Information Technology Intern

Save the Children Sweden

East and Central Africa Office

Information Technology Intern

Save the Children Sweden started working in Eastern and Central Africa in 1965. Today, we have offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nairobi, Kenya; and Khartoum, Sudan.

Through long-term child-rights based development programs, we focus on building the capacity of local people, community-based structures and organizations by working with local partners.

In Eastern and Central Africa, we work with more than forty different non-governmental organizations and government bodies.

All of the work in the region focuses on children’s rights, and tackles issues that affect marginalized children.

The core of the work focuses on children affected by conflict, education, discrimination, abuse, exploitation, and HIV/AIDS. Our focus also includes child participation and good governance in the best interest of the child.

The Nairobi Regional Office is seeking an Information Technology Intern

Internships with SCS ECAf provide an opportunity for recent graduates to gain experience within an international NGO, ensuring professional development, and practical application of skills and knowledge.

Internships are voluntary positions.

The Internship is available for a period of 3 months, starting as soon as possible.

The Intern will be working closely with the Regional Systems Administrator, to build a web-interface based application that will serve as a resource centre for Knowledge Management (KM) within the Regional Office.

Description of tasks

• Prepare a requirements definition draft that captures both the scope and needs using any of the Requirements Engineering methodologies be engaging with all/relevant stake holders
• Conceptualize and prepare a project plan for the whole process paying keen attention to the critical phases of a web application development
• Design and implement the application and clearly define the modules based on initial requirements analysis. User friendliness, seamless interface with common MS applications and access control levels must be observed
• Test the prototype and fix any bugs that may be detected during the process
• Publish the solution for use
• Conduct a training for both the module specific admins and general users
• Provide day to day support with regards to usage and any proposed amendments to design
• Provide technical support relating to general hardware/software issues as may be required
• Review, suggest improvements and to a larger extent update the ECAF Regional website

Required qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science/IT, with bias towards application development (Note: Must have completed within the last 2 years)
• Up to 2 years of software development experience
• Good understanding of application development cycle
• Good at multi-tasking and proactively contributes his/her ideas with the team
• Good analytical skills
• Good understanding of at least 3 programming languages (VB, C++ and Java)
• Excellent knowledge of web application design tools preferably but not limited to Joomla, PHP, Perl, JavaScript, MySQL and Microsoft.Net
• Commitment to the Save the Children values

The successful candidate should also possess the following personal qualities, in line with the values of Save the Children.

• Commitment to Save the Children’s mission and values
• Initiative, flexibility and ability to work independently as well as in a team
• High levels of self-motivation and initiative
• Ownership and accountability of own work
• High levels of confidentially and integrity

Note: Internships are voluntary positions, with a small subsidy provided to cover costs.

Send your application, clearly marked Information Technology Intern by Friday 2nd December, 2011 to the HR Department on scsvacancies@ecaf.savethechildren.se.