Vacancy Announcement
ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Position: SPO-Senior Information Technology & Data Management Advisor
Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension
Duty Station(s): Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC), Addis Ababa
Required Number: One
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: November 05, 2017
BACKGROUND:
The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) has been established by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to identify and address systemic bottlenecks to Ethiopia’s agricultural development. The Agency does this through problem-solving, implementation support, and capacity building of stakeholders involved in implementation of interventions that address the systemic bottlenecks. The Agency reports to the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Development and is Secretary to the Transformation Council chaired by the Prime Minister.
The Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) is an autonomous federal government institution established under Proclamation No.769/2012 cum Council of Ministers Regulation No.313/2014 to carry out an efficient investment administration system and to encourage foreign and domestic investments in Ethiopia through promotional, support and aftercare schemes. Functionally, the EIC operates under the direct supervision of the Ethiopian Investment Board (EIB), chaired by the Prime Minister and composed of various government stakeholders including the Ministry of Trade and the National Bank of Ethiopia.
The programmatic focus of the EIC responds to a core set of national investment needs and objectives identified under the establishment laws and further developed in EIC’s organizational structure document (2015). The EIC’s functions are implemented through the agency’s three major divisions: Investment Operations - which focuses on the provision of investment licensing, registration and renewal services; the grant of investment incentives, pre-investment facilitation, post-investment after care and various permits; and the coordination of one-stop shop services; Industrial Parks - focusing on the regulation of industrial parks; the recruitment of foreign and domestic enterprises for spaces availed in government owned industrial parks; overseeing the implementation of industrial parks’ operational manuals; ensuring compliance of industrial park functions with appropriate environmental standards, infrastructure use codes, labor ordinances etc; and coordinating the provision of one-stop services to companies operating within industrial parks; Policy Research and Reform- focusing on the design and implementation of a competitive national promotions strategy; investigating and developing appropriate investment laws, regulations and directives; instituting/updating EIC’s information technology infrastructure; initiating studies on various themes of interest to investment promotion and support; and commissioning studies that facilitate foreign export trade.
Culture
The ATA has an exceptional team of employees with a proven track record of success in managing complex activities and achieving transformational results. Its culture is one where talented individuals are committed to doing their best and work together to achieve excellent results.
The EIC has an exceptional team of employees and management team that recognizes individual talent and promotes a deeper sense of public service that delivers results, with a proven track record of success in managing complex investments and achieving transformational results. The EIC strives to provide a rewarding work environment in a young, fast-paced organization and is committed to extend employees the opportunities and tools required to achieve individual career objectives.
POSITION SUMMARY:
This position is a secondment position to the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC).
Over the years, the EIC has pursued a series of policy, legal and institutional measures with the goal of effectively realizing national investment plans and targets proposed under Ethiopia’s Growth and Transformation Plans. Clearer strategies have been put in place and a fairly enabling environment has been instituted, positioning the country to strengthen the competitive edge of its private sector, to attract foreign direct investment and to develop labor intensive industries and an export–oriented manufacturing sector.
Yet, the transformation of the national economy continues to be hampered by organizational and operational limitations availed within the EIC; particular problems include an overstretched capacity of senior personnel, the non-existence of active outreach system targeting potential investors, lack of relevant and pre-packaged information needed to attract quality investments, a nascent One-Stop-Shop service and the absence of an adequate number of qualified and purpose–driven human resources pool.
To address these limitations, the EIC, together with the ATA, has developed the ‘Strengthening Investor Engagement, Advisory Roles and Regulatory Powers of the Ethiopian Investment Commission’ Program. The main objectives of the Program during the GTP II are to carry out strategic development of EIC’s institutional infrastructure and human resources portfolio and thereby augment its capacity to attract quality investment, to better support private sector stakeholders and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services rendered to investors.
The SPO-Senior Information Technology and Data Management Advisor will be part of the Information Technology and Data Management Directorate and embedded within the team. The Advisor will carry a collective responsibility of supporting the Directorate and its team in its various activities including data collection, data management, upcoming EIC online system development, upcoming EIC CRM implementation, upcoming ERP implementation, network performance optimization and connectivity, managing the cloud hosting of EIC systems, building/designing and making EIC information management system robust.
