IT Officer

Job Location:
Nationality: National/International (any)
Category: Information Technology
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: As per Organization salary scale
Vacancy Number: OHA/KDR/129
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Kandahar
Organization: OHA
Years of Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in IT support or IT management roles, preferably within an NGO or international organization.
Contract Duration: 12
Gender: Male/Female
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
Close date: 2024-09-14
About OHA:
Organization for Humanitarian Assistance (OHA), was established in the year 12. January. 1994 is an Afghan, non-profit, non-governmental organization, a cooperative partner of the UN and other international organizations implementing developmental and humanitarian projects in the southern region of Afghanistan. OHA strives to contribute to achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) while strictly adhering to the humanitarian principles and key elements of good governance; participation, transparency, and accountability.
The intention is to alleviate severe suffering, spread awareness, and enable people to become self-employed and self-dependent at village, district, and city levels to boost rural and urban economy and livelihood in consultation with donors and local communities.
With 30 years of experience, extensive knowledge, and strong roots in the society with a wide range of network and access to the hard-to-reach areas in the Southern provinces (Kandahar, Kabul, Helmand, Urozgan, Zabul, Nimroz), OHA has been able to successfully implement 113 developmental and emergency response humanitarian projects from March 1995 with an impartial, neutral, independent, humane and transparent way funded by various donors (see the; our Donors section).
Close relations with people in particular with Shuras, community elders, and religious leaders, and having a professional and experienced team are the key factors of OHA’s successful work in remote and insecure geographical areas.
Our areas of work include; irrigation (canals, culverts, bridges, flood protection), education (schools, literacy, awareness campaigns), road (structure and construction), capacity building (management training, vocational training), drinking water (drilling wells and extending water supply), health system (construction of infrastructure), provision of humanitarian assistance during natural and human-made disasters.
OHA is registered with the Ministry of Economy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and is an active member of the NGO coordination body of Southern-Western Afghanistan and Balochistan Association for Coordination (SWABAC), with its head office in Kandahar City, and its sub-offices in Lashkargah and Zaranj cities. The rest of the provinces are either covered by the existing offices or new offices are established, may the nature of the project require it. OHA plans to establish a permanent sub-office in Kabul to extend its services to other provinces as well.
Job Description:
. Role and responsibilities:
The purpose of the IT Officer is to be responsible for the IT & Database system according to
OHA standard and to support program/project implementation.
The following is a brief description of the role
Generic responsibilities:
These responsibilities are the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall
be short and essential. Details belong in the Work and Development plan.
Job Description:
1. Develop, maintain, and update the organization’s website and coordinate with relevant
departments,
2. Ensure security of data, network access and backup systems,
3. Installing and configuring software components to ensure usability,
4. Troubleshooting hardware and software issues,
5. Providing support to users and being the first point of contact for error reporting,
6. Maintain & control the projects-specific databases;
7. Ensure all data is entered and updated to online system databases;
8. Liaise with field staff regarding missing data, eventual mistakes, data discrepancies, and/or
inconsistencies;
9. Update the inventory of IT-related assets
10. Knowledge of Office 365
11. Assist with data storage architecture
12. Ability to troubleshoot common hardware/software issues
13. Knowledge of networking concepts and technologies. 14. CCTV installation and configuration.
15. Deliver SCOPE training to the WFP staff and partners.
16. Any other duty assigned by the supervisor
Job Requirements:
Education:
1. Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
Experience:
 Minimum 3 years of working experience with INGOs or NGOs in relevant positions (IT &Database)
 Good knowledge of data verification, and analysis;
 Complete literacy (speaking, writing, and reading) in Dari Pashto and English languages;
 Very good interpersonal and communication skills, including politeness and patience;
 Ability to work as part of a team or individually;
 Fluency in English, both written and verbal
1. Language Requirements:
Fluency in Pashto, Dari, and English
2. Performance Management
The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance
with the OHA Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:
 The Job Description
 The Work and Development Plan
 The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template
 The End-term Performance Review Template
 The OHA Competency Framework

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