IT Jobs – Service Delivery Manager at Uganda Telecom (UTL)

Organisation: Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL)
Duty
Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Reports
to:
 Head
Information Systems
About
UTL:
Uganda Telecom is committed
to providing exceptional telecommunication services that meet our customer’s
needs and improve our efficiency. We now have a vacancy in our organization. We
invite you, if you are a self-driven, results-oriented individual, a team
player who is keen on a new experience to take up the challenge for an
efficient business delivery model.
Job
Summary:
The Service
Delivery Manager will supervise UTL Business Support Systems, ensure efficient
and effective delivery of VAS (Value Added Services), accurate charging and
billing for services consumed.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Budgeting
    for the Billing VAS & IN Unit (CAPEX and OPEX)
  • Contribute
    towards the development of the Information services strategy, ensuring
    that it is in line with the overall Company Strategy
  • Establishing
    written policies and guidelines for effective and efficient Service
    delivery
  • Participating
    in the establishment of companywide service delivery standards.
  • Ensure
    that the billing system VAS systems, IN and all interfacing platforms are
    operational within the agreed SLAs
  • Perform
    and oversee random data integrity checks on both the prepaid and postpaid
    base
  • Management
    of the provisioning and activation processes
  • Managing
    and monitoring the credit control schemes
  • Ensures
    the security of the systems & Subscriber data
  • Implement
    business continuity and disaster prevention and recovery plans on billing
    systems, applications and databases
  • Schedules
    and supervises preventive and corrective maintenance of the systems
  • Oversees
    the acceptance tests and commissioning of new installations, expansions or
    upgrades
  • Recommends
    plans and dimensioning for expansion of the nodes to cater for subscriber
    and/or traffic growth
  • Monitor
    the use of the systems and databases and make recommendations on ways to
    improve services provided
  • Analyze
    data from the prepaid billing systems to assure correctness and
    authenticity
  • Motivation
    of Key Staff to deliver high quality services
  • Oversees
    the daily operational activities of the Billing & IN team
  • Capacity
    and HR planning of the Billing VAS & IN section
  • Capacity
    planning of all Billing, VAS and IN platforms
  • To
    ensure the VAS Billing & IN team is motivated to deliver high quality
    services
  • Preparation
    of budgets and monitor all costs and expenses in the service delivery area
  • To
    manage staff performance management and plan for staff  training
 Qualifications,
Skills & Experience:
  • A
    University degree in Computer Science, Telecommunication Engineering and
    related fields management (server, operating systems, databases etc.)
  • At
    least 7 years’ experience in Information Systems within a
    telecommunications business setting.
  • In
    depth knowledge of charging and billing systems, both real time and
    offline. Retail (Prepaid and Postpaid) and wholesale (Interconnect and
    Roaming) Billing
  • Proven
    experience of financial accounting principles
  • Hands
    on with Operating Systems (Unix/Linux, Windows 2003/2008) to at least
    advanced user level
  • Hands
    on knowledge of RDBMS (MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL server) to DBA level
  • Working
    Knowledge of reporting tools.
  • Proven
    experience leading highly specialized technical teams.
  • Flexible
    attitude to working times / arrangements.
  • Good
    leadership and teamwork.
  • Strong
    interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Good
    organizational skills  and ability to coordinate multiple tasks
    efficiently.
  • Ability
    to work with minimum supervision and extremely focused self-driven,
    innovative and creative.
  • Ability
    to build and maintain relationships across different functions and
    organizations
  • Analytical
    and solutions focused mindset
  • Ability
    to work under tight deadlines and respond to high-priority situations
 How
to Apply:
All suitable jobs
candidates willing to work with one of Uganda’s leading telecom companies, UTL
should send their applications to:
The Chief Human Resource
& Administration Officer
Uganda Telecom
Telephone House
P.O Box 7171, Kampala,
Uganda
Or recruitment@utl.co.ug
Deadline: 14th
June 2013

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