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Database Development and Management
Position Title: Database Manager
Background
The International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) is a Research and Training institution focusing on regional peace support capacity building to respond to conflicts through preventive, management, and peace building measures.
The centre is a key player in the African Peace and Security Architecture with its strategic focus in the Eastern African Region and wishes to engage a competent expert in the area of Database Development and Management.
The job holder will be responsible for maintaining IPSTC’s databases, entering new data, updating information, and working with the current developer and IPSTC staff to develop new databases.
Management Arrangements
Reporting directly to the Director, the Database Manager will also take direction from the Training Co-ordinator and will be required to work closely with other IPSTC staff to develop and maintain databases.
Duties
The job entails both Back-end (Database System) and Front-end (End User Development) and will undertake the following among other tasks.
Collect and organize information pertaining to training and management of IPSTC. Definition and construction of required Logical Database models
Definition of database security, integrity and recovery
Determination of hardware and software requirements
Testing of databases
Definition of tools to be used for design and development of front end applications
Development of TMS application software for end user interaction with the database
Clean and enter updated and new data into TMS database, including addressing problems with data provided to TMS Installation of TMS application on user computers
Conduct end user training and technical manuals
Provide regular reports on the status of databases;
Modification of database structures, entry forms and reports as required;
Design and development of new databases;
Regular up-dating of IPSTC website
Liaise with staff in other organisations to facilitate the flow of information;
Other duties as requested by the Training Coordinator or DirectorQualification and Professional Experience
Degree in Computer Science and an advanced degree in Computer Based Information Systems
5 years relevant experience in the area of database development and management
Experience in design and development of complex software applications, multi user databases for both window based and Intranet/ Internet based programs
A strong knowledge of Oracle and SQL server or My-SQL DBMS products working HTML knowledge or web development program, ability to write JAVA script, working knowledge of TCP/IP and other networking protocols
Experience in Document management
Strong writing and presentation skills
Positive attitude towards working in a team and helping other people
Database certification and conventional computer programming language are an added advantage.Applications should be submitted via email to: info@ipstc.org
Deadline for submitting applications is 5th August 2011
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