Overview

CARE International is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls. CARE International is a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty in over 100 countries. We are known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people. CARE partners contribute to the empowerment of the most marginalized and vulnerable rural women and girls to exercise their rights.

CARE is looking for suitably qualified persons to fill the following vacant positions:

IT ASSISTANT – COUNTRY OFFICE, LILONGWE

Position description

The IT Assistant works within the ICT team driving the use of technology in the organization, providing effective IT systems, helping develop and implement IT standards and policies, and providing technology support and solutions to meet the needs of the organization. The IT Assistant will administer the technology infrastructure for the Country Office including the management of software applications and hardware infrastructure that support ICT operations. The incumbent
works closely with other Program Support and other CO staff to achieve the strategic and operational goals of the organization.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to perform the following specific duties:

  • Cultivate and maintain positive relationships with media outlets, journalists, and influencers to secure coverage for CARE Malawi’s initiatives.
  • Configuration, deployment and management of workstations, laptops and peripheral equipment.
  • Provide software/hardware and system troubleshooting support.
  • Install and upgrade computer hardware and software as per organizational guidelines and industry best practice.
  • Create mailboxes for new staff members.
  • Reset user passwords on ADMP and Okta as and when required.
  • Enforce multi- factor authentication (MFA) for all users.
  • Train users on use of mail tools and available resources for password recovery.
  • Proactively monitor the network ensuring downtimes are identified and resolved with little to no impact to the business.
  • Offer first line support by troubleshooting, cable, wireless and other network infrastructure as needed, escalating for second and third line of support with the CO IT lead if additional support is required.
  • Co-ordinate a quarterly service and maintenance of all IT equipment.
  • Identify non-functional equipment up for disposal according to donor and organizational guidelines.
  • Provide basic user training and dissemination of technological information and updates to all staff in the CO.
  • Autoconfigure endpoints patching and push updates from the online portal in case of failures, ensuring all computers are fully patched and scanned bi-monthly.
  • Install and enforce the recommended organizational Operating System (OS) on all endpoints.

Minimum Required Qualifications, skills and relevant work experience

  • University Degree in a relevant field (e.g. Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Information technology, Information management).
  • At least three years of working experience in a NGO related field.
  • Network Certifications – (Networking Essentials, N+), Comptia A+ certification.
  • Prior experience in O365, Ms SharePoint, Okta will be an added advantage.

Applicants who meet the required qualifications and experience should send their applications through email to mwicarerecruit@care.org addressed to the attention of:

The Country Director
CARE Malawi
P/Bag A89
LILONGWE

Closing date for receipt of applications is 27th February 2024.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

CARE has zero tolerance to sexual exploitation and abuse and has a Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy which outlines expected behaviors and responsibilities
of all staff and CARE related personnel (consultants, vendors, partners, project participants, etc.). All potential candidates will be required to complete a Self-Declaration Form and those successful will be expected to sign up to the Code of Behavior contained in the PSEA Policy.