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Kampala, Uganda
Full Time
About the Organisation
Seed Effect is a Christ-centered economic development organization with a mission to bring hope and opportunity to the hard places by empowering the poor to know Jesus and provide for their families with dignity through savings-led microfinance, discipleship, and community building. Since its inception in 2009, Seed Effect has grown from a small outreach in South Sudan to a thriving organization with impactful programs across Uganda, gaining recognition for its innovative, faith-integrated model that blends financial empowerment with spiritual development.
Known for its passionate and mission-driven culture, Seed Effect offers a collaborative and nurturing work environment that values compassion, integrity, and excellence, while providing its employees with meaningful roles, leadership development, and opportunities to create lasting change. With a flexible structure supporting both field-based and administrative roles, the organization continues to expand its reach through scalable Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) programs that prioritize sustainability, ownership, and resilience among vulnerable communities.
Seed Effect's work is underpinned by strong core values of faith, dignity, stewardship, and community, and it actively invests in initiatives that uplift women, promote education, and rebuild war-torn societies. Learn more at www.seedeffect.org.
Seed Effect Uganda is a Christ-centred, non-profit Economic and Spiritual development organization Registered in Uganda under the National Non-Governmental Organization Bureau. Our mission is to plant the seeds that overcome poverty by providing access to economic empowerment, education and spiritual discipleship among marginalized communities in Uganda and beyond.
Job Title
Systems Administrator job at Seed Effect Uganda
Seed Effect Uganda
Job Description
Job Title: Systems Administrator
Organisation: Seed Effect Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
The Systems Administrator will maintain the essential IT infrastructure of Seed Effect Uganda, including operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, email systems, laptops, desktops, software, and hardware. He or she will also take responsibility for managing and optimizing the Organization’s Sales Force and other operating systems within the larger program initiative of Seed Effect Uganda, including user and license management, support, training, and system upgrades ensuring effective utilization of Salesforce tools, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and the Seed Effect US team to meet organizational requirements.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Perform server administration tasks (ex: user/group, security permissions, group policies, print services); research event-log warnings and errors; and monitor resources to ensure that systems architecture components work together seamlessly
Monitor data-center health using existing management tools, and respond to hardware issues as they arise; help build, test, and maintain new servers when needed
Maintain internal infrastructure requirements, including laptop and desktop computers, servers, routers, switches, firewalls, printers, phones, and security updates; support internet, intranet, LANs, WANs, and network segments
Assist the help desk and other teams with troubleshooting to identify root causes, and provide technical support when needed
Perform routine and scheduled audits of all systems, including backups.
Ensuring optimal performance of Salesforce systems and products. Upgrading and configuring Salesforce systems for optimized integration, managing Salesforce roles, profiles, sharing rules, workflows, and groups
Oversee all aspects of user and license management, including new user setup/deactivation, roles, profiles, permissions, and public groups
Support team members and monitor user adoption of Salesforce tools in our organization, and provide ongoing user training, and create training materials as needed
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Qualifications, Education and Competencies
Personal confession of faith in Jesus Christ and a passionate commitment to Seed Effect’s mission to serve as a holistic tool to live out the Great Commission alongside the Great Commandment as we empower the poor to know and follow Christ, plug into the local church, and overcome physical poverty.
Ability to demonstrate servant leadership skills.
Experience with or knowledge of programming languages and operating systems, current equipment and technologies, enterprise backup and recovery procedures, systems performance-monitoring tools, active directories, virtualization, HTTP traffic, content delivery, and coaching
Experience in project management, application design and integration, and cloud computing (specifically Google Drive)
Expertise in analyzing and repairing large-scale distributed systems; creating volumes and assigning them to servers; and remote replication
Proven work experience as a Salesforce and TaroWorks systems Administrator or similar role.
Salesforce certified administrator or Salesforce advanced administrator certification
Extensive experience in the administration and maintenance of Salesforce systems
Experience in performing Salesforce upgrades and ensuring successful integration
Exceptional ability to create and maintain Salesforce databases
In-depth knowledge of Salesforce products and their functionalities
Preferred Skills, Qualifications, and Personal Specifications
Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, or computer engineering or related fields of study.
A post-graduate qualification in M&E, Project Planning, or related field will be an added advantage.
Professional certification including a Salesforce Administrator certificate.
At least 3 years of proven experience in a Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, or Desktop Support role.
knowledge of operating systems and networking platforms, understanding of system security and data recovery
Knowledge of networking and databases, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication skills.
Resourcefulness and ability to work in a demanding work environment.
Ability to travel to all field locations of Seed Effect Uganda at least once every quarter.
How to Apply
Email your cover letter, resume and certifications via Email to Scovia Angiro, infohr@seedeffect.org
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