Job Description
Division/Department: IT Department
Reports to: General Manager
Interfaces with: Internal Staff – Everyone, External: IT Vendors, Clients etc
Duties and Responsibilities
- Install and configure computer hardware operating systems and applications
- Monitor and maintain computer systems and networks.
- Take staff or clients through a series of actions, either face-to-face or over the phone, to help set up systems or resolve issues.
- Troubleshoot system and network problems, diagnosing and solving hardware or software faults
- Replace parts as required.
- Provide support, including procedural documentation and relevant reports.
- Participates in the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies, objectives, short- and long-range IT planning, with an emphasis on advocating for the needs of the area(s) supported; implements tracking and evaluation programs to assist in accomplishment of established goals.
- Review vendor contracts and participates in IT purchases (hardware, software and services) to ensure effective deployment of solutions aligned with user needs.
- Follow diagrams and written instructions to repair a fault or set up a system.
- Support the roll-out of new applications.
- Set up new users' accounts and profiles and deal with password issues.
- Respond within agreed time limits to call-outs.
- Work continuously on a task until completion (or referral to third parties, if appropriate).
- Prioritize and manage many open cases at one time.
- Rapidly establish a good working relationship with customers and other professionals, such as software developers.
- Test and evaluate new technology.
- Conduct electrical safety checks on computer equipment.
- Maintains currency of knowledge with respect to relevant state-of-the-art technology, equipment and/or systems.
- Other duties as may be assigned.
- Prepare and send weekly reports to the IT Coordinator on work status of the IT Department.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Mean Time to Detect
- Mean Time to Repair
- Number of breakdowns of IT Infrastructure.
- Internet/Technology Downtime and Mean Time To Recover (MTTR)
- Number of Internal/External Customer Support requests.
- Percentage increase over time of desktops/laptops in which external storage backup device and sensitive data scanning tool has been deployed
- IT ROI
- IT Cost Breakdown
- Web Server Availability
- IT Network Availability.
- Internal/External Customer Satisfaction Level.
Education and/or Work Experience/Skills Requirements:
- BSc / HND in Information Technology or Computer Science or any relevant field is desirable.
- Should be a currently serving NYSC Corps member.
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Should have a strong customer focus
- Knowledge of current trends and developments in Information Technology.
- Strong technical expertise in Information Technology.
- An ability to withstand pressure and stick to strict deadlines.
- A keen eye and attention to details
- Have a technical logical thought process.
- Strong Interpersonal and Communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Ability to provide strategic guidance and counsel in all aspect of IT systems.
- The ability to think logically
- A good memory of how software and operating systems work
- Excellent listening and questioning skills, combined with the ability to interact confidently with staff and clients to establish what the problem is and explain the solution.
- The ability to work well in a team
- The ability to prioritize your workload.
- Should have some appreciable knowledge of HSE andbe ready to take up HSE responsibilities as well.