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Job Summary

Job Title:
Graduate Trainee - Software Developer
Employer:
Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
Location:
Country:
Uganda
Contract Type:
Full Time
Job Category:
Graduate Trainee jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Wednesday, 22 January 2025

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About the Organisation

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.

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Kampala, Uganda

The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is a Ugandan not-for-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen health systems in Africa, with strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development. IDI has six operational areas through which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment; Training, Research, Laboratory services (including the CAP-certified IDI Core Lab & Translational Lab), Global Health Security and Health System Strengthening.

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Full Time

Deadline: 

22 Jan 2025

Job Title

Graduate Trainee - Software Developer job at Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Job Description

Job Title:  Graduate Trainee - Software Developer (2 No Experience NGO Jobs)

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Software Development Manager

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

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Deadline: 22nd January 2025

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How to Apply

  • Participate in the requirements gathering, analysis, design, development and implementation of software applications

  • Support in the development and installation of new modules and instances of Call For Life (a Java based health information system based on OpenMRS)

  • Develop client and web-based applications.

  • Support, document and, in some cases, train users for the applications created

  • Extract, manipulate and analyse data from various databases for reporting purposes as and when required

  • Interact with clients and other IDI team members at our various implementation sites both in person and remotely

  • Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned

  • Participate in special projects as required

  • Liaise with Academy partners including government agencies and suppliers

Graduate Trainee - Software Developer  job at Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

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Academic Qualifications

  • Bachelor of software engineering

  • Bachelor of computer science

  • Bachelor of Information systems

  • Bachelor of Information Technology


Person Specification

  • Able to work in both Microsoft and Linux environments

  • Ability to brainstorm effectively with team members, thrive in a collaborative environment, manage multiple tasks, adapt quickly to change, and demonstrate excellent communication skills.

  • Some understanding of the software development life cycle and experience with iterative development methodologies and tools will be an advantage

  • Some experience with programming in any of the modern languages such as Python/Java/JavaScript etc. will be an advantage

  • Knowledge with asterisk or similar telecommunications platform

  • Some experience in using Mysql, MongoDb will be an advantage

  • A portfolio showcasing previous related work will be highly advantageous.

  • Experience and interest in health Information systems e.g. DHIS2, OpenMRS etc will be an advantage


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