Nafasi za kazi EFTA financed its first lease in 2004, and over the following five years we invested a total of USD 500,000 across 75 investments in small businesses from our first branch in Moshi in Northern Tanzania. (Ajira Mpya EFTA )This pilot phase proved the business case for our core business.
Nafasi za kazi EFTA
Given the commercial potential and the large market size that was evident during this initial phase, Equity for Africa agreed to commercialize EFTA to invest in for-profit capital. In November 2010, Equity for Africa was selected as a winner of the Group of 20’s SME Finance Challenge, presented by Barack Obama at the Seoul Summit in South Korea. Also you can read more about best whatsapp Group 2023
This in turn enabled EFTA to raise a USD 5 million impact investment fund called “PEAK II”, which closed in 2012. In 2014 we announced a new USD 5m investment of equity and debt from AgDevCo directly into EFTA. As of 2018, EFTA is continuing with further significant fundraising to support its growing lease portfolio.
Ajira Mpya EFTA
Open Vacancy: ICT Manager
| Branch | HQ |
| Department | Operations |
| Reporting | Managing Director |
| Nature of Job | Full time |
| Position | ICT Manager |
| Application Deadline | 16th June 2023. |
Job Vacancies at EFTA
EFTA is a reputable award-winning Financial Leasing Company based in Tanzania with eight branches across the country, dedicated to helping SMEs and famers to grow. EFTA is part of the wider Group and at least some IT solutions are developed and implemented across the Group. EFTA is part of a pan-African leasing company, with businesses in Mauritius and Kenya as well as Tanzania.
The nature of the business is based on tripartite arrangement, means it involves a customer, equipment supplier and EFTA. The customer identifies the type of equipment they want to buy from the supplier, then deposit a down payment to EFTA and EFTA pays the suppliers. Hence the equipment on its own is the collateral. EFTA is pushing the boundaries in financial landing industries. In principle we finance various equipment, including agricultural equipment’s, transportation, construction, and other specialized equipment.
The Job Overview
We are looking to hire a talented ICT Manager to join our team. If you’re hard-working and dedicated, EFTA is a great place to grow your career. As an ICT manager, you will work closely with members of our ICT team to ensure that our organization is using the most up-to-date technology to run our business as well as help with the day to day running and support of the EFTA ICT systems. The role includes working with colleagues at Group and other subsidiaries to develop Group technology strategy and implementation. The role also includes working as part of a project team to ensure effective implementation in Tanzania of Group-wide technology initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Below are some of the responsibilities the ICT manager will be expected to perform:
- Leadership and people management focus
- Managing and motivating a team that is responsible for handling incidents submitted from internal users through multiple channels such as Service Desk tool, email, phone and other platforms for ICT related issues and Company operational services.
- Managing and motivating a team that is responsible for handling requests from users for ICT Systems access. This process aims to grant authorized users the right to use ICT system services, while preventing access to non-authorized users.
- Accountable for all operational activities by assigning resources to ensure end users receive effective and timely resolution in compliance with the Service Level Agreement.
- Manage ICT Service Desk support team, review performance, and ensure that customer service standards are maintained.
- Mentoring and coaching ICT Service Desk team to a build a high-performance team.
Strategy Focus:
- Develop, review and implement processes and procedures for tracking, reporting and supporting customers within the company (Internal Staff).
- Analyze business requirements by partnering with key EFTA stakeholders across the organization to develop solutions that leverage ICT.
- Lead EFTA ICT projects and deployment of new ICT systems and services.
- Provide direction in complex problem-solving situations and participate in direct interaction with technical resources when required.
- Accountable for implementing continuous (ITIL) systematic methodology for providing ICT solutions with the best standards.
- Help define ICT infrastructure strategy, architecture, and processes.
- Assess vendors and develop test strategies for new hardware and software.
- Develop and implement policies related to network security, disaster recovery, and ICT infrastructure.
Business focus.
- Ensure all support requests from Business are well documented in the ICT ticketing system through the lifecycle.
- Monitor performance of EFTA information technology systems to determine cost and productivity levels, and to make recommendations for improving the ICT infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot hardware and software issues related to internal ICT.
- Analyze resource utilization and develop strategies to optimize performance.
- Establish, measure, and define ICT goals and maintain an ICT roadmap.
- Participate in various system enhancement and product development projects as a key player to ensure that the system delivered meets user expectations.
- Monitor and analyze the success of ICT initiatives and projects and continually develop and evaluate new technologies and tools for the company.
- Direct the activities of the help desk to ensure the ICT needs of users are met.
- Manage development projects to integrate new technologies into existing systems.
- Perform ongoing support and maintenance of all hardware, software, and network components.
- Establish a security policy to protect company information and resources.
- Managing the department’s budget effectively and deliver value for money performance of ICT activities.
Qualifications and Skill Set
- Bachelor’s degree in ICT, computer science, or a related field
- A minimum of 5 years’ industry experience with 3 years in ICT management
- Strong teamwork and communication skills
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of industry-standard computer hardware and software systems
- Excellent working knowledge of computer systems, security, network and systems administration, databases and data storage systems, and cloud infrastructure
- Experience managing on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
- Experience leading and managing ICT projects and rolling out ICT infrastructure across various technologies.
- Strong critical thinking and decision-making skills.
- Excellent project management skills and strong ability to prioritize.
- Firm grasp on ICT infrastructure and operations best practices.
ICT Manager Salary
In the Dar es Salaam, Tanzania area, the anticipated total pay for an IT Manager is TZS 6,763,773 per month, with an average income of TZS 4,963,773 per month. These figures indicate the median, which is the middle of the salary ranges calculated by our proprietary Total Pay Estimate methodology and based on wages submitted by our users. The extra salary is anticipated to be TZS 1,800,000 per month. Additional compensation may include a monetary incentive, a commission, tips, and profit sharing. The “Most Likely Range” represents numbers between the 25th and 75th percentiles of all available salary data for this role.
How to apply:
All applications shall be received online through the following link: www.efta.co.tz
No physical submission of documents/applications shall be accepted
APPLY through this email: tefta@efta.co.tz
