Vacancy: ICT Support Assistant

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A comprehensive, well-coordinated approach, which engages government structures, civil society and the private sector to ensure sustainable national economic development. This in turn enables implementation of Zimbabwe’s Medium Term Plan as well as the necessary progress on the Millennium Development Goals. The ‘Towards 2015’ Project, through a holistic approach under the leadership of the Government of Zimbabwe, collaborates with a wide range of development actors at central and local levels with the objective of enhancing the national development response and accelerating MDG progress in Zimbabwe by 2015.Specifically, the project aims to deliver on the following key results:

- National processes for policy formulation and implementation established
- MTP implementation monitored and reported
- National MDG progress monitored and reported upon
- MDG Accelerated Action Plan developed and implemented
- Increased national awareness and commitment to the MDGs
- Increased local capacity for MDG-based planning

In the Ministry of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion the ICT Support Assistant will work in close liaison with the Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion and report to the office of the Permanent Secretary.

The ICT support assistant will support the implementation of ICT management systems and strategies, ensure effective functioning of hardware and software packages, support networks administration, provide web management services, provide administrative support and ensure facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the Ministry.

This is a 12-month  contract.

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Application Deadline: 22 May 2013

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