Head of IT

About the role

Donewell Insurance is recruiting a Head of IT in Accra. The role covers maintaining the company's hardware and software, supporting staff technically, planning IT strategy and keeping IT systems highly reliable.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and monitor the company's hardware and software
• Develop database reports and queries to support management decisions
• Provide first-line technical support to all staff
• Analyse current IT infrastructure needs and recommend future systems, upgrades and purchases
• Develop and maintain IT strategies aligned with business plans, and communicate the technology vision to the board, management and staff
• Build relationships between staff, management and vendors, and identify emerging IT trends
• Aim for 99.9% availability and reliability of all IT systems

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or a related field; a master's degree is an added advantage
• Any IT professional qualification
• 10 years of work experience, including 2 years in a managerial position
• Ability to lead, build relationships and communicate a technology vision

Required skills

• Network administration
• Wide applications support experience
• Knowledge of software development
• Project management
• Knowledge of current procurement and hardware and infrastructure trends

The company pays competitive salaries. Applications were sent by email to the employer and closed on 31 August 2023.