Job Opportunity at School of St.Jude, Coordinator IT - Deadline 7th March, 2018

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Details
Application deadline 2018-03-07 
Business / Employer name The School of St.Jude 
Job categories
IT & Network Administration
Job Role Experienced 
Position Type Full Time 
Organization Type NGO
Location
Arusha Mjini Arusha
Description
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY REF: TSOSJ/HR/IT/01/18
Position: Coordinator-IT
Duty Station: Moshono, Arusha Region
The School of St Jude is a 100% charity-funded education institution that provides free, high-quality primary and secondary scholarships to 1,800 of the poorest and brightest students in the Tanzanian region of Arusha.

We are looking to appoint a Coordinator- IT to positively impact The School of St Jude’s IT Systems in a timely and effective manner.
Reporting To: Head of IT
Key Responsibilities
Learning the new web school management system from the developers and pushing training to our staff. The main systems the candidate will be working with:
iSAMS
REDcap DB
TASS
Spicework
Diagnosing and patching bugs that users find in our web based systems
Scheduling regular meetings with Academics Heads and Business staff to get feedback about potential improvements and requirements from the system and work with the developers to meet those requirements.
Assisting both academic and business staff with the creation of reports and ensuring that they are correct and have been sent by systems with no errors or ommissions.
Building new features to be included in all web systems that you will be dealing with.
Writing and publishing an extension to address user’s needs
Submitting pull requests and collaborating with the web systems of core teams.
Writing and debugging PHP and/or Javascript, either in standalone scripts or as part of CMS modules/plugins.
Liaising with database consultants to ensure any problems are solved in a timely manner.
Organizing training with users to ensure they are using the school systems in the best possible way.
Coordinating all the sent support tickets requests by ensuring that the tickets has been received and sorted out in a timely manner
Monitoring the School’s Moshono Helpdesk systems.

Other Duties
Participate in House Checks as requested by Community Relations team.
Participate and support fellow staff in school mission related activities such as all School Celebration Days throughout the year.
Participate in student selection process, in particular working after hours on rest days and public holidays up to 20 Saturdays per annum.
Perform any other duties as assigned by Head of Section, Manager and Founder.

Qualification, Skills, Attributes and Competence:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent.
Minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience.
Be skilled in composing SQL queries- the candidate with SQL knowledge who has some experience with SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) would be ideal.
Advanced computer skills with demonstrated experience in Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, MS Access and Outlook
Be comfortable using basic spreadsheet functions to manipulate data
Have experience working with Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, and/or School web based systems.
Have experience using Git and/or Drush.
Have experience using Javascript libraries such as jQuery, AngularJS, and Underscore/Lodash.
Be skilled in writing CSS.
Personable, easy going and conduct yourself in a professional manner.
Strong inter-personal and communication skills in English and Swahili (written and verbal).
An energetic and friendly attitude with the ability to be flexible, patient,
Strong time management skills.
Ability to work beyond normal working hours.
Confidence to clearly articulate your professional opinion.
Patience and sensitivity to work with multiple users with varying technical skills and needs.
Honest and be able to maintain confidentiality regarding the School Information

Interested Candidates for this job are kindly requested to send their CV accompanied by a Cover Letter to recruitment@schoolofstjude.co.tz.
Applications should be sent by 7th March, 2018. SUBJECT LINE MUST INCLUDE THE REFERENCE NUMBER.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.