Kenya Jobs: ICT (Development) Associate job vacancy in Kenya

UNOPS seeks highly qualified individuals for the position of ICT (Development) Associate



Kenya Jobs: ICT (Development) Associate
Vacancy Code UNOPS/2011/AFO/KEOC/PRJ/22
Post Level LICA - Level 4 (Local Individual Contractor Agreement) / G6 Equivalent
Org Unit Kenya Operations Centre
Duty Station:   Nairobi, Kenya
Duration:         1 year (renewable subject to satisfactory performance)
Closing Date:  16 August 2011

UNOPS helps its partners in the United Nations system meet the world’s needs for building peace, recovering from disaster, and creating sustainable development. UNOPS is known for its ability to implement complex projects in all types of environments around the globe. In an effort to promote organizational excellence,

Background
The Risk Management Unit supports the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia through the development and implementation of a risk management regime for the United Nations Country Team (UNCT – Somalia).
The Support Officer is responsible for assisting the Risk Management Officer in implementing the risk management regime with the UNCT – Somalia agencies, funds and programmes.

Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting directly to the Risk Management Officer, in collaboration with the Risk Management Unit - Information Analyst and Resident Coordinators Office, the Support Officer will have the following responsibilities:

• Support the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Risk Management Unit, UNCT – Somalia as well as partners and donors through the development and maintenance of the Contractor Information Management System (CIMS);
• Identification of technical solutions to enhance the CIMS to ensure it meets the evolving needs of the Risk Management Unit and the UNCT – Somalia;
• Quality Relationship Management with key internal and external stakeholders. This includes working with Risk Focal Points, UNON ICTS, UNCT - Somalia, partners and donors to ensure the population of the CIMS, and the integrity of the data within CIMS;
• Provision of environmental scanning to support risk assessments. This includes maintenance and development of a risk register for the UNCT – Somalia;
• Administrative support to the Risk Management Unit.
  

Required Selection Criteria
Competencies

• Professionalism, integrity and commitment to project demands;
• Knowledge – a demonstrated ability to understand and apply the ISO31000 Enterprise Risk
  

Management Standard;

• Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated approach to practical problem solving.
• Self motivated with an ability to accept responsibility and accountability for decisions and actions.
• Ability to work long hours in fast-paced, often stressful environment.
• Ability to work in demanding cultural context with transitional government partners, under challenging physical conditions and poor national infrastructure.
• Highly motivated with a positive attitude and problem-solving approach.
• Knowledge of UN core values, rules and regulations.
  

Education/Experience, Language

• Diploma or University degree preferably in Information Sciences, computer sciences or engineering is required;
• 5 years of progressively responsible, job related experience in working in the field of information technology and/or database management, preferably in an international environment;
• Experience in application development; demonstrated experience in Drupal, PHP, MySQL, C++ as well as database design/development;
• Knowledge - of database design/development, project management, as well as business planning and financial analysis/reporting;
• Experience - in problem solving in a fast paced environment adopting a flexible and proactive approach and the ability to identify solution based outcomes;
• Risk Management – the ability to identify and manage risks at an operational level and identify and communicate in a timely manner, any risk management issues;
• Stakeholder Collaboration – a proven track record of building and sustaining a range of strong relationships and providing high quality service delivery;
• Teamwork – an ability to foster a spirit of cooperation and collaboration across the Risk Management Unit, Resident Coordinators Office and the UNCT – Somalia; and
• The candidate must be thoroughly proficient in written and spoken English.
  

Submission of Applications
Candidates are strongly requested to carefully review the application guidelines below, incomplete documents and/or submissions not meeting the application guidelines will not be considered.

Interested candidates must submit their applications, including

1. Letter of interest
2. Complete Curriculum Vitae
3. Complete, updated and signed United Nations P.11 form
   

All of the above required documents musp be sent via e-mail to vacancieskeoc@unops.org. Kindly indicate the vacancy number and the post title in the subject line when applying by email.
The body of the email must include the table below with responses in the exact format.

• Last name:
• First name:
• Highest completed educational qualification:
• Exact years of experience relevant to the assignment
• Experience with the United Nations (Yes/No). If yes, specify name of agency, Fund or Programme and exact years of relevant experience:
• Professional qualification and/or experience
  

Additional Considerations

• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a level below the advertised level of the post.
  

For more information on UNOPS, including its core values and competencies, please visit the UNOPS website at www.unops.org.