BIG Unit IT Specialist at Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment

Package Ref. #: GEM/CS/IC/2015/115

Responsibilities
The IT Specialist shall be responsible for carrying out the following activities:

• Guide and manage integration of training content into the BIG Platform;
• Update the Home page with news received from FPIU, in particular cluster specialists, Grant management firm and training consultants. The Home page needs to reflect the various activities of the Growth and Employment project as well as the new training and grant windows made available to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises;
• Provide periodic updates on the Dashboard like events, training schedule etc.
• Ensure that each BIG user has a personalized access to the Dashboard (accessible training, eligible window, etc);
• Liaise with IT teams from the Grant Administrator and Monitoring and Supervision firms:
• Ensure that the dashboards from the Grant Administrator firm and the Monitoring and Supervision firm are in line with their needs and the data collected;
• Prioritize platform functionalities according to level of importance
• Provide access controls for all platform users when/where required;
• Periodic testing of the platform to ensure functionalities are active;
• Coordinate and manage communication of messages to platform users periodically (Bulk messaging);
• Ensure that data collected from the Registration form are communicated to the Monitoring and Supervision firm;
• Testing and signing off new functional needed on the platform

Qualification/Requirements
S/He must demonstrate having the following qualifications:

• Evidence of minimum 5 year experience as an IT specialist to a Project of national orientational coverage;
• Evidence of at least one similar and significant experience in a similar assignment, such as development of art online platform and/or website with slot of viewers and users;
• Evidence of an experience in e-learning;
• An advanced graduate degree in Engineering or Computer Science from a reputable university
• Software development experience for online applications
• Proves ability to work in multidisciplinary environment, with excellent teamwork and diplomatic skills;
• Demonstrate pro activity, innovative ideas and fluency in English.