Support us in the IT administration of our infrastructure and thus enable cooperation projects in East Africa

Balilwana e.V.

Remote Volunteering
Advanced German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
  • Families
  • Homeless People
  • Kids & Teenagers
  • Women
  • Democracy & Human Rights
  • Development Cooperation
  • Education & Language Support
  • Equal Opportunities
  • Hands-on Activities
  • IT
  • Organisation & Administration
  • Poverty Reduction

About the volunteering opportunity

As an IT administrator for infrastructure, you are responsible for monitoring our systems and expanding them if necessary. You will analyze malfunctions and support our users with questions and problems. You will also monitor backup jobs, carry out unscheduled and scheduled backup restores and enhance data security. Planning and carrying out patch management is also one of your tasks. You will manage users and create new user accounts in accordance with our authorization concept. You are also responsible for managing domains, group policies and organizational structures. You create concepts for changes to the infrastructure, including lifecycle and license management. You will also be responsible for documenting new systems and updating them when changes are made.

Your Tasks

Your area of responsibility includes:
- Fault analysis, user support, checking logs
- Checking backup jobs, performing unscheduled and scheduled backup restores
- Planning and carrying out patch management
- Domain administration, creating/changing/removing group policies + organizational units
- Concept creation of the infrastructure incl. lifecycle and license management
- Documentation, creating new systems and updating them in the event of changes
- Organize tasks yourself and develop them individually

You can expect
- a young, committed and motivated team
- detailed onboarding process and introduction to the task
- Flexible working structures
- Professional and extensive IT environment with MS Office 365
- Reimbursement of costs for necessary association expenses
- Protection through association policy

What's needed

For this volunteering opportunity, advanced German skills are required.
Do you have basic knowledge of server hosting or would you like to build on this?
Do you work conscientiously and want to use this ability to design and expand the structures in teamwork? Then you will be a great asset to our team.

People with affinity and without specific previous knowledge are also welcome. You will quickly find your feet in the team and gradually take on tasks.

Time required

Regularly
Discussed individually
You can organize your time flexibly, as we work completely remotely. Initially, an individual team meeting will take place 1-2 times a month in your team or with your mentor. More often if required, of course. It would be great if you could take part.

Important notice

As a German association for cooperation projects in East Africa, we are committed to promoting education, health and social development in the region, as well as strengthening and promoting the local Christian faith. The school sponsorship projects are particularly important to give disadvantaged children the chance of a good education. As an association, it is particularly important to us that 100% of all donations reach the child. We also attach great importance to public transparency. This is why we need you as an IT administrator for infrastructure. A diverse range of tasks awaits you.

We cordially invite every person to actively support us, regardless of gender or affiliation.

Where?

This project is location independent.

Balilwana e.V.

The Balilwana e.V. has made it its task as a German supporting association for cooperation projects in East Africa to empower disadvantaged groups, to promote intercultural understanding, and in particular to provide disadvantaged groups with equal opportunities for human rights, education, health, and self-development.

More about the organisation
Remote Volunteering
Advanced German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
Remote Volunteering
Advanced German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually