Vacancies Available at NECSA

Key Performance Areas

Executing of:

• Monitor software application availability and health on a daily basis and resolve/escalate issues as are relevant
• Provide telephonic, in-person and/or remote software application support to end-users.
• Liaise with software support suppliers as and when required.
• Develop procedures for installation of software application at end-users on the various Windows environments
• Design and build database structures for data storage.
• Run daily checks on database and other software application servers to verify and manage system health.
• Decommission software applications by updating the relevant documentation and archive data as required by System Owners.
• Perform user maintenance and other administrative tasks within software applications in the role as administrator or super user.
• Ensure that database and other backups are done and these can be restored as and when necessary.
• Ensure adherence to security protocols for critical enterprise applications.
• Manage licenses for 3rd party software applications and ensure compliance.
• Mentor other application support personnel as and when directed.
• Prepare and review user manuals for software applications.
• Provide end-user training on software applications.
• Identify user requirements for existing and new software applications.
• Identify and evaluate suitable off-the-shelf software applications.
• Design and document software design specifications in line with user requirements as well as software development standards and guidelines.
• Participate in design reviews and providing inputs on user requirements and software design.
• Develop test cases for testing of software applications.
• Test software applications to ensure compliance with user requirements and software development standards and guidelines as well as to ensure system integrity.
• Facilitate end-user acceptance testing and obtain final sign-off.
• Prepare and present change control documents at the IT Change Control Board by adhering to the requirements as per the IT change control procedures.

Key Knowledge & Skills

• Firm Grasp of Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Microsoft Word and Excel (Advanced)
• MS-SQL
• Report Writing (Crystal Reports and SQL Reporting Services) (Advanced)
• Windows Security (Intermediate)
• Windows Scripting (PowerShell) (Intermediate)
• Software Testing (Intermediate)
• Generate and Maintain System Documentation (Intermediate)

COMPETENCIES (Job Specific and Behavioral)

• Communication skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Technical / professional competence Overall awareness.
• Analytical thinking and attention to detail.
• Organisational alertness.
• Excellence / quality orientation.
• Learning agility (includes learning potential).

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

Academic

• National IT Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in IT-related field.

 Minimum experience required

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the application support environment.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in database development.

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Work Description

1. The candidate will develop new synthesis routes for the preparation of bioactive compounds and radio-therapeutics with known biological activities.
2. The candidate will perform synthesis of new linkers and attach them to the bioactive compounds.
3. The candidate will fully characterise the synthesised compounds using various spectrometric and spectroscopic analytical techniques.
4. The candidate will radiolabel the molecules and perform cell uptake and stability studies.
5. The candidate will also be responsible for reporting the completed work in group meetings, assisting with mentoring of Masters and PhD student’s.
6. The candidate will contribute in authoring research reports and publications and presenting at conferences and workshops.
7. The candidate is expected to publish a minimum of two papers (internally or externally peer reviewed) per year.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

1. The candidate should hold a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry or medicinal chemistry obtained within the past five years. The candidate should not be older than 45 years at the time of application.
2. Solid knowledge of organic synthesis reactions e.g. carbon-carbon coupling reactions, amide forming reactions, halogenation reactions, protection and deprotection reactions etc.
3. Solid knowledge of various analytical techniques such as thin layer chromatography (TLC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, high performance liquid chromatography hyphenated with mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy.
4. Experience in handling radioactivity, molecular modelling and knowledge of some radio-analytical techniques (such as liquid scintillation counter and gamma spectroscopy) and radiation detecting techniques would be an added advantage. 
5. Minimum of one accepted publication in the last five years with additional publications will also be an added advantage. Publications should be in the area of organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry or radiochemistry.
6. Good English communication skills, both oral and written, are a prerequisite.

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Work Description

1. The candidate will develop new method of separation and purification of radionuclides of interest in the Radiolabelling section
2. The candidate will perform synthesis of new linkers and attach them to the active pharmaceuticals ingredients.
3. The candidate will fully characterise the synthesised compounds using various spectrometric and spectroscopic analytical techniques.
4. The candidate will perform radiolabelling and stability studies.
5. The candidate will also be responsible for reporting the completed work in group meetings, assisting with mentoring of Masters and PhD student’s.
6. The candidate will contribute in authoring research reports and publications and presenting at conferences and workshops.
7. The candidate is expected to publish a minimum of two papers (internally or externally peer reviewed) per year.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

1. The candidate should hold a PhD in inorganic chemistry, catalysis or organometallic chemistry obtained within the past five years. The candidate should not be older than 45 years at the time of application.
2. Solid knowledge of inorganic and physical chemistry
3. Solid knowledge of various analytical techniques such as thin layer chromatography (TLC), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, high performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction.
4. Experience in handling radioactivity, molecular modelling and knowledge of some radio-analytical techniques (such as liquid scintillation counter, alpha and gamma spectroscopy) and radiation detecting techniques would be an added advantage.  
5. Minimum of one accepted publication in the last five years with additional publications will also be an added advantage. Publications should be in the area of inorganic chemistry, catalysis, organometallic chemistry, physical-inorganic chemistry or radiochemistry.
6. Good English communication skills, both oral and written, are a prerequisite.