculum vitae, indicating current remuneration, e-mail and telephone contacts, together with copies of certificates and testimonials.

You should also give the names of three referees who must be familiar with your previous work/academic experience indicating their telephone, postal and email addresses.

The application cover MUST clearly indicate the position being applied for.

Application should be addressed to the Commission Secretary, CRA and be sent by post or hand delivered to the Commission offices at 14 Riverside Drive by Monday 1st April, 2013 as follows:

Application for the position of ___________ (insert appropriate position)

To The Commission Secretary
Commission On Revenue Allocation
14 Riverside Drive Grosvenor Block
P.O. BOX 1310 - 00200
Nairobi.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

If you do not hear from us in the next three months from the date of this advertisement then consider your application unsuccessful.

The CRA is an equal opportunity, gender sensitive and compliant employer.

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