Ministry of Land and Legal Affairs
Port of Spain
Job Description
<p>The incumbent is required to perform specialized technical design, development, testing and implementation duties for specified information systems software of the Ministry/Department. Duties include: identification of the information needs of the Ministry/Department; facilitation of the requirements development process; selection and configuration or design and development of software and related solutions to meet these needs; testing and commissioning of the software solutions; and supervision of the other ICT professionals. Depending on work assignment, the incumbent will be required to perform these duties for one of the following categories of software application solutions: </p><p>a) the business information systems of the Ministry/Department such as finance, payroll, and human resource management; </p><p>b) the Ministry/Department-specific information systems; </p><p>c) any defined combination of business and Ministry/Department-specific information systems.</p>
Key and Critical Responsibilities
<div>- Enables compliance with Governments policies and procedures, and established best practices around the use of information; and identifies the risks involved in the use of such information. </div><div>- Constructs security risk and vulnerability assessments for the Ministry/Departments application software; applies the required physical, procedural, and technical controls to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability; and investigates and remedies related security incidents. </div><div>- Validates and analyses data and information from internal and external sources, and applies appropriate analytical techniques to meet the reporting needs of the Ministry/Department and its information users. </div><div>- Maintains an in-depth knowledge of the design, development, operations and management of information systems and products; provides expert advice regarding their selection and application, and supervises other technical specialists. </div><div>- Analyses business processes and identifies alternative approaches to performing business activities, such as automation; assesses feasibility of these approaches, and identifies the required changes to the Ministry/Departments business processes. </div><div>- Develops business models, plans, and requirements to meet the needs of the Ministry/Department; and specifies business processes which drive improvements in the information systems and related data management within the Ministry/Department. </div><div>- Investigates and reports on hazards and potential risk events arising from the use of the information systems of the Ministry/Department. </div><div>- Maintains an awareness of the opportunities provided by new information systems technology, tools and techniques and advises on their relevance, applicability and potential value to the Ministry/Department. </div><div>- Provides inputs to the service continuity planning process for the Ministry/Departments information systems and implements the resulting plans. </div><div>- Manages the Ministry/Departments information systems development and implementation or selection and configuration projects, including the identification and mitigation of project risk, ensuring quality in delivery and effective utilisation of resources. </div><div>- Investigates analyses and specifies the requirements for improving the business processes and systems of the Ministry/Department, including the preparation of feasibility studies and business cases. </div><div>- Guides the scoping, analysis and prioritisation of change initiatives and the definition of the related business requirements to enable the development or selection of the required software solutions of the Ministry/Department. </div><div>- Prepares, customises and delivers learning activities including training and sensitization, on the information systems of the Ministry/Department to a variety of users and stakeholders. </div><div>- Contributes to the design of information systems of the Ministry/Department, consistent with defined standards and best practices, and within the constraints of cost, security and efficiency. </div><div>- Designs, develops, tests, corrects and documents information systems as part of the overall application development, configuration and maintenance process in accordance with agreed standards and specifications. </div><div>- Assists with the planning and execution of the system and acceptance testing of new or amended information systems, particularly for areas of technical specialisation. </div><div>- Assesses, analyses, develops, documents and implements changes to the information systems of the Ministry/Department based on requests for change from users and other internal or external stakeholders. </div><div>- Assists with the planning and implementation of software releases, including risk assessment and stakeholder coordination, particularly for areas of technical specialisation. </div><div>- Utilises agreed quality standards to review information systems development and implementation processes. </div><div>- Supervises professional and technical staff engaged in performing duties related to particular specialisation. </div><div>- Performs other related duties as assigned.</div>
Key Competencies
<b><u>KNOWLEDGE </u></b><div>- Considerable knowledge in the specification, selection, development, testing and commissioning of information systems. </div><div>- Knowledge of the tools and techniques required for the management and control of ICT within a large government based or business organization. </div><div>- Knowledge of project management tools and techniques. </div><div>- Knowledge of relevant Public Service rules and regulations, instructions and procedures.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><b><u>SKILLS AND ABILITIES </u></b></div><div>- Ability to supervise professional, technical and support staff. </div><div>- Ability to think creatively and to implement information system solutions. </div><div>- Ability to manage information systems development projects. </div><div>- Ability to communicate effective both orally and in writing. </div><div>- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and internal stakeholders. </div><div>- Ability to interact positively with members of the public and external stakeholders.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><b><u>MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING </u></b></div><div>- Minimum of five (5) years experience performing at a professional/technical level, including at least two (2) years experience in the design and development of information systems, preferably within the public sector. </div><div>- Training as evidence by the possession of a recognized bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Computer Engineering or a related area. </div><div>- PMP Certification.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>