Post Title: Electrician (Electrical /Networking Assistant) Post Grade: SC 4
Duty Station: Nairobi Date of issue: 21.06.2010
Contract type: Service Contract (SC) Closing date: 01.07.2010.
Organizational background
The World Food Programme Somalia activities include food assistance relief, emergency school feeding, humanitarian air and logistics services, food co-ordination and emergency rehabilitation projects.
This position is open to both male and female candidates. Qualified candidates and Female candidates in particular, are encouraged to apply.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the direct supervision of the National IT Officer, Infrastructure and IT support and the overall supervision of ICT Unit Head, the incumbent undertakes the following responsibilities:
- Responsible for all electricity services the World Food Programme is using in the field, including electrical wiring, generators, UPSes, voltage regulators, solar systems and wind generators.
- Plan, design, install and maintain electrical systems for WFP offices in Somalia Sub-Offices and Country Office (Nairobi).
- Implement electrical norms and standards for all electricity services and installations, including wiring, measuring, sizing the equipment.
- Supervise contracted services for the installation and maintenance of the electrical installations for all WFP offices and warehouses in Somalia and ensuring a safe and reliable working environment.
- Provide advice to the Procurement Unit when tendering for electricity services for WFP office and sub-offices.
- Co-ordinate any required external contracting, servicing or intervention needed for any electrical installation.
- Carry-out repairs of electrical and electronic appliance like, telephones, UPS, Air conditions, freezer, power regulators, electrical wiring of offices and warehouses,.
- Perform office wiring services for data and Local Area Network
- Ensuring electrical protection of offices installations and equipment including over voltage and lightening protection
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum qualifications:
Education: Satisfactory completion of secondary school education and additional education in the area of electrical/electronic engineering.
Experience: At least three years of progressively responsible and proven effective, hands-on electrical or electronics experience.
Knowledge: Basic computer skills including keyboard/mouse skills and knowledge of common basic software packages, commonly used office equipment, cooling systems and solar systems.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written English.
Desirable skills: Organized and precise records and well analyzed data with minimal supervision, moderately complex operational problems resolved or brought to the attention of the appropriate person for resolution.
You are encouraged to apply online by completing the Personal History Form P11 available on the following link http://www.unon.org/docs/P11.
- E-mail : Somalia.Hr@wfp.org
- For applicants inside Somalia only, a sealed envelope addressed to The Human Resources Officer, to be dropped at the reception of the nearest WFP office in Somalia.
- Hand-delivered applications are no longer accepted at the Nairobi office
NB: Applications received later than the deadline and those that are not clearly showing the VA No. indicated above will not be short-listed.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted