ICT Assistant

ONLY APPLICANTS WHO POSSESS THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK IN SPAIN CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS LOCAL POSITION. 

UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments, and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure, and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners’ expectations.

With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it.

A flexible structure and global reach mean that we can quickly respond to our partners' needs while offering the benefits of economies of scale. 

Background Information, ECR:

Based in Geneva, the Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECR) supports UNOPS offices throughout the region through: management, financial and programmatic oversight of global and country-specific portfolios, clusters and operations centres, including hosting services; fund and management advisory services; project implementation; procuring goods and services; and managing human resources.            

ECR ensures that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated between business units and projects across the entire region.

ECR operates global portfolios from offices in Geneva, Brussels and New York, and country-specific programs from its operations and project centers located in Eastern Europe and Central Asian countries.            

Background Information, ICT Partner Services (IPS):

The demand for ICT services has been exploding in recent years in the area of Data Analytics, Video Conferencing services, Cybersecurity, Digital Resilience, etc. With an ambition of becoming a key player, UNOPS ECR has put in place an exploratory scheme to provide various ICT services to partners and clients including UNOPS projects, United Nations clients, UNOPS hosted organizations, Governments, NGOs, and other entities. Given the potential of growth, there is a need to hire ICT Assistant to support in the content management system development, web design, and other ICT functions. This exploratory phase, funded by the Investment Fund, has shown great potential with a number of secured projects and prospects that make us confident in the future of this new branch.

Under the direct supervision of the ICT Analyst and overall supervision of the Portfolio Manager, the ICT Assistant will be responsible for providing development support for content management systems, web design, and other ICT related functions. The incumbent will be expected to promote a collaborative, client-oriented approach consistent with UNOPS rules and regulations.

The incumbent will work in close collaboration with IPS project teams, Regional Offices or Operations Centres and UNOPS HQ ensuring timely delivery of project products and services.

-      Assist in the definition, design, and development of enterprise applications.

-      Support on tasks automation and assist in the creation of scripts as required.

-      Assisting in the definition and development of LAMP applications based on functional requirements and technical specifications on both frontend and backend sides.

-      Support the integration of different enterprise applications through existing API and services or by assisting in developing the required ones as needed.

-      Contribute ideas, concerns, and approaches during design sessions with other developers.

-      As part of a larger team assist towards the implementation of web applications ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and usability of systems by assisting to adhere to established standards.

-      Contribute to maintaining tracking tools for emerging technologies and solutions for improvements

-      Support in the development of new innovative concepts that could be implemented in addition to or as a replacement for existing solutions.

-      Assist in unit testing and support in the validation of functional requirements integration

-      Support in updating and creating user and project documentation.

-      Assist in the development of mobile applications using hybrid frameworks

-      Support the tracking and reporting times and efforts invested on the assigned tasks.

Experience in assisting server and client side development with some focus on PHP and Java Script code writing. Knowledge on assisting in Linux system Administration, supporting task automation and scripting. Basic knowledge of databases with experience on MySQL. Understanding of Drupal development, Apache Cordova and Python coding is desired.

• ONLY APPLICANTS WHO POSSESS THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK IN SPAIN CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS LOCAL POSITION. 

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• 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.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.