Watoto Church Ministries
Job Title: Information and Technology Team Leader
Organisation: Watoto Church Ministries
Duty Station: Watoto Church, Downtown
Contract Type: Full-time Contract
Reports to: Head of Operations
Watoto Church Ministries has experienced exponential growth over the past couple of years, comprising multiple Celebration Centres (Campuses) and diverse Community care initiatives, including Child Care, Neighbourhood, Education, and FM Radio, among others.
At its core, Watoto remains a local church committed to celebrating Christ and caring for the community.
Job Purpose.
Lead the planning, delivery, and continuous improvement of IT systems and services to support ministry operations. Drive system reliability, security, and innovation while managing a high-performing IT team.
Key Responsibilities Areas
- Lead IT strategy execution and align systems with organisational priorities
- Manage IT infrastructure, networks, and systems for reliability and security
- Drive system availability, performance, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Oversee IT governance, risk management, and data security controls
- Manage IT vendors, contracts, and service delivery performance
- Lead IT projects and system implementations across the ministry
- Strengthen user support services and service delivery standards
- Build IT capacity through training and user adoption initiatives
- Manage IT budgets, procurement, and cost optimisation
- Supervise and develop IT team performance and accountability
- Coordinate business continuity; backup, and disaster recovery systems
- Drive innovation and adoption of appropriate technology solutions.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience.
- The applicant for the role should hold at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications Engineering, or Software Engineering from a recognised university.
Master’s degree in any of the above fields is preferred. - Industry Certification from either CISCO, Microsoft or Oracle is required.
- A minimum of 8 years’ working experience in system administration, infrastructure, security and technical implementation with at least 5 years in a supervisory role.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Dynamics will be an added advantage.
- Proven experience in project management.
- Knowledge of budgeting, financial planning and management reporting.
- Good communication skills.
- Strong Christian faith, discipleship and principles aligned with Watoto values.
Deadline: 7 June 2026
