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Job Title:  Senior Manager Applications  

Organisation: National Social Security Fund (NSSF)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Chief Technology & Enterprise Solutions Officer

About Organisation:

National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is positioning itself as the Social Security Provider of Choice in Uganda. With our shared purpose of being the Social Security Provider of choice, providing exceptional customer service and better operations with a well-motivated and skilled workforce, we are looking to recruit persons with high integrity and dedication to work with us.

Job Summary: The Senior Manager Applications will be responsible for maintaining, supporting, and upgrading existing systems and applications needed to keep the business running

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the development and deployment of new applications, systems software, and/or enhancements to existing applications throughout the enterprise.
• Oversee projects assigned to the applications development and applications support teams
• Coordinate and review the complete development lifecycle of the fund’s software systems
• Review and recommend change control processes for the development team to follow.
• Coordinate with the IT Projects team to ensure that development projects meet business requirements and goals, fulfill end-user requirements, and identify and resolve systems issues
• Oversee the collaboration of analysts, designers, and system owners in the testing of new software programs and applications.
• Provide technical leadership to analysts and programmers working on development project teams.
• Oversee the review and analyses of existing applications’ effectiveness and efficiency and develops strategies for improving or leveraging these systems.
• Oversee the design, development and installation of enhancements and upgrades to systems and application software.
• Enforce functional policies, procedures, and quality assurance best practices.
• Prepare and monitor of budgets when necessary.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to ensure the achievement of the departments’ objectives.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Information Technology related field.
• A Masters degree in Computer Science, software engineering or Information Technology related field.
• A professional qualification in, Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Security (CCNP Security, Symantec DLP, SIEM), CEH, OSCP, Wireless technologies, F5 LTM and APM, Imperva WAF/DAM, Fortinet NSE4-8, ISO 27001, ITILv3, CISSP, NSX, Azure Fundamentals/MCSA etc.

Work Experience:

• 8 years overall IT experience especially in an application support and development capacity and 4 years in a managerial role.

Key Competences:

• Commitment & Integrity
• Proactivity & Innovation
• Getting Work Done
• Relationship Building
• Communicating and Influencing
• Resilience & Resourcefulness
• Thinking and Problem Analysis
• Research and investigation (Advanced)
• Business process and project management (Advanced)
• Risk and control (Intermediate)
• Data collection and analysis (Advanced)
• Problem-solving tools and techniques (Advanced)
• Computer-aided auditing techniques (Advanced)

How to Apply:

All Interested individuals should  Click Here to fill out the application form and also send copies of their application letter, curriculum vitae and academic qualifications, addressed to the Chief of People and Culture to recruitment@nssfug.org

NB: Women are encouraged to apply. Please note that canvassing or lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification of the candidate and that providing minimal information or not attaching the required documentation may lead to the disposition of your candidature due to insufficient information provided.

Deadline: 7th August 2024

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