Manager, ICT at Kenyatta National Hospital

Job Purpose

The Manager, ICT will be responsible to the Director, Corporate Services for the overall development, documentation, administration, implementation and maintenance of ICT
installations and strategies in the Hospital.

Duties and responsibilities

• Ensuring implementation and monitoring of the ICT Strategy to enhance the delivery of services, while clearly demonstrating ability to meet deadlines.
• Leading and driving a culture of innovation and creativity in seeking ICT solutions to organisational challenges.
• Customizing ICT systems into an interactive infrastructure which enables faster access to data and information and the sharing of ICT resources by users
• Assuring functionality of operating systems, network and applications software for effective communication and put in place measures which ensure security, privacy
  and integrity of ICT systems.
• Maintaining and/or developing new databases on a need basis.
• Ensuring Disaster and Recovery Management
• Planning, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the divisional/individual performance targets.

Qualifications and Experience

• A Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or its accepted equivalent from a recognized institution
• A Masters degree in Computer Science or any other ICT related discipline from a recognized institution.
• Possess Professional certificate in either Microsoft certified Engineering, Microsoft Certified Professional, Database Administration or Systems Development.
• Possess programming skills.
• At least 6 years progressive experience in Senior Management level.
• Certification from relevant recognized professional bodies.

Skills/Competencies

• Ability to conceptualise and convert ideas into solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal and Communication skills.
• Good understanding of how software is developed and ICT programme management.
• Good understanding of Data Protection and information security and governance standards.
• Experience of managing multiple ICT disciplines i.e software development, technical support, systems architecture etc.
• Experience of managing major projects using universal project management methodologies.
• Experience in systems analysis, design and redesign.
• Knowledge of workflow analysis tools.
• Knowledge of ICT Business Continuity Planning.
• Good understanding of the ICT strategy development and execution.
• Ability to work flexi hours due to the 24 hour nature of Hospital operation.

This position is on a three (3) year renewable contract subject to satisfactory performance