Assistant IT Services Officer

Location: Pall Mall, London SW1
Closing date: 15th April 2015

The Commonwealth Secretariat are proud to be supporting youth empowerment through our newly created Young Professionals Programme (YPP). The YPP creates multiple opportunities for talented and qualified young people from across the Commonwealth to contribute to our core work through the transference of technical expertise, innovative ideas, specialist knowledge and fresh perspectives.

The Assistant IT Services Officer role sits within our Corporate Services Division and is responsible for providing technical and administrative support specifically to the Information Technology Services Section. This may involve assisting with procurement, maintaining IT assets, resolving technical support issues arising from calls and emails, coordinating and supporting section meetings, assisting with ad hoc IT projects and ensuring all internal policies and procedures are relevant and up to date.

To be considered for this role you must be a citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 27 years or younger at the time applications close. You must have a strong Bachelor degree or higher in IT / Computing, or relevant field such as Mathematics or Engineering. You have at least one year of work experience in the support and delivery of IT services, demonstrated experience in customer service and exceptional knowledge of IT.

If you are keen to gain excellent experience in one of the world's most high-profile youth development programmes and can thrive in our multi-cultural environment, we look forward to hearing from you.

We will accept a maximum of three (3) applications for YPP roles from each candidate.  

Deadline for applications is 17:00 GMT on 15 April 2015.

Learn more about the Young Professionals Programme (YPP)

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