Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is an indigenous non-governmental organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting a broad range of global health interventions, education and economic initiatives in Nigeria.

The Global Fund Grant Cycle (GC7) is to ensure a coordinated and intensive effort to scale up the prevention, identification, and treatment of HIV in both general and key populations in Anambra state. The focus will be on facility and community-based approaches to reach epidemic control, and in addition, ensure improvement in the coverage of pregnant women on ART as well as target KP and AGYW programs.

To strengthen our operations and interventions in the country, we are seeking qualified candidates for the following position:

SENIOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER: With the supervision of the Director of Operations, the Senior IT Officer will perform a range of assignments related to planning, designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining AHNI’s computer information systems and applications, and is responsible for the design and maintenance of these systems and applications.  The successful candidate will also support the development of technical approaches in consultation/coordination with others involving a range of hardware and software tools and the interface of these various tools and develop programming in high level languages involving complex validity checks and processing that are complex and may involve varied and numerous programs and applications that are interrelated, requiring extensive interfacing with other applications and systems. S/he will oversee the operation, maintenance, trouble-shooting and local enhancement/extensions of automated systems; monitor transactions to measure the performance and continuing effectiveness of AHNi’s IT systems. S/he is responsible for maintaining the office local-area network (LAN), wide-area network (WAN), network segment, Internet, or intranet system and provide day-to-day onsite administrative support and periodic servicing of the network and all peripherals..

Minimum Recruitment Standard:

• BS/BA degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science or its recognized equivalent with 4 – 5 years post national youth service relevant experience of which 2 years should have been in a supervisory role.
• Or MS/MA Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science or its recognized equivalent, and 5 – 7 years post national youth service relevant experience of which 3 years should have been in a supervisory role.
• Candidate must possess Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and/or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certifications.
• Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is an advantage.
• Experience with a multi-site network (at least 3 sites) with a minimum of 200 users is highly desirable.

Method of application: Interested and Qualified candidates should forward a suitability statement (application) and resume (CV) as a single MS Word document to:  AHNi-F&AJobs@ahnigeria.org

Vacancy closes: Tuesday 5^th December 2023

Only applications sent electronically (i.e., by e-mail) with the job title and location clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

AHNi is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Disclaimer: AHNi does not charge Candidates a fee for a test or interview