BACKGROUND:

Amref Health Africa in Tanzania is a non-profit public health organization supporting the Government of Tanzania to address public health issues including maternal and child health, HIV, TB, Malaria and Nutrition in Tanzania since 1987. Amref Health Africa in Tanzania is funded by The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through CDC Tanzania, to execute a robust HIV care and treatment clinical cascade project aiming to accelerate the achievement of the current 95-95-95 goals and the HIV epidemic control in Tanzania. The project branded as Afya Kamilifu Project is implemented in Tanga and Zanzibar since October, 2018, Simiyu Region since 2020. From October 2021 this project will extend its operations to Mara Region covering facility based and community-based HIV care and treatment services. Afya Kamilifu project works - in collaboration with and with guidance from the Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Zanzibar Ministry of health and President’s Office Regions Authority and Local Government (PORALG). That said, Amref Health Africa -Tanzania is announcing the following

Position Title: ICT Officer (1)

Work Station: Musoma 

Reports to: Regional Project Manager 

Job summary:

Support Amref Offices, Facilities and the RHMTs on keeping the Health Information Systems functional and Up To Date to enhance the projects data management and reporting.  He will work closely with the Strategic Information Director in strengthening Health Information Systems across Mara region

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review current CTC databases and present ideas for system improvements to ensure their strong functionality and optimization
• Work with software development team to review new and existing code and/or perform unit testing
• Install and configure computer network, computer hardware operating systems and applications correctly and within agreed timescales and standards
• Monitor and repair malfunctioning peripherals, computer systems and networks
• Troubleshoot system and network problems, diagnosing and solving hardware or software faults in the most efficient way possible
• Provide support, including procedural documentation and relevant reports
• Record accurately and prioritise support requests, outcomes and time taken in the ICT Service Desk portal
• Maintain an inventory of ICT hardware and software
• Perform preventive maintenance duties on items of ICT hardware, including the cleaning of equipment.
• Prepare training manuals and provide training sessions as required

Qualifications, Experience & Skills Required

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Health Information System.
• Experience: 4 + years in information technology
• Good understanding of CTC databases
• A working knowledge ofweb technologies, such as HTML, PHP, CSS and Javascript, as well as traditional programs like Java, Visual Basic, .NET, etc.
• A working knowledge of computer hardware, current Microsoft Windows Desktop, Server, and Network Operating Systems.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

How to Apply:- 

If you meet the criteria given above and are interested in the vacancies, please send an application letter and CV combined in as one PDF document indicating your present employer and position, daytime telephone contact, names and addresses of three referees. All interviews will be conducted at Amref Health Africa country Office in Dar es Salaam for shortlisted applicants. To be considered, your application must be received by 16.30 HOURS on August 07, 2021. The subject line of your job application email should mention the job position that you are applying for as it appears in this advertisement.  Failure to do that your application may not easily be retrieved.

All correspondences and applications should be emailed to: jobs.tanzania@amref.org

1. Amref Health Africa is an equal opportunity employer and has a nonsmoking environment policy
2. “Amref Health Africa is committed to the principles of safeguarding in the workplace and will not tolerate any form of abuse, wherever it occurs or whoever is responsible”
3. Any Applicant attempting or communicating to the Amref Health Africa Management or Staff through phone calls, SMS, text emails, and other means will automatically be disqualified from this opportunity. All communications should be channeled to the provided official correspondence email above
4. Amref Health Africa –Tanzania regrets that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.