Programmer and Information System Specialist - South Sulawesi
KOMPAK Program
KOMPAK is an Australia-Indonesia government partnership supporting the Government of Indonesia's efforts in reducing poverty through improvements in basic service delivery and creating opportunities for work. KOMPAK focuses its efforts on three result areas:
- Supporting Local Governments and Service Units to better address the needs of basic service users;
- Supporting the poor and vulnerable to benefit from improved village governance; and
- Supporting the poor and vulnerable to benefit from increased opportunities for employment and economic development.
The Opportunity
The Programmer and Information System Specialist is responsible for consolidating all work related to KOMPAK support to the South Sulawesi and District/City Governments, in the implementation of the Village Information System, specifically technical assistance to support the implementation of information system policies and governance at the village, sub-district, district and province.
Key Duties
- Develop an effective and efficient learning model for improving the use of village, sub-district, and district information system applications
- Facilitate the learning process and improve operator skills at the village, sub-district, and district level regarding the use of village information system applications
- Provide technical input for application development both at the provincial and district levels as needed
- Provide support for the resolution of technical problems in the governance aspects of village, sub-district and district information systems
- Develop existing SIADEK Ver2 applications based on identified inputs using the Agile Development method
- Develop features needed by users according to input provided by stakeholders and improvement of security systems
- Developing data interconnection functions between applications/systems (export/import data or utilizing API) related to data needed
- Provide technical support to link other data and information systems (for example, at the village, district and service units) including some data relating with Virus COVID-19 impact
- If possible, it can help to develop other applications in villages, sub-districts and districts that are relevant to application development in villages, sub-districts and districts
- Providing quality assurance to KOMPAK provincial offices and district locations for implementing activities to ensure the implementation of field-level activities in accordance with KOMPAK's strategic framework of village information systems and sub-district information systems, and district
Further information regarding other key duties is included in the Information for Applicants in the ‘View Position Description’.
Key Requirements
Our preferred candidate will have:
- University degree with at least 5 years working experience on village information systems and village governance issues
- Good analytical skills and an attention to detail
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Integrated and distributed expertise in web and software services
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in the field of distributed system development
- Experience in conducting technology training
- Expertise in developing the framework
- Experience in the field of software architecture, to systematically assess how users interact with the system and how business functions by checking input and data processing and output information with the intention of improving current business processes
- Expertise in the design and development of document-based databases, object and relation orientations
Further Information & Application Details
Further information regarding this opportunity can found in the ‘View Position Description’ link.
Applications should be submitted online via the Careers page of Abt Associates’ website and MUST include a CV and covering letter addressing the key requirements listed above.
We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from experienced and capable women.
Applications close: Thursday, 8 July 2021 – midnight (AEST)
We welcome and thank all applicants however; only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Abt Associates – Who We Are
Abt Associates is a recognised leader in the international development sector. Working with our many partners, Abt Associates implements bold innovative solutions to improve the lives of the community and deliver valued outcomes for our clients. We provide a comprehensive range of services from policy to service delivery in the public and private sectors contributing to long term benefits for clients and communities. Operating in remote and challenging environments, we offer innovative solutions, extensive experience in the region, strong technical capacity, and a proven project management track record. We are committed to gender equity in our employment strategies and encourage applications from capable women. Abt Associates is a child safe organisation and promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children. For more information about our company and what we do visit our website at www.abtassociates.com
