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2009-09-05

Information Systems MSH job in Nigeria Management Sciences for Health

The MSH Leadership Management and Sustainability Capacity Building Project in Nigeria provides comprehensive, continuous institutional capacity-building support to nascent Nigerian Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), Civil Society Organization (CSOs) awarded funding under the United States President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). It also provides institutional capacity building support to selected Government Institutions to increase their abilities to provide nationwide coordination of their programs and thereby increasing synergies and effectiveness of the PEPFAR programs.

The program requires the services of a:
POSITION: TECHNICAL OFFICER (INFORMATION SYSTEMS)
LOCATION: ABUJA, NIGERIA

The Technical Officer, Information Systems will work in team lead by a Technical Advisor to provide integrated IS related technical assistance for the institutional capacity building of government and NGO partners to use IS as a means of achieving their organization goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The position holder will support MSH's overall purpose of health systems strengthening for the achievement of improved health outcomes by provide technical assistance to our partners in implementing IS for organization wide collaborations. The position holder will also be responsible for supporting the partners in the use, ownership and management of these systems for messaging, document management and sharing, the promoting of their activities over the internet. In most instances the position holder will be required to train both a large number of users on the use of these systems and other essentials office related applications. The position holder will also be expected to train a few technical staff who manage IT in these organizations on network administration and management amongst others.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a combination of relevant education and experience; Significant experience with local area networking and services such as DHCP, Routing, IIS and WINS; Very strong MS Office skills; Significant experience in collaboration systems such as MS Exchange and SharePoint; Significant experience in database design, development and integration into day to day office operations; Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, set priorities, and work independently as well as being a part of a team; Fluency in English, including speaking, reading, and writing with the ability to conduct business in English; Willingness and ability to travel within Nigeria and outside Nigeria.

The Application Process:
Interested applicants should please send a single MS word file containing their CV, an application letter and a brief write up ( not than I page) of how Is can support health systems strengthening in Nigeria to lmsnigeria@msh.org not later than September 17, 2009.
Please include "MSH CB- Technical Officer, Information Systems" In the subject line of your email.

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