IT Advisor at GIZ Nigeria

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Responsibilities & tasks:

• You support the Head of the Energy Information System Component in carrying out his/her tasks within the framework of Output 2 The
• Energy Information System is fully operational, maintained and updated in all ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania for providing reliable energy indicators.
• In this capacity, you are responsible for carrying out the following tasks:
• Assess equipment and software used by national ECOWAS energy teams (plus Mauritania) and ECOWAS Commission to identify and procure, if needed, new equipment and software.
• Establish and manage the platforms at regional and national level.
• Develop the database software environment and structure the database.
• Maintain and update the information system in all ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania.
• Run capacity-building sessions to provide national players with the relevant knowledge to use the energy information system.
• Contribute to project monitoring and evaluation and to the preparation of project reports.
• Gather useful information for activities, missions, study trips, meetings, etc.

Required qualifications, Competences and Experience

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science or any related field.

Professional experience

• At least 8 years of professional experience in the field of Computer Network and Internet Design.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the field of the Energy information System.
• At least 5 years of professional experience regarding support to an ECOWAS Institution.
• Proven experience in supporting public and private institutions in ECOWAS member states.
• Extensive experience in cooperating with institutions responsible for energy statistics, such as ECREEE, AFREC, IRENA, and IEA.
• Good command of IT tools, in particular: E-sankey and sankey.csaladen, Computer languages: MySQL (databases), HTML, XML, etc and the Internet, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, Outlook), MS Teams.
• Fluency in spoken and written French is mandatory (international level C2). Independent and proficient use of English (at least international level C1).