Senior Assistant Director, ICT

About the role

The Kenya Medical Training College is recruiting a Senior Assistant Director, ICT (AN-Scale KMTC 3) based in Nairobi (Westlands). The post is responsible for managing ICT services, projects, infrastructure and staff across the College.

Key responsibilities

• Manage relationships with internal and external ICT stakeholders and liaise with user departments to ensure ICT service delivery.
• Advise on the impact of emerging ICT standards, guidelines, policies, rules and regulations.
• Supervise, delegate and allocate tasks and help desk tickets within a functional area, and mentor the ICT team.
• Plan, monitor and evaluate ICT projects, develop a succession plan for ICT positions and ensure compliance with ICT standards and regulatory requirements.
• Review feasibility studies and detailed specifications, and oversee training and deployment of staff in the division.
• Develop ICT policies, standards, guidelines and strategies, and maintain and support ICT systems.
• Oversee configuration and maintenance of LANs and WANs, update the ICT equipment inventory, and prepare technical specifications and user manuals.
• Design and schedule user training, appraise staff performance reports, and oversee the development of LANs, WANs and critical business process applications.
• Develop and monitor the annual ICT budget and coordinate the acquisition, development and maintenance of ICT infrastructure.

Required profile

• Cumulative service period of 15 years' relevant work experience, including 3 years in the grade of Assistant Director ICT or a comparable position.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Technology, Informatics, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Security and Forensics, Business Information Technology, Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering, or its equivalent.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, ICT or another ICT-related discipline from a recognised institution.
• Demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence, and a clear understanding of national goals and policies in relation to the College mandate.

Required skills

• ICT certificates in areas such as database management (Oracle, SQL, DB2), information security (CISSP, Security+, CISA, CISM), service support (ITIL, COBIT), network administration (CCNA, HCNA, N+, HP), system administration (MCSE, Linux, Unix) or software development (Java, Visual Studio, Python, Oracle).
• A leadership certificate of at least four weeks from a recognised institution.
• Membership of a professional body where applicable, and a valid practicing licence where applicable.