OpWeb Developer

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, color, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status, physical or mental disability.

Job Title: OPweb developer

Type of Contract: Consultancy Level II

Division: Emergency Operations Division

Duty Station (City, Country): Rome HQ, Italy

Duration: 11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The Emergency Operations Division (EME) steers WFP in emergency operations and supports the organization across functions, its Regional Bureaus, and Country Offices, and engages externally with governments and partners. OPweb is the information hub for WFP emergency operations. It shows daily updates, live interactive maps, funding requirements and up-to-date figures:

• Country Briefs and Situation Reports – A quick guide to the latest situation in a country with key numbers, funding requirements and details on the WFP response.
• Live interactive maps - All the latest maps showing natural disasters, food insecurity, displacement and operational highlights.
• Daily operational updates –A quick update on what’s happened in the last 24 hours, or sign up to receive the Daily Operational Brief.
• Emergency dashboards – A visual representation of a WFP emergency response with maps and graphs showing WFP’s operation.
• Guidelines & templates – All the tools needed for implementing emergency preparedness and response activities.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the Head of the Digital Transformation Team, the candidate will:

• Develop the software to implement the architecture of the IT solution and respect the data model behind it following IT Solution Architect’s recommendation; 
• Ensure the high technical quality of IT solutions and compliance with WFP standards (security, user interface, automation etc.); 
• Prepare high-level effort estimations for the development and maintenance of IT solutions; 
• Support the Product Manager and the IT Solution Architect with Backlog grooming; 
• Review and approve prioritised Backlog tickets for their inclusion in Sprints looking at completeness, clarity, conciseness, visual representation, dependencies, test data availability, behaviour-driven development (BDD) test scenarios, and such; 
• Create technical tickets required to ensure the high quality of the IT solution;
• Collaborate on designing and maintaining the software libraries stack; 
• Collaborate on maintaining the continuous improvement (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) infrastructure; 
• Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture;
• Other duties related to software development, as required. 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

University degree or a post-secondary education combined with a minimum of 8 years of equivalent working experience in software development or other related fields.

Experience:

At least 8 years of professional working experience in software architecture and development.

Knowledge and Skills:

In-depth knowledge and proficiency with solution architecture, developing high-quality IT solutions, web technologies ReactJS and .NET development stacks, Git versioning system, and GitFlow, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD), Agile Scrum, and mainstream software design & development methodologies; and

• Understanding of accessibility, security compliance, design principles behind a scalable IT solution, and the differences between delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.

• Deep knowledge of Lambda functions, ECS fargate, EC2, RDS
• Good knowledge, in general, of AWS and Elastic search
• Good Knowledge of Azure DevOps
• Expertise and experience in Mapbox and/or Leaflet libraries are desirable

Capabilities:

• Able to think creatively and strategically;
• Able to plan and organize work effectively;
• Able to articulate complex concepts in non-technical language;
• Able to coordinate multiple responsibilities simultaneously;
• Able identify and resolve problems;
• Well organized and detail oriented.

Values diversity in the workplace, particularly valuing respectfulness and inclusively leveraging everyone's talents.

Languages: Fluency in English (both oral and written), French and/or Spanish and/or Arabic desired (both oral and written)

Terms and Conditions

WFP offers a competitive compensation package which will be determined by the contract type and selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Please visit the following websites for detailed information on working with WFP.

http://www.wfp.org Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about WFP’s operations.

Deadline for applications: 23 December 2022

Ref.: VA No. 178591

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.