Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based international health development organization, currently implementing more than 120 programs, directly reaching more than 12 million people across 35 African countries.
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa and an additional eleven advocacy and fundraising offices in Europe and North America.
In the spirit of Ubuntu, partnership and networking are key elements of our approach. Amref has a staff complement of over 1,500.
Amref Health Africa is driven by its vision of ‘Lasting health change in Africa’ and its mission ‘To catalyze and drive community-led and people-centered health systems while addressing social determinants of health’.
We believe that the power to transform Africa’s health lies within its communities, and therefore strive to ensure that health systems are not only functional but that communities are empowered to hold these systems accountable for the delivery of quality and affordable health care.
Job Purpose
We are recruiting for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Intern to provide ICT Service Desk support to join our USAID Imaarisha Jamii Programme.
Responsibilities
- Provide helpdesk assistance to all staff on standard software.
- Assist in hardware and software installations, configurations, support and maintenance
- Provide network support
- Follow up on ICT equipment maintenance and repairs
- Provide ICT support to field staff, meetings and events
- Assist in data collection and entry
- Any other duty
Qualifications and Experience
- University degree in Computer Science or related studies;
- Experience with using Windows based applications;
Skills
- Strong interpersonal skills,
- Good communication skills, both oral and written,
- Willingness to learn,
- Attentive to detail,
- Team Player,
- Show initiative and creativity,
- Hard working and results oriented,
How to apply
Interested? Please send your CV with the title ‘ICT Intern – USAID Imaarisha Jamii Programme’ to the email address [email protected]. The closing date will be Tuesday 20 February, 2024 and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Duly note that Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment.
Although Amref may use different job boards from time to time to further spread its reach for applicants, all open vacancies are published on our website under the Vacancies page and on our official social media pages.
Kindly also note that official emails from Amref Health Africa will arrive from an @amref.org address.
Amref Health Africa is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Amref Health Africa is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy.
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