IT Intern at The British High Commission

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Position: IT Intern
Ref No: 10/18 ABJ
Job Location: Abuja
Grade: Internship
Type of Position: Fixed Term
Slot: 2 Openings
Start Date: 15 August 2018

Main Purpose Of Job

• The main purpose of this role is to assist the IT support Officers in ensuring the smooth running of IT services across Nigeria British High Commission, and its state offices.
• The jobholder will perform IT Support Officer (ITSO) duties for staff. The intern will be joining a very busy IT section that provides support to not only Abuja but a number of state offices.
• This is a particularly busy period for the section with a number of software and hardware deployments ongoing. The successful applicant will therefore need to demonstrate strong IT skills, balancing and prioritising the workload; have excellent communications skills and very good attention to detail.

Roles And Responsibilities / What Will The Jobholder Be Expected To Achieve?

• Assist in pre-deployment tasks for new IT equipment
• Setting up of training sessions
• Responding to user requests sent to IT inbox
• Providing logistics support to deployment team
• Perform an inventory of IT assets
• Assist in post deployment exercises- (floor walking, logging calls and incidents)
• Assist in disposal of redundant IT Equipment
• Provide all other IT Support to users

Essential Qualifications, Skills And Experience

• Previous experience in using Windows 10 , Microsoft Office 2016, Basic LAN/WAN configuration, Office 365, Internet and Intranet, IP Telephony and IT Helpdesk Support

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience:

• ITIL certification

Required competencies:

• Leading and Communicating, Collaborating and Partnering, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace

Starting Monthly Salary
N136,722