IT Coordinator
- Ntare Louisenlund School Careers
- Rwanda
- Information Technology
Who We Are
Ntare Louisenlund School (Rwanda) aspires to become the premier institution in Africa, dedicated to fostering excellence in education. Through the Rwanda plus-STEM program, the school aims to attract the finest talents in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and technology, serving as a catalyst for innovation, entrepreneurship, and future-shaping endeavors. Situated on a sprawling 60-hectare campus in Rwanda’s Bugesera District, a brief forty-five-minute drive from Kigali, the school is designed to accommodate up to 1,000 boarding students.
Ntare Louisenlund School is committed to delivering an exceptional international education, empowering students to seek scholarships at the world’s leading universities. The student body will comprise two halves, with a portion selected through a rigorous assessment and funded by appropriate scholarships (plus-STEM stream), and the remainder consisting of students from across Africa pursuing the IB Diploma with their families financing the education (IB stream). Seeking candidacy as an IB World School, Ntare Louisenlund School plans to offer the IB Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme.
Operated and managed by Ntare Louisenlund CBC, in collaboration with Stiftung Louisenlund, a renowned institution with over 70 years of experience running a secondary boarding school in Germany, Ntare Louisenlund School strives for comparable excellence at both locations in Germany and Rwanda. A strategic partnership with the Rwandan government is envisioned to identify plus-STEM students eligible for government scholarships.
Your Challenge & Responsibilities
The IT Coordinator will be responsible for maintaining, developing, upgrading and implementing strategies for information systems that runs uninterrupted. Ensuring the technology infrastractures (software, hardware and networks) compliant to relevant security standards and regulations. Ensuring Child online protection, Conduct risks include; bullying, sexting, revenge porn, threats and intimidation, reputational damage, impersonation, social humiliation, compulsive use, cybercrime, gambling. Monitoring network traffic, system logs for unauthorized access or suspicious activity in the School’s IT infrastructure.
Your Main Responsibilities
The IT Coordinator is specifically accountable for the following areas:
- To strengthen and re-align the technology infrastracture for purposes of managing and monitoring all installed systems ensuring network connectivity and security.
- Ensuring data protection and backup regulations while setting up user accounts, permissions, and passwords.
- Manage, deploy firewalls intrusion detection and systems audit.
- maintain and track documentation of technology infrastracture systems and configuration
- Support in providing cybersecurity awareness and technical support for school employees and reporting/feedback on emerging threats.
- Identify new computer technologies for possible school integration
- Design, implement, maintain, and improve perform quality and performance analysis on on IT infrastructure.
- Identify, diagnoise and resolve issues for users related to software and hardware
- IT Coordinator will be responsible for supporting in procuring hardware for the school’s IT systems, including looking at leasing or buying models for student laptops.
- Any assignments as requested by the supervisor.
Your Profile
- Masters degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Working experience of at least 5 years holding a similar position and in a fast-paced environment.
- Possession of certifications that are not limited to; CISA, MCSE…….
- Working knowledge of SQL, MYSQL and CCNA….
- Working knowledge in network such as LAN and WAN.
Benefits & Compensation
- The possibility to be supervisor from the start in the most aspiring education project in Africa.
- A first-class school campus in a beautiful natural setting in Bugesera.
- Collaboration with an experienced, internationally recognized school in Germany.
- Various partnerships with external educational partners.
- A committed, dedicated, and team-oriented faculty.
- A highly competitive compensation package.
How to Apply
- Can you imagine working to help us design the school of the future? Then you should apply by April 5, 2024 to careers@ntare-louisenlund.rw and share CV, letter of motivation and certified electronic copies of degrees and certificates. Mention “IT Coordinator” in the subject line
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