Premier Switch Solutions S.C. (PSS) is a leading Electronic Payment Processing Company, established by major private banks of Ethiopia.
PSS is a consortium owned by six private banks i.e., Awash International Bank, Nib International Bank, United Bank, Berhan International Bank, Addis International Bank, and Cooperative Bank of Oromia.
The Company has implemented the first multi-institution shared-switch infrastructure to provide its member banks with a state of the art payment technology to drive ATM, POS, e-commerce, Mobile Banking and other payment channels and provide clearing of Debit/Credit card transactions for the banks.
Currently, PSS has one vacant position stated below and would like to invite applicants who meet the qualification and required experience listed for this job opening.
1: Executive Assistant
Skill and educational background
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management or a related field
At least 2 years relevant experience.
Description of Duties
Ensure that the CEO office is always clean, ready and attractive for work and customer handling.
Do receptions, respond to enquiries, correspondence both telephone and written directed to respective offices.
Prepare and dispatch letters, e-mail, scanning, copying and binding internal memos and other materials to member banks and other organs.
File of all documents and correspondence to and from the respective office
Maintain the CEO calendar and schedule of appointments, screen requests for meetings, synchronize office and personal diaries to ensure that appointments do not overlap.
Organize and coordinate all logistics including travel arrangements for the CEO meetings and conferences (both internal & external
Oversee the prompt collection and delivery of incoming and outgoing mail in the respective office.
Ensure the availability of office supplies at the CEO office.
Organize the filing and retrieval of files and documents in order to ensure that they are secure and accessible
Maintain efficient and effective communication channels between the CEO office, the Board, other departments and external customers to ensure professional interface and superior customer service.
Handle petty cash.
Draft correspondence on behalf of the CEO as appropriate.
Coordinate the preparation of both local and international itineraries for the CEO and confirm travel bookings and hotel reservations
Record register and file letters, minutes, circulars, reports, and other related materials for the CEO.
Provide safe custody of correspondence files and other materials of confidential nature.
Manage the CEO office and assist the CEO on day to day routines.
Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
2: Senior Project Management Office
Skill and educational background
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, Business Management, Business Administration, Project Management, Management Information system or a related field.
At least 5 years’ relevant experience
Training in prince2 or PMI preferable.
Experience with one or more Project Management methodologies such as Prince2 or PMBOK preferable.
Relevant certifications are advantageous.
Description of Duties
Involve in the implementation of the strategic direction of the IT infrastructure, environments system administration.
Manage the implementation of the IT policy, procedures and documents.
Perform the design, setup, installation, integration and operation of system to meet the business’ requirements.
Manage all servers, back-up devices, operating systems and environmental systems are installed, configured and always functioning optimally.
Manage and monitor all servers and storages
Perform corrective and periodic preventive maintenance of system equipment’s.
Perform cleaning and dust removal of the servers and storage
Work with vendor and monitor all system infrastructure support activities.
Manage the delivery of systems and other projects.
Conduct periodic system infrastructure performance metrics.
Involve in the design of system capacity planning and build business continuity.
Involve in the execution of upgrade and migration of system infrastructures
Manage high availability, confidentiality, integrity and reliability of system infrastructure.
Provide support services to users within established SLAs;
Work with all relevant IT and other work units in the group.
Involve in research of system technologies and standards like servers and storages
Build knowledge base from the lessons learned.
Provide training, coaching and mentoring of employees within the department towards effective career development.
Prepare periodic reports
Attend incidents, interruptions, malfunctions, and system quality reductions at any moment
Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.
Location: Addis Aabab
Deadline: Apr 1, 2024
Please note the following:
Interested applicants who meet the required qualifications are invited to submit their updated CV and copies of relevant documents within 10 days of this announcement.
We only accept applications sent via our email: [email protected]
Please write clearly for which position you applied on the email subject line.
NB. :- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
