THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PUBLIC SERVICE RECRUITMENT SECRETARIAT
Ref.No.EA.7/96/01/J/62 28thOctober, 2017
VACANCIES
ANNOUNCEMENT
President’s Office, Public
Service Recruitment Secretariat on behalf of the Ministry of Finance and
Planning, invites qualified Tanzanians to fill twelve (12) vacant posts as
mentioned below;
1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND
PLANNING
The Ministry of Finance and
Economic Affairs manages the overall revenue, expenditure and financing of the
Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and provides the Government with
advice on the broad financial and economic affairs of Tanzania in support of
the Government’s economic and social objectives.
1.1.1 ICT OFFICER GRADE II–
Application Programmer – 7 Posts
1.1.2
JOB PURPOSE:
Responsible for
designing and developing software applications based technical solutions to
solve business problems, which includes coding, software deployment, initial
testing, and maintenance of software application systems. The primary objective
is to help businesses be more efficient by developing technology solutions in a
cost-effective way by determining the software requirements of projects, and
communicating them clearly to stakeholders.
i.
Full
lifecycle software application development
ii.
Designing,
coding and debugging software applications in various software languages
iii.
Software analysis, code analysis, requirements analysis, software
review, identification of code metrics, system risk analysis, software
reliability analysis
iv.
Software
modelling and simulation
v.
Front
end graphical user interface design/programming
vi.
Software
testing and quality assurance
vii.
Performance
tuning, improvement, balancing, usability, automation.
viii.
Support,
maintain and document software functionality
ix.
Integrate
software with existing systems
x.
Evaluate
and identify new technologies for implementation
xi.
Maintain
standards compliance
xii.
Working
closely with analysts, designers and staff
xiii.
Producing
detailed technical specifications and writing the programming codes
xiv.
Production
Support system maintenance
xv.
Independent
handling of work products and managing his/her deliverables
xvi.
Execute other assignments as you may be assigned from time to time by
your superiors
1.1.4 QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE:
•
Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree either in Information Technology, Computer
Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent degree from a recognized
institution.
1.1.5 TECHNICAL
QUALIFICATIONS:
i.Working knowledge of various software languages
[Java (mandatory), C/C++, .NET, Python]
will be added advantage
ii.Practical skills on Object Oriented Design
and Analysis (OOA and OOD)
iii.Advanced knowledge
in RESTful and
SOAP APIs, Queue
Management, SMS Gateway, SMPP
Knowledge, Data Visualization, Database
Optimization, and
Smartphone App Development
using iOS, Android, Phone gap, etc. will be added advantage
iv.Possession
of a relevant recognized ICT professional certification will be an added
advantage.
1.1.6 REMUNERATION:
An attractive remuneration package will be offered to successful
candidates.
1.1.7
ICT OFFICER GRADE II– Mobile Application Developer – 2 Posts
1.1.8
JOB PURPOSE
Responsible for
design and developing mobile-based software applications based on technical
solutions to solve business problems, which includes coding, software
deployment, initial testing, and maintenance of mobile software application
systems. The primary objective is to help businesses be more efficient by
developing technology solutions in a cost-effective way by determining the
software requirements of projects, and communicating them clearly to all
stakeholders.
1.1.9
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
i.
Full
lifecycle software application development
ii.
Designing, coding and debugging software applications in various
software languages (Java (mandatory), C/C++, .NET, PHP)
iii.
Software analysis, code analysis, requirements analysis, software
review, identification of code metrics, system risk analysis, software
reliability analysis
iv.
Software
modelling and simulation
v.
Front
end graphical user interface design/programming
vi.
Software
testing and quality assurance
vii.
Performance
tuning, improvement, balancing, usability, automation.
viii.
Support,
maintain and document software functionality
ix.
Integrate
software with existing systems
x.
Evaluate
and identify new technologies for implementation
xi.
Maintain
standards compliance
xiii.
Producing
detailed technical specifications and writing the programming codes
xiv.
Production
Support system maintenance
xv.
Independent
handling of work products and managing his/her deliverables
xvi.
Execute other assignments as you may be assigned from time to time by
your superiors
1.1.10 QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE
•
Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree either in Information Technology, Computer
Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent degree from a recognized
institution.
1.1.11 TECHNICAL
QUALIFICATIONS:
i.
Advanced knowledge in RESTful and SOAP APIs, Queue Management, SMS
Gateway, SMPP Knowledge, Data Visualization, Database Optimization, and
Smartphone App Development using iOS, Android, Phone gap, etc. will be added
advantage.
ii.
Practical
skills on Object Oriented Design and Analysis (OOA and OOD)
iii.
Possession of a relevant recognized ICT professional certification will
be an added advantage.
iv.
Practical
knowledge and skills relevant to the position will be added advantage
1.1.12 REMUNERATION:
An attractive remuneration package will be offered to successful
candidates.
1.1.13 ICT OFFICER GRADE II
–Database Administrator – 2 Posts
1.1.14 JOB PURPOSE:
This individual
provide operational database technical services to support the application
development, database production support and various requirements for
distributed technical support to ensure applications are running smoothly. The
responsibility also involve effective provisioning, installation,
configuration, operation, upgrades and maintenance of server systems hardware,
software and infrastructure.
i.
Responsible for systems and database administration, server
virtualization and server infrastructure.
ii.
Manages security access to assigned systems, databases, integrity
controls, related records, and documents
iii.
Installation,
upgrade, and maintenance of software applications and databases
iv.
Maintenance, administration, monitoring, problem management, and
production for databases.
v.
Daily
maintenance, testing, backup, and recovery of systems and databases.
vi.
Apply
patches and upgrade of systems and databases.
vii.
