Systems Administrator

Malawi School of Government (MSG)

JOB VACANCIES AT THE MALAWI SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT

The Malawi School of Government (MSG) is a unique higher education Statutory Corporation established through Act of Parliament No. 33 of 2022. Our primary mission is to play a pivotal role in shaping Malawi’s present and future by developing and delivering human resource development programmes and enhancing the capacity of the public and private sectors through education and training, research, consultancy, and advisory services. MSG invites suitably qualified, motivated and agile candidates to fill the following positions existing at its secretariat and at the Kanengo Campus (formerly Malawi Institute of Management) and Mpemba Campus (formerly Staff Development Institute):

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Job Summary: To administer and monitor ICT systems.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

System Administration

  1. Implement policies, plans, strategies, programmes, and systems relating to ICT.
  2. Manage intranet.
  3. Back up databases.
  4. Tune databases.
  5. Configure databases.
  6. Index databases.
  7. Provide end user support.
  8. Allocate user rights.

Reporting

  1. Prepare and submits reports.

Supervision

  1. Allocate work.
  2. Appraise staff.

Qualification and other attributes

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related fields from an accredited or recognised institution by the National Council for Higher Education plus any one of the following professional certifications:
    1. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
    2. CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+
    3. Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)
  • 3 years of relevant experience.

How to apply

Interested candidates should send application letters, curriculum vitae with the required qualifications and attributes clearly indicated and names of three traceable referees through an email to the following address:

The Director General
Malawi School of Government (MSG)
P.O. Box 30801
Lilongwe 3,
MALAWI.
Email: dg@msg.ac.mw

The closing Date for receiving applications is Wednesday, 27th November 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.