IT and Network Administrator

Program Overview

The Government of Lebanon, with support from the international community, has launched the Reaching All Children with Education (RACE) initiative. First launched in 2013, RACE seeks to improve access to formal education for 460,000 Syrian refugee children and underprivileged Lebanese children in the country. Efforts under this new phase of RACE 2 are expected to minimize the short and medium-term costs of displacement for refugee families, while strengthening the long-term capacity of the Lebanese education system to prepare children for life and work once regional stability returns. MEHE-GD, with the support of CERD, is responsible for implementing the S2R2 program.

The Program Development Objective is to promote equitable access, enhance quality of learning, and strengthen the systems in Lebanon’s education sector in response to the protracted refugee crisis. The key results are as follows:

• Increase in the proportion of school-aged Lebanese and non-Lebanese children (3–18) enrolled in formal education (disaggregated by school type, education cycle, nationality, and gender);
• Increase in the proportion of students passing their grades, and transitioning to the next (disaggregated by school type, grade, nationality, and gender); an
• Improvement in MEHE’s capacity to review, evaluate, and update Program implementation

Under the S2R2 program, the Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD) is looking for an IT and Network Administrator.

The IT and Network Administrator‘s mission is to maintain CERD’s IT network, servers and security systems. In particular, he/she will be responsible for:

1. Provide capacity building for CERD staff on network and IT topics.
2. Support in conducting network troubleshooting to segregate and identify general network problems, investigating and diagnosing network problems.
3. Support in installing equipment for data and voice communications networks including: hardware, software, routers, switches firewalls and communications equipment.
4. Ensure that Internet security software is updated and running properly
5. Support in monitoring internet and email use.
6. Support in carrying out routine configuration and installation of IT solutions.
7. Support in the setup of new users and the management of backup, security and passwords.
8. Support in maintaining all local software and hardware licensing to ensure conformance.
9. Support in maintaining server, upgrade, secure, system backups and disaster recovery preparation.
10. Support in maintaining networking, computer equipment and software to ensure secure and efficient operations
11. Support in maintaining and securing passwords, file system security and data integrity for desktop environment.
12. Make necessary recommendations for improving CERD’s IT systems
13. Help colleagues with basic IT needs.
14. Support CERD staff and build their skills and confidence to deliver the S2R2 related deliverables as well as their day to day duties
15. Any other tasks as needed.