Telecommunications Officer at Regional Service Centre in Entebbe (RSCE), Entebbe, Uganda

Job Overview

Location: Uganda, Entebbe

Expiration date : March 8, 2024

Experience : 10 Year

Gender : Both (Male & Female)

Qualification : Associate Degree

Responsibilities:

Within delegated authority, the Telecommunications Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

• Leads the design, installation, testing, commissioning, and decommissioning of various information communications technology (ICT) systems such as local area networks, metro-area networks, or country-wide or regional networks.
• Leads the introduction of new systems while managing legacy systems throughout their lifecycle.
• Drafts specifications and standards for ICT equipment such as hub routers and switching systems, and creates and maintains documentation, in particular
• Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, and documentation describing the functioning of the infrastructure, etc.
• Provides support for developing technical specifications for equipment procurement; evaluates vendors’ proposals, performs tests, and recommends selection of ICT equipment.
• Establishes performance standards for telecommunications equipment and service and recommends corrective measures to improve service quality and operational performance.
• Provides planning support for rapid set-up and operation of ICT infrastructure from “scratch” at local and wide area levels, including visiting regions for technical reconnaissance missions.
• Provides engineering services for planning, implementing, and maintaining local and wide area telecommunications networks.

• High School diploma or equivalent is required.
• A minimum of Ten (10) years’ of progressively responsible professional experience in telecommunications, electronic data transmission, network design and experience in providing
• ICT operational support services or related field is required. The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced to five (5) Years for candidates who possess a first level university degree.
• Experience leading and managing medium to large Information Telecommunications
• Technology teams over diverse geographical and remote areas is required.
• Experience in designing, coordinating and delivering training and capacity building activities related to new and innovative technologies in a challenging environment is desirable.
• Experience providing services in Information and Telecommunications Technology Systems or related area in a field operation of the United Nations common system or comparable international organization or in a military operations environment is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable.