Principal ICT Officer at Kenya School of Government

The Principal ICT Officer will be responsible for planning, directing and coordinating the Information and Communication Technology services of the School and shall report to the Director Finance and Administration in the course of duties.

Duties for the Principal ICT Officer Job

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Ensure appropriate data security and access controls considering both local and wide area issues,
• Draw and schedule preventive maintenance of ICT infrastructure,
• Develop training materials, operating and user manuals,
• Implement policies and procedures to govern activities in the department,
• Carry out feasibility studies for areas to be computerized,
• Evaluate systems and ensuring adherence to established performance standards,
• Maintain primary, backup and disaster recovery data centres,
• Ensure work and changes to the ICT infrastructure components are undertaken,
• Co-ordinate administration and maintenance of LAN & WAN,
• Compile progress reports on the operations of ICT systems,
• Ensure compliance with database vendor license agreement,
• Control user access to ICT systems,
• Train staff in assigned systems, and
• Undertake other duties as may be assigned by the Director Finance and Administration.

Principal ICT Officer Job Qualifications

The ideal candidate for the position of Principal ICT Officer will be an individual with:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or its equivalent from a recognized university,
• A Master’s Degree in Computer Science or its equivalent from a recognized university,
• Membership of appropriate professional association,
• A certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks,
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and
• Initiative and ability to build and work with teams.