United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Systems Officer

Organization: Sightsavers
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 06 Oct 2014

Our vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where visually impaired people participate equally in society. Each year, we improve the lives of millions of people in the poorest parts of the world. Sightsavers offers a great place to work within easy reach of London and Brighton.

Systems Officer
Haywards Heath, UK
Salary: £28,000-£30,000

A great opportunity has arisen for a Systems Officer to work with our Programme Systems and Monitoring Team to set up, deploy and administrate a series of IT systems that will improve the way Sightsavers manages and maintains data.

The Systems Officer will work closely with the Systems Programme Manager to track and support uptake of these new systems and work on new development and systems integration.

As the organisation progresses into its adoption of these systems, the postholder will be responsible for day-to-day operation of the integrated systems. In particular they will oversee the submission of data for all of Sightsavers projects across more than 30 countries.

The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree or equivalent in a relevant field, alongside experience of working on IT systems’ development and support.

The postholder will demonstrate the ability to communicate technical information to a non-technical audience and will be highly numerate and confident when working with numbers or statistics. They will have strong analytical skills with the ability to identify important issues and communicate those to colleagues.

Please see the job description for more details.

How to apply:

To apply for this post, please download our application form and return the completed application form and equal opportunities form as two separate documents to jobs@sightsavers.org.

We’re an equal opportunities employer, and we particularly encourage qualified people living with a disability to apply.

We will be contacting shortlisted candidates for interview, shortly after the closing dates. We very much regret that in view of the large number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond if you are unsuccessful. I am sure that you will understand the need to concentrate resources towards our work.