Job Description

Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) is inviting suitably qualified personnel to fill in the following post:
WEBMASTER (1 POST)

Duties and Responsibilities

Diagnose and assist University staff with web-related software problems.
• Monitors Internet services for the University.
• Deal tactfully and courteously with users in training and technical assistance
environments.
• Apply web programming languages and technologies.
• Design and implement user-friendly and creative web pages.
• Train users on web-based applications, concepts, and techniques.
• Create HTML files, and convert various files into formats such as HTML or PDF.
• Troubleshoot, analyse, and solve web page problems.
• Explain complex concepts and Internet-related matters clearly and simply to a
wide variety of users.
• Assists University employees by identifying and correcting Webpage problems both remotely and on-site.
• Provides a variety of Webpage support and serves as a resource in the use of web page design.
• Schedules and performs routine maintenance on all University web servers.
• Schedules work so as to minimize interruptions to staff productivity and student learning.
• Assists administrative personnel and/or designees in the use and implementation of University webpages.
• Completes other reasonable duties as assigned.
• Manages all content on University website including strategic placement of information and oversight of content accuracy and relevance. Provides continuity to the entire University website; locate and identify Internet resources for the educational community, and make them available on the website.
• Provides excellent customer support for University department staff regarding development and maintenance of department web pages; provides design and technical support in updating department web pages as new trends and programmes are developed; assesses and understands emerging Internet technologies.
• Serves as the interface between the University Marketing Department and the website regarding design, development, and support.
• Explains complex concepts and Internet-related matters clearly and simply to a wide variety of users requesting content published in Web format; troubleshoots, analyzes, and solves web page problems.
• Assist the Marketing Department in creating and producing written and multimedia content for the website regarding initiatives and programmes.
• Edits and maintains the University websites using the existing content management system (CMS).
• Creates and edits text, graphics, animation, audio, and video files, and places them on Web servers; convert files between various formats, including word processing, spreadsheet, Adobe Printed Document Format (PDF), and HyperText Mark-up Language (HTML).
• Trains the Marketing Department in the use of web conversion tools and applications; assigns security access as needed; maintains regular contact with Departments contacts to advise and train on developing web-based applications and programmes.
• Assists with the development, dissemination, and observance or adherence to standards for publishing on the University's website; creates, edits, writes, and/or uploads text; validate and update links on the web.
• Monitors website users on the system, and analyzes a variety of data including number of user visits, paths utilized, and time spent on each site; evaluates user trends, and recommends modifications to provide ongoing improvement of the University's website.
• Participates in a variety of work groups, committees, and task forces to design, develop, and implement web-based applications to communicate the University's programmes, objectives, vision, mission, and guiding principles.

Qualifications and Experience

• The ideal candidate should possess a Higher National Diploma or a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Information Systems from an approved institution.
• The candidate must also have three or more years' experience in Information Technology work or an equivalent combination of experience and education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved.

Knowledge of the following areas is a requirement
• Laws and regulations affecting computer software.
• Practices, procedures, resources, and applications on the Internet.
• Cconcepts and technologies. (HTML Hyper Text Markup Language )
• Bootstrap.
• CSS.
• Javascript.
• C#.
• MySQL and MSSQL
• Learning new languages and technologies
• Troubleshooting strategies for, and various Internet browsers and versions
• Windows and Mobile operating environments.
• Word processing software, and web page development software and tools.
• Content Management Systems (CMS) (Joomla, Wordpress, Orchad)
• Accepted design concepts, Internet protocol, Graphical User Interface, and other standards.
• Graphics creation and manipulation tools.
• Record-keeping techniques.
• Oral and written communication skills.

How to Apply

Six (6) copies of the following: application letter, certified copies of educational certificates, National ID, Birth Certificate and CVs giving full personal including full name, place and date of birth, qualifications, previous employment and experience, present salary, date of availability, telephone number, email address, names and addresses of three referees including emails and addresses. Evidence of membership of a professional association (where applicable) should also be attached.
Applications should clearly indicate the “Position” which is being applied for and submitted to:

The Registrar
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
Stand No. 1901 Barrassie Rd, Off Shamva Rd
Bindura, Zimbabwe

or
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University,
Harare Teaching and Learning Centre,
18836 Hampden Road, Belvedere,
Harare

or
e-mailed to: [email protected] in a single pdf file clearly indicating the position being applied for in the subject line. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.