Background

UNDP’s Regional Centre for Europe and the CIS is UNDP`s advisory hub for the Europe and CIS region tasked with the responsibility to provide policy and programmatic support to UNDP´s development activities in the region. Throughout UNDP´s focus areas, it works towards increasing the impact of UNDP´s activities in the region by assisting Country Offices in development of country-level initiatives through advisory services and technical support and by implementing regional-level projects in partnership with a wide range of partners supported to a global network of expertise. Under the leadership of the Director, the RBEC Regional Centre employs a multi-disciplinary team of specialists and advisors, project managers, operations and programme support staff.   

The ICT team plays a crucial role in the IRH as reliance on digital technology continues to increase in all office operations, projects, and programme deliveries. The team drives UNDP’s digital transformation efforts in the IRH to better enable, leverage and deploy technology solutions that help the IRH implement new ways of doing business to work smarter and more efficiently, and ultimately to improve the way it provides value to UNDP partners, stakeholders, and beneficiaries. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the ICT Specialist, the ICT Associate provides leadership in execution of ICT services in the IRH, implements ICT management systems and strategies, and provides daily technical support to users of information management tools and technology infrastructure. The incumbent is responsible for reviewing and advising on the use of new technologies that will enhance IRH productivity. The ICT Associate promotes a client-oriented approach.

The ICT Associate may supervise ICT support staff and works in close collaboration with Programme, Operations, and project teams in the IRH, UNDP HQ staff, Regional Information Officer (RIO), and the Regional Bureau Information Manager (RBIM) to resolve complex ICT- related issues.

UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.

Competencies

Core Competencies:

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making

People Management Competencies: 

• UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site. 

Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies:

Business Management   

• Results-Based Management       
  • Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus on improved performance and demonstrable results
• Customer Satisfaction/Client Management              
  • Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers' needs, provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy, and look for ways to add value beyond clients' immediate requests. 
  • Ability to anticipate client's upcoming needs and concerns.
• Working with Evidence and Data              
  • Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making
• Digital Awareness and Literacy   
  • Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skillfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed

Information Management and Technology           

• IT Customer 
  • Support Ability to support customers on IT related issues and generate and contribute to continuous improvement processes to deliver a great user experience. 
  • Knowledge of ISO 9001 desirable. 
  • ITIL certification or similar is desirable.
• Network, Communication, and Infrastructure Management               
  • Ability to develop/integrate/operate/manage IT network, communications, Cloud or on-premises infrastructure, and new technologies like IoT. 
  • Cisco CCIE CCNP or similar is desirable.
• User Experience and Business Analyst 
  • Capacity to translate efficiently user needs into IT requirements around human-centered design

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Secondary education is required with formal training in IT systems, business software and/or web-based applications. 
• A university degree in Information Technology, Information Management, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or an equivalent field will be given due consideration, but it is not a requirement.

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years (with high school diploma) or 4 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant working experience in network administration and operations, web design, providing technical support for hardware/software or cloud ERP environments, working with telecommunications facilities; and applying knowledge of database applications, web-based management systems, and cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Certifications in CCNA, MSCA, MCSE or MCP are an asset.   
• Certification on Microsoft Endpoint Administrator MD-102 required. (Please upload the document into attachment section)
• Experience working with user-centered designs and conducting user research and testing is required.
• Previous experience with the UN or its agencies is an asset.  
• Previous experiences with the following are highly desirable:   
  • Microsoft Azure & Windows Servers
  • Microsoft SharePoint 
  • Windows based operating systems. 
  • Apple OS and mobile phone platforms 
  • Microsoft Office applications 
  • Cisco routers and firewalls 
  • Open-source applications 
  • Other commercial software
  • Artificial Intelligence tools & software 
  • VoIP applications

Languages:

• Fluency in English and Turkish is a requirement.
• Knowledge of another UN language is desirable. 

Equal opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination. 

UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.

Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority

UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles. 

Right to select multiple candidates

UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

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