IT consultant

AMIDEAST, an international non-profit organization in the West Bank and Gaza, is seeking services of IT Experts to be employed as independent individual contractor for the position indicated below:

Period of Performance: Immediate – December 31, 2009 with possibility for
extension.
Level of Effort (LOE): Estimated 40 working hours.
Technical Supervisor: MSN Procurement Support and Compliance Specialist.

Objective:
MSN is requesting the services of IT consultant to work in partnership with MSN team and
beneficiary schools, and provide support in procurement, receive and delivery of  IT supplies intended to be procured by MSN and delivered to partner schools.

Deliverables:
-Conduct needs assessment on the schools’ computer labs when needed and report on the needed IT items with quantities and specifications suitable for the schools’ educational
services and operations.
-Review and analyze all of the lists of items before the tendering process and assure that all of the specifications are general and not affiliated to any brand or certain company.
-Help MSN team in the analysis of the bids received for the IT supplies, by doing technical
review and analysis on all of the bids received and participate in the interviews with vendors if needed.
-Ensure equipment is received by MSN delivered to beneficiaries and installed by the
vendors.

Required qualifications
-At least bachelor degree in related field
-Excellent command in English
-Hold advanced certificates in the IT field
-Previous experience in the IT support in the educational sector is preferred
-Previous experience in the procurement administration and management of the IT supplies

Please send a cover letter indicating the specific position and resume to [email protected]
Only individuals selected for further consideration will be contacted. Closing date for
applications is 5:00pm, Friday, October 23, 2009.