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Urgent need! This position is central to the successful functioning of SIL Chad. If a wide variety of responsibilities in a challenging and eclectic setting would interest you, please contact us for more details. Chad is partly in the Sahara desert with savannah in the north and grasslands in the south. As varied as the geographical locations are Chad's people, languages and cultures.

Of the 130 languages in Chad more than half are as yet unwritten and work is ongoing in many others. SIL Chad needs people who are willing to live and work under hard climatic and lifestyle conditions to enable these language groups to learn to read and write, and to receive the Word of God in their heart language. Pray and consider joining us in reaching out to the many still waiting to hear. Knowledge of French required.

Responsibilities:

• Providing leadership to all IT operations, reflecting industry best practices

• Managing the daily operational details of the department, which include systems management, training, and project oversight

• Providing servant leadership of the IT team, encouraging staff to high level of performance

• Maintaining and improving local area network hardware, software, and telecommunications services

• Creating and implementing policies and procedures related to IT services.

• Establishing and maintaining network users, user environment, directories, and security

• Training users on software and equipment

Special skills needed: (Essential) Self-motivated personality. Excellent Christian Testimony.

(Desirable) Experience working in a cross-cultural context. Relevant experience and/or qualification.

Please note that this job is non-salaried, unless otherwise stated. A successful applicant will be required to raise his or her own financial support from interested friends, family and churches.