Programmer Analyst (Kingston, Jamaica) - Early Childhood Commission

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC), an agency of the Ministry of Education and Youth with responsibility to regulate the operation of Early Childhood Institutions, is seeking to identify highly motivated and dynamic individuals to fill the following vacant post:

Programmer Analyst (MIS/IT 4)

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Manager, Information Technology, the incumbent will lead the design, implementation and maintenance of Web and Mobile applications throughout the department life cycle.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyzes business and office processes to design system and user requirements;
• Develops specification of functional systems and designs requirements;
• Provides programming services to satisfy special projects, office automation and other business requirements;
• Develops, implements and maintains Web-Based applications and/or Websites using industry standard tools such as PHP, SharePoint and ASP Net;
• Maintain and improve all existing custom applications.
• Develops, implements and maintains intranet/internet applications within the Commission;
• Plans, arranges and controls meets, workshops and relations with client/user staff during system investigations and throughout subsequent development work.
• Coordinate the preparation of detailed documentation on the operation of programs for user training and computer operators.
• Conducts user training and demonstrations on off-shelf products as well as custom-built systems.
• Periodically reassessed and updated software documents.
• Develop modern Internet-based applications and Mobile Apps.
• Implement version control and release management procedures, as per change management policy.
• Apply automated and manual tools including 'black box' and 'white box' testing, to test and evaluate systems and networks under development.
• Perform thorough unit testing and peer review to ensure that qaulity output of development is maintained.
• Implement backup procedures for safeguarding databases and programs.

Minimum Required Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or related field from an accredited tertiary institution;
• Two (2) years' experience in the field of software and web development.
• Associate of Science Degree in Computer Studies or related field from an accredited tertiary institution;
• Three (3) years' experience in the field of software and web development.

Remuneration: Salary Scale $ 1,795,736.00 - $ 2,134,566.00 per annum, and any other allowances attached to the post.

Written application long with detailed Curriculum Vitae should be submitted no later than Friday, May 27, 2022 to:

Manager, Human Resource and Administration

The Early Childhood Commission

Shops 45-49 Kingston Mall

8-10 Ocean Boulevard, Kingston

Or by email to: application@ecc.gov.jm

We thank all applicants, however, only persons who are shortlisted will be contacted.