Job Description
Job reference: NCK/03/07/2022
Summary
The Nursing Council of Kenya wishes to recruit highly competent, passionate, dedicated and self-driven individuals to fill the following vacant position(s): NCK Senior ICT Officer
Terms and Remuneration
Terms of Service – Permanent and Pensionable
Salary: from KES. 137,607 – 162,609 per month
Job specifications
Duties and responsibilities entail:
Infrastructure and Communications
-Implementing ICT policies, procedures and controls programmes;
-Providing technical support for the ICT infrastructure and telephony systems including hardware, software support and help desk services;
-Initiating the design and review of ICT architecture, networks including documenting internal ICT standards, policies and procedures;
-Implementing ICT standards in line with the emerging needs of the Council;
-Implementing security penetration testing, disaster recovery and business continuity simulations;
-Developing various systems documentation;
-Overseeing the process of receiving, installing, configuration, certification of new or upgrading of the ICT Systems and equipment;
-Managing and reporting on compatibility status of existing systems and ICT infrastructure;
-Configuration and managing the ICT network, i.e. Local Area and Virtual Private Networks;
-Performing monitoring, detection and reporting on ICT equipment performance, and implementing performance fine-tuning analysis and reporting on ICT resource usage
-Overseeing servicing and maintaining ICT equipment and associated peripherals;
-Undertaking preventive repairs or refurbishment of ICT equipment to restore usability;
-Maintaining an up to date user-specific Information Systems (IS), user access rights and systems credentialing;
-Overseeing and performing data integrity and interrogation routines including programming, coding and testing ICT systems;
-Overseeing and updating the Service’s Website, Intranet and Databases;
-Performing Servers administration and management activities including on Domain Controllers,
-Active Directory and Exchange Server, including troubleshooting analysis;
Person specifications
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: –
-Served in the grade of an Information Communication Technology Officer for a minimum of three (3) years or three (3) years’ experience;
-Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Information Technology or a related field from a recognized institution; CISA, CISM, ITIL, PRINCE2, CCNA, MCP or its equivalent qualification;
-Membership to CSK, ISACA or its equivalent;
-Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;
-Fulfill the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution
Key Competencies & Skills
-Integrity
-Communication skills
-Interpersonal skills
-Organizational skills
-Ability to work in a team
-Attention to details
-Business acumen and ability to lead significant change
-Diagnostic, problem-solving and analytical skills
-Ability to explain technical concepts to inexperienced users.
-Extensive knowledge of IT Security protocols, processes, policies and standards, information security