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Job Title: ICT Specialist (Information and Communication Technologies )

Grade : P3/P4

Reports to : Head of Division, Administration and Finance

Annual Salary: USD 36,901 USD 44,469/ USD 44,328 – USD 51,637

Reference:: ECW/WAHO-CDC/10

Status : Permanent

Duty Station : Abuja (Nigeria).

Job 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/Experience/Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in ICT This qualification must be issued by well renown institution;
  • At least five years of experience in analysis, design and development of web-based software;
  • Possession of higher degree would reduce the required professional experience to three (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.
  • 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

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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Before the creation of ECOWAS, the collective territory known as West Africa, from a regional point of view, was made up of an aggregation of states that had emerged from different colonial experiences and administrations which largely defined the boundaries of the 15 states domiciled in the area.

 Even though member states of the community, today make use of three different imported official languages (English, French and Portuguese), there are well over a thousand existing local languages including cross-border native tongues such as Ewe, Fulfulde, Hausa, Mandingo, Wolof, Yoruba, Ibo, Ga, etc. that constitute its over 300 million people tucked in a vast land of about 5.1 million square kilometres.

 Prior to colonialism, the area played host to many proud empires and kingdoms that spanned centuries some of which included Ghana, Mali Songhai, Wolof, Oyo, Benin and Kanem Bornu.

 The region’s cultural, linguistic and ecological diversity presents both opportunities and challenges for the integration process. The longing to combine forces politically and economically has always been recognised as a step forward in the desire to engender co-prosperity in the area.

 In this regard, the first effort at integration dates back to 1945 with the creation of CFA franc that brought the francophone countries of the region into a single currency union. Then in 1964, Liberian president William Tubman proposed an economic union for West Africa leading to an agreement which was signed in 1965 by the four states of Cote d’Ivore, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

 However, nothing concrete emanated from these until 1972 when Nigerian head of state Gen Yakubu Gowon and his Togolese counterpart Gnassingbe Eyadema toured the region in support of the integration Idea. Thanks to the drafts that emanated from their efforts as they formed the basis for the emergence of the treaty of Lagos in 1975 which birthed ECOWAS. The treaty of Lagos was initially limited to economic policies but emerging political events led to its revision and therewith the expansion of scope and powers in 1993.

 ECOWAS is meant to foster interstate economic and political cooperation. History is on its side in this regard. Dating back to pre-colonial times, West Africans have been among the world’s most mobile populations although much of the migration had been intra-regional. About 7.5 million West African migrants (3 percent of the regional population) are living in ECOWAS countries other than their own. The 1.2 million other migrants are dispersed mainly in North America and Europe. Estimated at about 149 million in 2013, women constitute over 50 percent of the region’s population. The cross-border migration of women as traders and business persons places them as potential champions for promoting integration, even though this is a reality that is yet to be fully exploited.

 Over the last few years, West Africa’s population witnessed strong growth, increasing from 70 million to nearly 300 million inhabitants between 1950 and 2010. By the end of 2014, it represents nearly 40% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa. According to the projections of the United Nations, the population of West Africa should reach between 550 and 600 million by 2050. It is the youngest region of the world. Also, with about 5 percent of the world’s population, with an area covering over 40 percent of sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa is the most densely populated on the continent.

 The diverse socio-cultural dimension of development should be a necessary building block for establishing peace and security in the region. Drawing strength from its past, leaders of the community have been making sacrifices to keep the shape of the political structure of the region. In 1976, Cape Verde, one of the two Lusophone countries in the region joined ECOWAS, and in December 2000 Mauritania withdrew its membership, having a

At all times, ECOWAS chief executive officers presiding either as Executive Secretaries or Presidents, deferred to the supreme organ of the community-the Authority of the Heads of State of Government for guidance. This body is usually headed by a Chairman. There have been 28 such Chairmen between 1978 to 2015.

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0 USD Abuja CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Job Title: ICT Specialist (Information and Communication Technologies )

Grade : P3/P4

Reports to : Head of Division, Administration and Finance

Annual Salary: USD 36,901 USD 44,469/ USD 44,328 – USD 51,637

Reference:: ECW/WAHO-CDC/10

Status : Permanent

Duty Station : Abuja (Nigeria).

Job 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/Experience/Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in ICT This qualification must be issued by well renown institution;
  • At least five years of experience in analysis, design and development of web-based software;
  • Possession of higher degree would reduce the required professional experience to three (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.
  • 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

 2017-04-09

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