The SPO-Senior Information Technology and Data Management Advisor is expected to support the Directorate overall activities, including but not limited to; support the implementation of EIC online system, support implementation of the EIC CRM system, support the implementation of EIC ERP system, building process to collect and analyze relevant data; to provide technical leadership, guidance and direction on the design, development, security, infrastructure, testing and implementation functions of Data Analysis and Information management systems; to evaluate and recommend new technologies and their potential impact on EIC’s Data handling, and facilitate adoption of leading technologies; to provide aid in driving stability and innovation with the Commissions’ current and future state and create solutions based on units requirements; assess the current situation in data handling and analysis at the Commission & then identify and recommend appropriate interventions (in addition to setting up a system) to address those data handling and analysis gaps; to analyzes, designs, and facilitates implementation of work processes and job responsibilities associated with using office automation systems and performing automated functions; to assists with the development, publication, and rollout of information security, policies, procedures, standards and guidelines across the commission; to suggests alternate technical solutions to meet Divisions requirements efficiently and/or with greater reusability and/or longer life; to work with cross functional teams to develop IT systems by outlining best practices.
The SPO-Senior Information Technology and Data Management Advisor will directly report to the Information Technology and Data Management Directorate Director of the Ethiopian Investment Commission.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
· Oversee and support the upcoming EIC online system implementation and EIC CRM implementation;
· Support the EIC ERP implementation;
· Support the cloud hosting of the EIC online system;
· Network performance optimization and quality of service;
· Train the EIC IT staff on network infrastructure, cloud hosting, system administration and security;
· Develop an IT policy and implement in the organization inline with the MCIT ICT strategy and policy;
· API development for interfacing with other government agencies like ERCA and MoT
· Undertaking and overseeing the diagnosis of the different division requirements in regards to information systems and data management;
· Supporting the development of relevant data types and requirements as per EIC divisions for tracking, sorting, storing and reporting;
· Supporting the development, enhancement and maintenance of datasets of the investors at the different phases of investment;
· Undertaking and assisting in the design and implementation of relevant application based on diagnosis findings to the various divisions in the EIC;
· Supporting the re-design and implementation/performance of data collection processes and management activities in accordance with developed division requirements;
· Supporting the design and implementation of a database for storing data dictionaries and troubleshooting problems;
· Supporting the regular update of data and development of reporting for respective divisions and management team;
· Performs other duties as assigned.
· Minimum of Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineer, Statistics, Management Information System or other relevant disciplines;
· At least 8 years of combined professional work experience in either one or more of the following:
o Development and implementation of software applications;
o Working experience with open source technologies (PHP, symfony, MySQL)
o Network Infrastructure design and implementation;
o Experience with connectivity and API development for interfacing;
o Experience with MPLS VPN and network security;
o Cloud hosting and data center technologies;
o Practical IT project management experience and implementation of enterprise level infrastructure;
o Familiar with MCIT regulations and ICT strategy;
o Team leadership, program/project coordination/support type roles;
o Institutional capacity building roles, business and/or public administration roles
o Fluency in English and Amharic is essential
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Extensive industry knowledge and proven and demonstrable experience in the development/design, implementation and use of information technology and data management systems and processes;
· Proven and demonstrable experience in open source technologies: MySQL database, Symfony web development framework, and PHP;
· An in-depth understanding of cloud hosting and data center technologies and their associated information security, disaster recovery and business continuity measures;
· Practical experience in IT project management and the implementation of enterprise level infrastructure such as highly available data centers and wide area communication networks;
· A good understanding of software technologies used to develop and host enterprise software systems and their infrastructure requirements;
· An understanding of investment climate issues and previous experience working with government clients highly desirable;
· An in-depth understanding of software systems and their implementation life cycles particularly in public sector;
· Proven Ability to research, analyze, and evaluate current/emerging industry technology direction and standards and make recommendations at a management level;
· Proven and demonstrable experience with querying and data analytics tools such as SQL, EDM (enterprise Data Management), IBOR (Investment Book of Records), CRM (Client Relationship Management), etc
· Experience in prioritizing and sequencing programmatic and operational activities;
· Demonstrable track record of success with program design, performance management, learning systems and monitoring and evaluation;
· Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, start-up environment, with an emphasis on high-performance, teamwork, accountability and results;
· Highly facilitative and collaborative leadership style;
· Excellent oral and written communication skills;
· Strong set of personal values including integrity, honesty and desire to be of service;
· Industry certification of excellence on major infrastructure technologies.
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