The National Social Security Fund is a friendly service organization which exists for the public good. It offers social protection to all Kenyan workers. We provide social security protection to workers in the formal and informal sectors. We register members, receive their contributions, manage funds of the scheme, process and ultimately pay out benefits to eligible members or dependents. period.

SUMMARY

Reporting to the Assistant Manager, ICT he/she will be responsible for Implementing IT project solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop overall change management on technological adoption;
• Research emerging Information Technology to be adopted;
• Formulate innovative solutions to the business;
• Verify proposed solutions and communicating to the users;
• Coordinate between functional users’ requests and the solution providers;
• Develop policies and procedures, within company guidelines, for the IT unit and
• providing guidance in the interpretation and implementation of these;
• Continuously review and improve customer service and quality assurance policies, procedures and processes;
• Ensure the integration of processes to maintain and develop the required services to support and improve effectiveness of the core activities;
• Translate business practices and processes into architectures to enable delivery of appropriate solutions;
• Review network configuration and planning cost-effective upgrades to keep up with changing technology, growth and needs of Fund’s components;
• Conduct research and make recommendations on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts;
• Monitor system performance of the core Network, routers and WAN links to ensure optimum efficiency;
• Formulate and implement Information Security Section policies and procedures and ensure compliance with IT security policy;
• Oversee the installation, testing and implementation of applications and databases;
• Coordinate the day-to-day administration of systems and user IDs including creation, deletion, modification, resets or extensions and roles assignment; and
• Conduct information risk assessments to identify gaps and give solutions to mitigate security incidents and breaches;

JOB REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field from a recognized institution;
• Masters’ Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field from a recognized institution is an added advantage;
• Professional qualification such as CISA, MCSE, CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CNE or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution;
• At least seven (7) years’ work experience three (3) of which should be in a supervisory role;
• Membership in good standing to a relevant and accredited professional body and in good standing;
• Supervisory course or its equivalent;
• Proficiency in computer applications.