ICT Officer at Tourism Finance Corporation (TFC)

Key Responsibilities for the Chief ICT Officer Job

• Participate in TFC’s strategic planning process and advise the IT Steering Committee and the Board of Directors on ICT policy and strategy issues affecting the tourism sector
• Develop and implement TFC’s ICT strategy in consultation with the Board Committee responsible for ICT
• Oversee development and implementation TFC’s ICT policy
• Develop, manage and monitor the ICT budgets in line with the overall TFC’s goals and objectives
• Guide and coordinate all ICT projects related to selection, acquisition, development and installation of major information systems for TFC while managing all ICT vendor relationships
• Ensure that design and selection of ICT applications and infrastructure supports the strategic objectives of TFC
• Champion any system changes and effectively manage the implementation of new initiatives
• Responsible for TFC’s information security by developing and overseeing the implementation of TFC systems security strategies, policies and procedures for confidentiality, integrity and availability of data
• Ensure that TFC’s disaster recovery system is fully operational at all times for business continuity
• Ensure that all information systems network and infrastructure operate according to internal standards, external accrediting agency standards, regulatory agencies and legal requirements
• Develop service level agreements between ICT and the business and ensure the department meets objectives of the performance contract and cascaded individual performance goals
• Liaise with the all departments to continuously identify new ICT requirements
• Act as a change manager when defining and executing change requirements
• Coach, mentor, develop and provide leadership to the ICT team to ensure high performance and effective succession planning in the department.

Chief ICT Officer Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or any other related field.
• A Master’s degree in Business Administration, Strategic Management, Information Systems, Computer Science or other related field.
• Any ICT specialized certification such as MCSE, CISA, CISA, IC3, CCNP, OCP, A+, CISSP, CISCO etc.
• At least 6 years’ experience with 3 years in a managerial position.
• Membership to a professional body.
• Conversant with ERP, ICT Infrastructure systems
• Strong Leadership and Management skills
• Ability to design long term plans
• Analytical and presentation skills
• Ability to interpret long term plans, programs and budgets developed at Senior Management Level
• Project Management skills
• Ability to develop plans, programs, SOPS and coordination of workflows
• Strategic Management skills

Shortlisted candidates will be required to provide the following documents:

• Clearance certificate from HELB
• Clearance for Ethics and Anti-Corruption and Commission
• Certificate from a Credit Reference Bureau
• Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation
• Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority.