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Mission and objectives
Since its inception in 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been the global authority that sets the environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.
UNEP’s mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEP works through its divisions as well as regional, liaison and out-posted offices and a growing network of collaborating centres of excellence.
UNEP’s mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEP works through its divisions as well as regional, liaison and out-posted offices and a growing network of collaborating centres of excellence.
Context
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations systems designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. This assignment is located in the UNEP’s Corporate Services Division (CSD), at the Nairobi duty station.
The Enterprise Solutions Section in CSD is mandated to enable efficient programme delivery through the use of ICT and emerging technology standards, solution and overall business process automation supporting the organization’s programme of work. It undertakes a wide range of services, activities, and projects. It works closely with clients throughout the project life cycle to tailor the services to their needs ensuring that the solution meets the required objectives from a specification, resource, and time perspective.
The Enterprise Solutions Section in CSD is mandated to enable efficient programme delivery through the use of ICT and emerging technology standards, solution and overall business process automation supporting the organization’s programme of work. It undertakes a wide range of services, activities, and projects. It works closely with clients throughout the project life cycle to tailor the services to their needs ensuring that the solution meets the required objectives from a specification, resource, and time perspective.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of an Officer in the Section and in close engagement with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP ) business process owners, the volunteer will be part of a team to design, develop, and implement various workflow automation and service request tracking systems. The volunteer will undertake the following duties:
• Assisting in the business analysis, development, and deployment of software solutions
• Assisting in the establishment, maintenance, and optimization of IT infrastructure
• Assisting with the preparation of data sets, responding to queries, and maintaining reports/dashboards
• Assisting in monitoring and troubleshooting system issues as they arise
• Assisting in performing routine system updates and upgrades as necessary
• Assisting in vulnerability identification, remediation, and monitoring of patches
• Assisting in implementing and managing continuous delivery systems and methodologies
• Assisting in troubleshooting and resolving issues in development, test, and production environments
• Documenting all processes, systems, and software updates in a clear and concise manner
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant United Nations Volunteers (UNV ) and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day (IVD)).
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.
• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers.
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.
Results/Expected Output:
As an active UNEP team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly, and high-quality support is rendered to UNEP and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of their functions, including the following outputs:
• Conducting regular vulnerability scans and reporting risks.
• Successful deployment of operating system (OS ) patches and updates with proper documentation.
• Timely provisioning and configuration of new infrastructure following internal standards.
• Maintaining cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM ) policies, tagging, and resource cost-awareness.
• Documentation of incidents and actions taken to resolve them.
• Assisting in the business analysis, development, and deployment of software solutions
• Assisting in the establishment, maintenance, and optimization of IT infrastructure
• Assisting with the preparation of data sets, responding to queries, and maintaining reports/dashboards
• Assisting in monitoring and troubleshooting system issues as they arise
• Assisting in performing routine system updates and upgrades as necessary
• Assisting in vulnerability identification, remediation, and monitoring of patches
• Assisting in implementing and managing continuous delivery systems and methodologies
• Assisting in troubleshooting and resolving issues in development, test, and production environments
• Documenting all processes, systems, and software updates in a clear and concise manner
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant United Nations Volunteers (UNV ) and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day (IVD)).
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.
• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers.
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.
Results/Expected Output:
As an active UNEP team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly, and high-quality support is rendered to UNEP and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of their functions, including the following outputs:
• Conducting regular vulnerability scans and reporting risks.
• Successful deployment of operating system (OS ) patches and updates with proper documentation.
• Timely provisioning and configuration of new infrastructure following internal standards.
• Maintaining cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM ) policies, tagging, and resource cost-awareness.
• Documentation of incidents and actions taken to resolve them.
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