REF: MMU/ICTM/02/11/2022
Job Specifications 

For appointment to this position one must have: -

Master’s degree in ICT or its equivalent from recognized institution.
Bachelor’s degree in ICT or its equivalent from recognized institution.
Five (5) years working experience having served as ICT Deputy Manager or in a comparable position for at least three (3) years.
Demonstrable exemplary work performance.

Job Description

Reporting to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration, Finance & Strategy), 
the duties and responsibilities are: -

Monitor implementation of ICT project activities at the university to ensure that they are done according to schedule. 
Establish and enforce ICT standards and ICT policy guidelines for the university to ensure good and quality output. 
Responsible for maintenance of central processing and data communication systems in the ICT directorate. 
Coordinate the university’s information system planning, utilization and performance evaluation. 
Maintain the organizational and human resource infrastructure for technical services and assistance to all organizational units 
Maintain relations with external ICT service providers such as internet service providers, enterprise resource planning (ERP) system vendors. 
Source out grants to support research for short courses such as CISCO, IBM and other ICT projects.
Develop ICT policies that give a guideline on how things operate in the Department to ensure best practices in the market are implemented.
Prepare annual budgets estimate for funding by the University so as to meet financial obligations of the Department. 
Prepare and monitor implementation of leave schedule to ensure that all staff get time off work equally for relaxation and re-energizing for better work performance. 
Prepare work schedule in the Department to ensure set objectives are met according to the stipulated timeframe and work is done efficiently. 
Allocate duties to the Department’s subordinates to ensure adequate staffing at all times and that work is done effectively. 
Evaluate subordinates’ performance to identify training needs and promotion criteria so as to build and retain adequate skills in ICT.
Provide input into the university’s main budget by developing budget estimates for the Department. 
Control the budget allocation for the department to ensure that expenditures are within the budget.