Educore Services provides world class, cutting edge, sustainable education through its three school groups; the Trident schools, Sentinel schools and Frontier school. The Educore family of schools provides education at all levels of the community and are based in the North Western and Lusaka Province.

Educore Services’ vision is to create a generation of engaged, enlightened and empowered learners and teachers.

The Opportunity

Educore Services seeks to employ a suitably qualified, experienced and enthusiastic Information Systems Assistant to be based in Solwezi. The suitable candidate will report to the Information Systems Developer and directly contribute to all information systems management within the organisation.

Main Purpose of the Job

·        Assist in system maintenance and database management to improve workflows with systems setup and configured within the schools and central administration.

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues, ensuring timely reporting of bugs and errors to the Information Systems Developer and relevant school heads.
• Implement systems maintenance by identifying and implementing effective procedures within defined timeframes.
• Annually configure and maintain the academic structure to support school administrators and academic heads for the rollover

Qualifications,

• Minimum of Diploma in Information Systems or Computer Science
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science will be an added advantage
• 1-2 years in Database Administration, Systems Design or Management Information Systems
• Experience with SQL databases would be an advantage

Experience and Personal Qualities

• Self-motivated, innovative, trustworthy, reliable, flexible to work well in a team environment.
• Good communication skills – Respectful communication with staff, students, parents and business partners
• Effective problem-solving skills – quick resolution of Information System (IS) issues
• Attention to detail, with accuracy of work
• Good time management and organisational skills