Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the following vacant posts, which exist at Uganda Allied Health Examinations Board.

Job title: Information Technology (IT) Officer
Reports to: The Principal Examinations Officer/Senior IT Officer
Responsible for: Data Clerks Age: between 35 – 45 years

Purpose of the job:
To head the ICT Unit, support the development, usage and maintenance of ICT at the Secretariat.

Key outputs:
• A well-designed information system that caters for all organizational needs in place.
• Technical guidance on all procurements related to ICT provided
Data identified and managed for proper reference and retrieval
• A records storage plan in place.
• ICT Infrastructure in place and well managed
• Confidentiality and security upheld

Duties and responsibilities
• Establish long term needs for the Information system to promote the increased proliferation and ambitious application of ICT within the Institution and advises management on the appropriate strategies.
• Providing technical support and guidance on all matters of procurement, utilization and maintenance of
• ICT hardware and software to the Board.
• Establish and advise the Board on technical installation, priorities, standards, procedures, management and IT equipment and systems.
• Designing, implementing and administering specialized system for managing record;
Integrating records management into Board systems and processes;
Identifies information requiring capture, classifies, stores and retrieves it;
• Participate In the development of a records storage plan, which includes the short and long-term housing of physical records and digital information;
• Analyzing and interpreting statistical data in order to identify significant differences in relationships among sources of information.
• Maintaining confidentiality, security and reliability of the information system.

Qualifications
An Honors Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or Statistics majoring in computing from a recognized Institution.
Experience
No work experience in the field is required but may count as an added advantage.

Key Competences
Technical competences:
• Information Communication Technology
• Management of organizational environment
• Planning, organizing and coordinating
• Good understanding of international protocols and conventions

Behavioral competences
• Teamwork leadership and networking
• Innovativeness
• Concern for quality and standards
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills
• Confidentiality
• High level of integrity
• Time management
• Proven ability in record management