Install
and build database structures
viii.
Query
and performance tuning of databases
ix.
Provision, install, configure, operate, upgrade and maintain assigned
server systems hardware, software and infrastructure
x.
Provide
appropriate infrastructure technology solution to support MoFP Operations.
xi.
Maintains the strict confidentiality of all records and documents stored
in the assigned systems and infrastructure
xii.
Confers with employees and the project team to provide technical advice
and to resolve problems
xiii.
Contributes to the disaster recovery and business continuity planning
process regarding the assigned systems and infrastructure
xiv.
Assist
in management of hardware devices, licensing and all programs as assigned.
xv.
Ensure
high-availability of systems and services.
xvi.
Execute
other assignments as may be assigned from time to time by superiors.
1.1.16 QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE:
•
Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree either in Information Technology, Computer
Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent degree from a recognized
institution..
1.1.17 TECHNICAL
QUALIFICATIONS:
i.Working knowledge of MS Windows, Linux and
Unix Server platforms.
iii.Working
knowledge in Clustering, Security/encryption, Fail over
management and automatic switch over
iv.System Backup types and administration (full,
incremental, etc.)
v.Practical
skills in configuring access to file services as Access
Control, managing NTFS file and folder permissions, managing permissions for
shared resources, determining effective permissions, configuring and managing
distributed file system as Distributed File System (DFS) Overview, configuring
DFS Namespaces, configuring DFS replication, deploy file sharing services; deploy
an FTP server and a web server.
vi.Working
knowledge in Clustering, Security/encryption, Fail over
management and automatic switch over
vii.Practical skills on Database schema creation
and management
viii.Practical skills on Performance management
and tuning.
ix.Knowledge of Storage management techniques
x.ERP and business knowledge will be an added
advantage
xi.Possession
of a relevant recognized ICT professional certification will be an added
advantage.
xii.Practical knowledge and skills relevant to
the position will be added advantage
1.1.18 REMUNERATION:
An attractive remuneration package will be offered to successful
candidate
1.1.19 ICT OFFICER GRADE II
– (Business Analyst) - 1 Post
1.1.20 JOB PURPOSE:
Responsible for requirements gathering and
designing applications based technical solutions to solve business problems,
which includes defining, analyzing and
documenting
software and system requirements. The primary objective is to help Public
Institutions implement technology solutions in a cost-effective way by
determining the requirements of software projects, and communicating them
clearly to stakeholders, facilitators and partners.
1.1.21 DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES:
i.
Act as a bridge between business group with need or problem and the
Technology teams offering a solution to a problem or need.
ii.
Drives and participates in design, development and implementation of
enterprise wide applications.
iii.
Work closely with developers and testers to ensure requirements and
functional designs are translated accurately into working technical designs.
iv.
Manage
projects including responsibility for a project and project budget.
v.
Actively involving in development of new systems, business processes
improvement, strategy planning or potentially organizational change.
vi.
Actively involving in product testing and evaluation as providing
quality assurance and control and communicating the deliverables state to the
users.
1.1.22 QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE:
Minimum of Bachelor degree
in Computer Science/Information Technology/ Computer Engineering or related
discipline from a recognized institution
1.1.23 TECHNICAL
QUALIFICATIONS:
i.
Technical knowledge in determining end to end design requirements for
projects involving line of business, software/hardware developers and vendors.
ii.
Strong
skills in project planning, controlling and delivery management
iii.
Capable of performing reviews and edits requirements, specifications,
business processes, feasibility studies, business cases and recommendations
related to proposed solution for Government ICT projects/requests
iv.
Knowledgeable
in Quality Assurance for developed ICT products/services
v.
Understanding of systems engineering concepts & modelling techniques
and methods.
vi.
Possession of an ICT related certifications (CISA, CRISC, CISM etc.)
and/or certification in Project Management will be an added advantage.
1.1.24 REMUNERATION:
An attractive remuneration package will be offered to successful
candidates.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
i.
All
applicants must be Citizens of Tanzania of not more than 45 years of age;
ii.
Applicants must attach an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV) having
reliable contacts; postal address/post code, e-mail and telephone numbers;
iii.
Applicants should apply on the strength of the information given in this
advertisement;
iv.
Applicants
must attach their certified copies of the following certificates;
• Postgraduate/Degree/Advanced
Diploma/Diploma/Certificates;
• Postgraduate/Degree/Advanced Diploma/Diploma
transcripts;
• Form IV and Form VI National Examination
Certificates;
• Birth certificate
v.
Applicants
who will attach copies of the following certificates strictly not accepted;
• Form IV and form VI results slips
• Testimonials and all Partial transcripts
vi. Applicants employed
in the Public Service should route their application letters
through their respective employers;
vii.
Applicants who have/were retired from the Public Service for whatever
reason should not apply;
viii.
Applicants
should indicate three reputable referees with their reliable contacts;
ix.
Certificates from foreign examination bodies for Ordinary or Advanced
level education should be certified by The National Examination Council of
Tanzania (NECTA) and National Council for Technical Education (NACTE);
x.
Certificates from foreign Universities should be verified by The
Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU);
xi.
Applicants with special needs/case (disability) are supposed/advised to
indicate;
xii.
A signed application letters should be written either in Swahili or
English and Addressed to Secretary, Presidents Office, Public Service Recruitment
Secretariat, 27 Bibi Titi Mohammed Road, P.O.Box 63100, Maktaba
Complex, 11102 Dar Es Salaam.
xiii.
Deadline
for application is 11 November, 2017 and;
xiv.
Only
short listed candidates will be informed on a date for interview.
xv.
Presentation of forged certificates and other information will
necessitate to legal action;
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