IT-Assistant @ Association for Vertical Farming Freelance

The IT Assistant is responsible for assisting with the management of the day-to-day operations of the IT department. This includes managing the daily activities of the IT Department, providing technical support to users, and ensuring that all Organization policies are followed.

Responsibilities:

• Provide general administrative support to the IT Department, including but not limited to: answering phones, responding to emails, sending invoices and purchase orders, creating expense reports

• Resolve user issues by identifying and troubleshooting problems with hardware, software or network connectivity

• Create user accounts and maintain appropriate access levels for member as needed

• Ensure that corporate standards are met with respect to security practices – Participate in monthly security training sessions – Respond appropriately in emergency situations

Requirements:

• Preferred 2 years experience as an Information Technology Assistant or IT Support Specialist, but not required, as long you are interested to learn 🙂

• Excellent teamwork skills

• Ability to work from all places around the world

• Degree in computer science, information technology, or similar.

• Capable of working on a variety of operating systems including Windows, Apple IOS, and Linux

• Good understanding of software systems including network and office programs.

• Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

• Willingness to work after hours, and on the weekends.

We are looking for a person who is passionate about technology and enjoys the challenges that come with it

You will work for the first month without payment, as we want to see how the work with you will be, afterwards you get 12€ per hour.

Your contact person is Petr Kirpeit, head of IT at the Association for Vertical Farming e.V.

About us

The Association for Vertical Farming e. V. (AVF) is the leading global, non-profit organization that enables international exchange and cooperation in order to accelerate the development of the Indoor/Vertical Farming industry.

The AVF was founded in Munich, Germany on July 18, 2013, and started out by gathering data to map out the urban farms all over the world and by developing a glossary to bring consistency to the industry while making the complex growing methods easier to understand for newcomers to the vertical farming space.

The AVF hosts summits, workshops, and info days and collaborates with other organizations around the world.