System Analyst

Publish Date: Aug 05, 2012

Closing Date: Aug 18, 2012

Salary Range: As per company / Organization Salary Policy

Reference Number: 1013/HRD/MAIL/MIS

Number of Posts: 1

Nationality: Afghan

Gender: Male/ Female

Location: kabul

Duration: 1 year

Description:

Summary of Department’s/Program’s Role in MAIL

Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) requires reliable, accurate and timely information to manage its services, inform users and account for its performance.

MIS Business analyst will act as a liaison between MIS and MAIL Programs/Departments. Analyse, document business processes and ensure smooth flow of information in MAIL

Job description/responsibilities/tasks

  • Analyzing Ministry’s existing systems
  • Translating Ministry requirements into highly specified project briefs
  • Identifying options for potential solutions and assessing them for both technical and business suitability
  • Drawing up specific proposals for modified or replacement systems
  • Producing project feasibility reports
  • Working closely with developers and a variety of end users to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction
  • Together with the team leader, provide specifications of hardware and software needed for the deployment of new databases.
  • Drawing up a testing schedule for the complete system
  • Overseeing the implementation of a new system
  • Planning and working flexibly to a deadline
  • Preparing Software Requirement Specification (SRS), Entity Relation Diagram (ERD), Data Flow Diagram (DFD) and other relevant technical documents.
  • Writing user manuals.
  • Providing training to users of a new system
  • As the analyst might have to develop any kind of a business system, he should be familiar with the general functioning of all kind of businesses
  • Interpersonal skills are required at various stages of development process for interacting with the users and extracting the requirements out of them
  • Should have enough problem solving skills for defining the alternate solutions to the system and also for the problems occurring at the various stages of the development process.
  • Acting as a liaison between MIS team and department's/Programs team. Maintain the communication line between them informing on the main changes of requirements and regulations related to the information system
  • Understand clearly how the departments/programs operates, Document their business processes and operational procedures.
  • Recommend improvements to the departmental processes and procedures, especially those related to data flow and reporting mechanisms in MAIL
  • Support data management team in information needs identification, departmental information sharing and exchange.

 

Required Education/Degrees/Skills

 

  • Bachelor in computer science, business administration, software engineering
  • Good Analytical skill.
  • Excellent communication & interpersonal skill
  • English understanding, fast typing both English and Dari

 

Work experience

 

  • Experience of working with the database systems and MIS
  • Experience of designing and analysing medium or large databases
  • Experience of data collection and Entry

 

  • Responsible to:
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  • MIS Implementation team leader and MIS Manager
  • The application comprises of a one-page cover letter explaining your interest and suitability for the post and your CV with your contact number. Interested male/female candidates should submit their applications to: HR department of MAIL Email Address: (vacancies@mail.gov.af). Short listed candidates will be directly contacted for interview. If you are not contacted two Weeks after the closing date, please understand that your application has not been successful for the post.
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