Position Title: IT Assistant
Duty Station: IOM Libya in Tunis, Tunisia
Classification: G4
Type of Appointment: Special Short Term for 6 months with possibility of extension.
Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible
Closing Date: 19 July 2017
Reference Code: LY20-2017-014
Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.
Context:
Under the overall supervision of Senior Resources Management Officer and direct supervision of Database/IT officer, the incumbent will be responsible for maintenance of the information technology system and will provide expert advice as and when necessary to improve the efficiency of IT equipment used with the mission. In particular, he/she will be responsible for providing support; troubleshooting and necessary maintenance with regarding to Mission’s following IT Hardware, Network, Software and related services.
Core Functions / Responsibilities:
1. Hardware configuration for desktops , printers, scanners and other user hardware
2. Hardware configuration for Servers and active LAN components
3. Helpdesk support for various user problems
4. Maintenance and upgrade of desktop OS (Windows XP, Windows 7 )
5. Maintenance and support for MS Office, MIMOSA and other in house software
6. Virus detection, removal and prevention for all systems in the Mission. This involves downloading the latest Anti-virus database and active monitoring to prevent virus outbreak.
7. Regular backup of all vital information in the Mission
8. Other related duties required by supervisor
Required Competencies:
The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioral
Accountability
- Accepts and gives constructive criticism
- Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies
- Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs
- Monitors own work to correct errors
- Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings
Client Orientation
- Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients
- Identifies and monitors changes in the needs of clients, including donors,
- governments, and project beneficiaries
- Keeps clients informed of developments and setbacks
Continuous Learning
- Contributes to colleagues’ learning
- Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills
- Demonstrates interest in acquiring skills relevant to other functional areas
- Keeps abreast of developments in own professional area
Communication
- Actively shares relevant information
- Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on, changing priorities and procedures
- Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended audience
- Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience
Creativity and Initiative
- Actively seeks new ways of improving programmes or services
- Expands responsibilities while maintaining existing ones
- Persuades others to consider new ideas
- Proactively develops new ways to resolve problems
Leadership and Negotiation
- Convinces others to share resources
- Actively identifies opportunities for and promotes organizational change
- Presents goals as shared interests
- Articulates vision to motivate colleagues and follows through with commitments
Performance Management
- Provides constructive feedback to colleagues
- Identifies ways for their staff to develop their abilities and careers
- Provides fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations
- Uses staff evaluations appropriately in recruitment and other relevant HR procedures
- Holds directly reporting managers accountable for providing fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations
Planning and Organizing
- Sets clear and achievable goals consistent with agreed priorities for self and others
- Identifies priority activities and assignments for self and others
- Organizes and documents work to allow for planned and unplanned handovers
- Identifies risks and makes contingency plans
- Adjusts priorities and plans to achieve goals
- Allocates appropriate times and resources for own work and that of team members
Professionalism
- Masters subject matter related to responsibilities
- Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities
- Incorporates gender-related needs, perspectives, and concerns, and
- promotes equal gender participation
- Persistent, calm, and polite in the face of challenges and stress
- Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity
- Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts
- Knowledgeable about and promotes IOM core mandate and migration Solutions
Teamwork
- Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team environment
- Contributes to, and follows team objectives
- Gives credit where credit is due
- Seeks input and feedback from others
- Delegates tasks and responsibilities as appropriate
- Actively supports and implements final group decisions
- Takes joint responsibility for team’s work
Technical
- Effectively applies knowledge of relevant financial discipline
- Develops / follows internal control procedures to prevent fraud and mismanagement;
- Ensures application of institutional financial policies and guidelines;
- Advocates incorporation of financial considerations into processes and procedures;
- Effectively applies knowledge of multiple financial disciplines to monitor and manage the work of staff