Principal Information Communication Technology Officer - 5 Posts at County Government of Nandi

To plan, organize, and manage staff and overall operations to ensure the stable operation of County of Nandi’s ICT infrastructure. This includes providing the County’s Strategic Leadership in Programme’s Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Knowledge Management and Learning. He/she will be responsible for designing, managing, monitoring and evaluation systems and tools for implementation of the County’s activities, programs and projects. The Infrastructure Manager will also schedule and direct activities to resolve hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion.

Job Requirements: Academic and Professional Qualifications:

For appointment to this position, the applicant must have: -

• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following:- Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Administration, Software Engineering or related field
• Membership to an IT Related Professional Body in good standing;
• Master’s degree qualification from a University recognized in Kenya (is an added advantage).

Work experience

• 7 years relevant experience of which 5 years should be in managing ICT Network Infrastructure or ICT Enterprise systems like : Revenue systems, Agricultural management systems, IFMIS ..etc.
• Evidence of knowledge of Infrastructure design & operational excellence
• 3 Years successful leadership of an infrastructure team

Duties and Responsibilities

• ICT Infrastructure Strategy & Planning
•  ICT Infrastructure Acquisition & Deployment
•  ICT Infrastructure Operational Management
• Ensure control & implementation of ICT Security
• Manage the performance & Development of ICT Infrastructure staff
• Providing overall strategic leadership of Authority’s monitoring and evaluation strategies in accordance with the Authority’s strategic plan;
• Ensuring quality assurance of all of the Departmental programmatic work in line with County’s Strategic Plan;
• Providing leadership in the development and implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation capacity building strategy;
• Ensuring programming and learning in implementation of the programs;