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Program Description:

The USAID-funded Ethiopia Civic Engagement Activity is a four-year activity with the overall goal to strengthen Ethiopia’s civic fabric in support of more inclusive, peaceful, and responsive governance. The project aims to strengthen civic and community-based actors’ capacity to engage in policy analysis, advocacy, dialogue, and collective action for peaceful, democratic change; and foster multi-stakeholder civic partnerships in support of inclusive dialogue, respect for human rights, and advancing more effective, citizen-responsive, and accountable governance.

Position Summary:

The IT Assistant will be responsible for providing technical support to all IT related issues for the project including but not limited to installation and testing of workstations, printers, client software, upgrades, and configuration. 

 Reporting: The IT Assistant reports to the Operations Manager.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Implement and document network operations, processes and procedures. 

• Deploy and implement office network according to HQ specifications. 

• Serve as the office Network Administrator. 

• Identify and solve possible problems in the network. 

• Install and configure computer hardware operating systems and applications. 

• Ensure functionality of necessary office equipment and requisitioning new equipment and supplies as needed. 

• Supervise installations performed by third parties such as cabling, Internet connection, etc. 

• Supervise and follow-up on equipment maintenance performed by other contractors. 

• Support and troubleshoot users in the office on their daily work. 

• Implement and enforce security on the network and prevent misuse of the IT resources. 

• Participate in writing IT office policy. 

• Creating, updating, and maintaining records and databases of IT equipment.  

• Responsible for IT inventory and assets; work closely with the operations and security manager and procurement team to monitor distribution and location of IT equipment by performing a yearly inventory check-up. 

• Set up, implement, and maintain hardware firewall. 

• Keep the network healthy by applying all required security patches and monitoring the correct delivery of all antivirus updates. 

• Set up new users' accounts and profiles and deal with password issues. 

• Monitor maintenance and repair of all IT equipment.  

• Set up all necessary IT equipment and installation during workshops, and make sure they are all functional in advance. 

• Ensure that suppliers’ products (documentation and hardware) meet the customer, project and commercial requirements. 

• Implement and document a disaster recovery plan and offsite storage of backed up data. 

• Provide direct support as needed to field based implementation needs. 

• Other tasks as assigned.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree is required. 

• Must have at least five (5) years of general work experience; 

• Must have at least three (3) years of specific experience in desktop support, ICT, Information Systems, or a related field. 

• Knowledge of USAID Rules and Regulations, previous experience working on USAID-funded projects preferred.

• Candidate must be authorized to work in Ethiopia.

Only finalists will be contacted.  No phone calls, please.

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