Job Title:      Assistant IT Officer – Security (Entry Level Jobs)

Organization: Makerere University Kampala

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Makerere University:

Makerere University is the oldest and premier University in Uganda which strives to becoming the leading institution for academic excellence and innovations in Africa.

Job Summary:   To provide technical and tactical support for efficient security network systems.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Conducting periodic vulnerability assessment and managing threats to ICT assets;
  • Analysing the logs of various systems for initiating preventive mechanisms;
  • Monitoring adherence to information security policies and standards;
  • Providing solutions to information security incidents and manage IT business continuity;
  • Providing information security consultancy to the institution;
  • Documenting and reporting information on security incidents;
  • Facilitate compliance monitoring.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• An Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Information Science/System or Library or Information  Science or Science in statistics, Mathematics/Physics/Electrical/Electronic from recognized University/Institution.

Skills/Competences      

• Information Communication Technology;
• Planning, Organizing and coordinating;
• Good understanding of international protocols and conventions

Behavioral competences;

• Innovativeness
• Teamwork and Networking
• Concern for quality standards
• Accountability
• Knowledge management
• Communicating effective
• Flexibility
• Age: Below 55 years