Center for Natural Resource Studies (CNRS)

 

Position: Junior IT Officer

No. of Vacancies: 01

Joining Date: 1 December 2017

CNRS is one of the most recognized pro-environmental national NGOs in Bangladesh. It was conceptualized in 1993, from Bangladesh Flood Action Plan (FAP16) Environmental Study; and the formal journey started in 1994. Since formation, CNRS has been active in this field and has drawn attention of relevant local, national and international actors including government and funding agencies through demonstrating innovations in its approaches and producing tangible learning outcomes. CNRS aims to join with others in influencing the national development strategy towards directions that support sustainable environment in Bangladesh. With this aim, CNRS is currently working in 23 districts covering seven (7) divisions of Bangladesh through 52 field offices. Ongoing projects of the organization cover a range of areas including i) Climate Change Mitigation (CCM); ii) Disaster and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA); iii) Governance; iv) Livelihoods; v) Micro credits; vi) Natural Resource Management (NRM) & Agriculture; vii) Nutrition; and viii) Water & sanitation.

Job Description / Responsibility

  • Regular maintenance of office PC, notebook, printer, digital camera, scanner and other hardware components
  • Perform troubleshooting and resolve all computer and internet related problems, proper maintenance of record for support provided to field offices
  • Establishing/Maintaining proper back-up system as well as security (e.g. anti-virus, firewall) for all computers at HO and Field Level
  • Installation, Maintenance and management of a local area network (LAN)
  • Linkage development with vendors to ensure proper maintenance of network, PABX and computer equipment
  • Collect, share and preserve updated market research on quality and reasonable prices of different equipment and perform procurement tasks of IT equipment
  • Keeps an inventory of hardware and software and update regularly in prescribed format
  • Setting up email account for new user
  • Maintain and follow-up fingerprint machine records
  • Responsible for set up, development, maintenance and update of CNRS website
  • Any other activities as assigned

Job Nature:  Full-time

Educational Requirements

  • University Degree in Computer Science, IT

Experience Requirements

  • At least two years of work experience in similar position

Additional Job Requirements

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proficiency in English language.
  • Must have good knowledge of current technologies available in the IT world
  • Experience and/or knowledge of various networking systems concepts including email, firewall, client- servers, network security, network protocols, etc..
  • Work independently and assist with multiple projects, priorities, and locations.
  • Must demonstrate creativity and good design skills for different publications.
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Having non-discriminatory and gender sensitive perception

Salary Range: Negotiable

Job Location: Dhaka

Apply Instruction

Applicants should apply to HR Manager at cnrsjobs@gmail.com  referencing "Junior IT Officer" in the subject line by 20th October, 2017. Applicants should submit a current resume and cover letter stating his/her competency for the position; otherwise the application may not be considered for further processing. Applicants must enclose his/her Photograph with CV. Women are encouraged to apply. We would like to graciously thank all applicants for their interest but only candidates who meet aforesaid requisite criteria, and are short listed will be contacted.