Product and Application Development Officer at Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade)

Job Description

Kenya Trade Network Agency (KENTRADE) is a state Agency under treasury that is mandated to facilitate cross border trade, Establish, manage and implement the Kenya National Electronic Single Window System (KNESWS). The overall objective of the National Electronic Single Window System Project is to facilitate international trade by reducing delays and lowering costs associated with clearance of goods at the Kenyan borders while maintaining the requisite controls and collection of levies, fees duties and taxes, where applicable on imports or exports. We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

Product and Application Development Officer

Purpose for the Job

• To Analyze needs, designs, writes and tests new or existing programs and applications and to Apply judgment in devising program logic and selecting and adapting standard programming procedures, write programs and manuals.

Duties and responsibilities

• Compile and write documentation of software development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instructions so that others can understand the software.
• Testing of developed applications.
• Write, update and maintain computer software or software packages to handle specific jobs, such as storing and retrieving data, or controlling other equipment.
• Maintenance of applications, repair or expansion of existing software to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.
• Write, analyze, review and rewrite software, using flowchart diagrams, and applying knowledge of computer capabilities, subject matter and symbolic logic.
• Write or contribute to instructions or manuals to guide end users.
• Provide software support for computer operators or system analysts to define and resolve problems in running software solutions.
• Training end users.

Minimum Academic, Professional Qualifications and Experience

• At least two years’ experience in Product & Application Development.
• Bachelor’s degree in software programming, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business IT or related form a recognized institution.
• Meets the provisions of Chapter Six of the Constitution