[Full-time] IT Manager at Utrack Africa Ltd

Utrack Africa is a leading regional provider of Fleet Management and Vehicle Tracking Solutions based in Tanzania. We are looking for a dynamic individual to take up the position of IT Manager. Reporting to the CEO the holder of this position will Manage the IT Department to ensure best industry standards and practices are maintained at all times.

Key Responsibilities:
• Management of Fleet Management and Vehicle Tracking System Software and Servers
• Manage the IT Department on a day to day basis and motivate team to work in the most efficient manner
• Be on the forefront of emerging industry practices.
• IT Policy, Strategy, Procedures and Controls Development and Formulation
• Holds regular meetings with IT team and effectively manages these sessions.
• Inspires colleagues to attain goals and pursue excellence.
• Ensuring adherence to company backup and disaster recovery plan
• Supervise and Ensure timely resolution of IT Related help desk issues.
• Recruitment of new IT Team members.
• Serves as main point of contact on all IT-related matters for the company.
• Oversee Network Design/Configuration, Implementation and Maintenance,
• Implementation of network security as required by Company policy.
• Oversees troubleshooting and resolution of general user problems,
• Project Management
• Database Management, Forms and Reports creation.
• System Administration – Upgrades, New hardware/ software and configuration, and related patches to conform with HW and OS environment. Testing and administration
• Mail Servers Management
• Monitoring service and performance levels of IT Suppliers
• Staff and User Training
• Managing Windows and Linux mail and exchange servers.
• Programming and Website Design/Management Skills
• Monitor stability, connectivity and performance of the Information access interfaces environment and related storage capacity
• Suggests areas for improvement in internal processes along with possible solutions.
• Some Knowledge of: Visual Basic, VB.Net, JAVA,C++, VISUAL C++, CSS, JAVA SCRIPT, MYSQL DATABASE, Joomla, Wordpress, PHP.

Minimum Requirements
• 5 Years work experience in IT Related Industry with 2 years at Management level.
• Minimum 2 years experience in Fleet Management Company preferably part of this at managerial level
• Bachelors Degree or Advanced Diploma in IT or Computer Science EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF TH EXPOSURE TO FLEET MANAGEMENT AND VEHICLE TRACKING INDUSTRY AND SYSTEMS IS A MUST HAVE.

Other Requirements
• Strong Analytical and Decision Making Skills
• Proven Leadership and Management Qualities
• Excellent Communication, problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Self-starter with strong leadership and consensus building skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Self disciplined
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Team player with good interpersonal skills
• Assertive and decisive.

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