IT Manager - Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is a startup company revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model.
The company has launched a large-scale franchise-like network of ultra low-cost for-profit private primary schools across Africa. Our schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, enabling local school managers to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level.
We now have 25 schools in Kenya, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students.
About this position
We are looking for a full time IT Manager to hire and lead the teams responsible for our corporate network, IT equipment and user support.
Specific Responsibilities include:
The company has launched a large-scale franchise-like network of ultra low-cost for-profit private primary schools across Africa. Our schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, enabling local school managers to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level.
We now have 25 schools in Kenya, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students.
About this position
We are looking for a full time IT Manager to hire and lead the teams responsible for our corporate network, IT equipment and user support.
Specific Responsibilities include:
- Managing the local area network and internet connection
- Planning and implementing expansion of the network to ensure that is scales reliably as the company grows including extending the network to satellite offices
- Managing servers (database, domain, web)
- Recommending, sourcing ,installing and maintaining network equipment such as firewalls, routers and switches
- Ensuring network security through installation of appropriate hardware and software as well development of IT policies
- Developing procedures and systems for data backup and disaster recovery
- Oversee user support (help desk) staff for both the network and other hardware and software
- Oversee support of remote users at our schools using netbooks, tablets and other mobile devices
- Oversee maintenance, upgrades and repairs of IT equipment including all employee computers
- Project management, including scheduling and budgeting, particularly for IT infrastructure improvement projects
- Developing IT policies and procedures and ensuring their continuous review
- Supervision, training and mentoring of junior staff members
- Building and maintain vendor relationships and manage purchasing of hardware and software.
- Develop policies and procedures to ensure that company assets are tracked maintained responsibly
- Recommendations to senior management on ways to improve the use of IT within the company
About You
- You have BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field
- You have a minimum of 8 years experience in networking, systems administration and IT support with at least 3 years in a supervisory role
- You have managed networks for more than 100 users spread across multiple geographical locations
- You have designed and implemented large networks from scratch
- You have lead IT teams of 5 or more people
- You have experience with the following technologies:
- Windows (client and server) including ActiveDirectory
- Firewalls, internet filtering and traffic shaping
- End user (help desk) support
- Mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones
- Web servers (IIS & Apache)
- Databases (MySQL & SQL Server)
- VPN
- You have developed and managed project schedules, plans and budgets for IT projects
- You take initiative, are well organized and work independently
- You function well in a fast-paced, informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high
Applicants should go to Bridge International Academies website – job postings- where all the new jobs are listed
Deadline for applications: 4th March 2011
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