4 Fresher IT Officer Job Opportunities – Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)

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Job Title:  IT Officer (4 Fresher Job Opportunities)

Organisation: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Senior IT Officer

Reference: UBOS/ITO/08/2022

 

About US:

Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is a semi-autonomous agency of Government responsible for maintenance, coordination, supervising and monitoring of the National Statistical System to ensure the collection, analysis and dissemination of standardised statistical information. The Bureau is also mandated as the principal official statistics producing agency in the country.

 

Job Summary:   The IT Officer will install, configure, upgrade, maintain and administer computer systems to support data processing, management and analysis.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Install, configure and maintain IT systems, operating systems and Active Directory objects and security policies;
  • Obtain, update and maintain documentation and licenses for all systems acquired by the organization;
  • Test and evaluate new technologies, and roll out new applications (acquired or internally developed), including patches and upgrades.
  • Install, configure and maintain IP addresses, network segments, LANs, WANs, Internet
  • To install and ensure optimal operations of all ICT hardware, virtual systems, networks, manage hardware inventory, monitor warranty and
  • To develop data entry applications, maintain them and support processing, data management & analysis
  • Operationalize data management, documentation and archiving of all statistical surveys/censuses and Administrative
  • Investigate, and monitor hardware and software problems and ensure necessary maintenance and repair when needed;
  • Setting up new user systems, including setting up user accounts and profiles
  • Ensuring that the systems are up, running and backed up, while performing periodic or event driven systems performance optimization
  • Provide first point of IT Support for staff, respond to call-outs and escalate issues as required, including managing the IT Service/ Help
  • Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Computer Engineering.
  • IT Certifications: MCSE-or equivalent
  • Previous experience of administering ICT systems in a similar corporate setting
  • Planning, deployment and maintenance of MS Windows and Unix/Linux based systems – operation systems and Relational Database Management
  • In-depth interest in IT support and must be IT savvy.
  • Administration of Virtual Servers using VMWare
  • Administration knowledge of unified Communications solutions.
  • Proven Knowledge of IT Service Management processes especially incident and Problem management.
  • Professionalism, Integrity, team spirit
  • Objective and independent
  • Problem solving skills
  • Creative thinking to be able to come up with new ideas
  • An ability to work under pressure
  • Organizational and planning skills

 

How to Apply:

If you believe you meet the required profile, please see the job details on the UBOS Website and submit your application through the online application system available on the UBOS Website:

 

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Hardcopies shall not be accepted. All applicants must attach relevant soft copies of academic transcripts, certificates and relevant appointment letters. (PDF copies maximum 10MB).

 

Deadline: 19th August 2022 at 5:00pm

 

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