With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Back ground
World Vision Uganda (WVU) is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in 43 districts and have 48 Area Programmes implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with these beneficiaries. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for a qualified and passionate individual willing to share in our vision and join the team in the following role.
Position: Network Administrator
Report to: ICT Manager
Location: Kampala – National Office
Advert Start Date: 18th May 2022
Advert End Date: 26th May 2022

Purpose of the position:
To provide technical guidance and management of World Vision Uganda’s ICT Network/Telecoms environment for efficient business operations that impact the achievement of World Vision Uganda’s child well-being aspirations.

Key Outputs/Responsibilities.
Deployment and Management of IT Infrastructure
• Deploy & Maintain connectivity hardware and software components or services.
• Implements and Manage security infrastructure (including firewalls Content Filter policy) on the enterprise networks and user endpoints.
Assess network-related risks and advise the management on available options.
Vendor Management:
Contract Management:
• Manage vendor performance in line with agreed Service Level Agreements.
• Troubleshooting vendor-related incidents.
• Demand management
• Process vendor payments
Develop Terms of References (ToRs) and Evaluate vendor solutions to ensure compliance with requirements.
Telecom Systems Management:
• Develop and implement strategies to identify future bandwidth capacity and technology needs.
• Design and operationalize the connectivity disaster recovery plan.
Customer Support:
• Provide end-user support for connectivity or related network/ communication issues.
• Document, train, and guide on connectivity-related services.
Coaching and Mentoring ICT staff

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical and Telecommunications Engineer, or other related specialized training.
Technical certification in Networks, E.g., CCNA, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of experience in Network Administration.
• Comprehensive understanding of networking technologies and related infrastructure.
• Excellent Analytical Skills and troubleshooting skills for solving problems.
• Demonstrates eagerness and aptitude for acquiring necessary technical knowledge, skills, and judgment to accomplish a result.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English