IT Specialist

1. General Background 

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian, and development projects around the world. UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building, humanitarian, and development projects. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement, and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations.

Background information: Project

2. Purpose of the assignment

Under the overall management of the IT Manager, the IT Officer is responsible for the development and maintenance of the core information systems used by the Stop TB Partnership, the Order Management System (OMS) and Grant Management System (GMS) in addition to other systems that may require attention. In the discharge of duties, the IT Officer works to maintain and enhance the core information systems of the Stop TB Partnership, creating new functionality as needed, and ensuring that the systems function properly and continue to meet the needs of the users.

Summary of Key Functions

1. Front-end interface development

2. Business requirements management

3. Change management implementation

• The IT Officer will be primarily responsible for migrating the front-end of the core information systems from Classic ASP to ASP.NET using the Web Pages programming model and the Razor syntax.

• In line with the UNOPS recommended policy the IT Officer will create GitHub code repositories for each system and ensure proper management of the new front-end code in each repository.

• The IT Officer will be responsible for creating and maintaining detailed system documentation with respect to all code written for each core system to ensure clarity of function and ease of maintenance.

Management of business requirements

• The IT Officer will liaise with staff from the business units to gather functional requirements for the core systems prior to updating any existing functionality or implementing any new functionality.

• The IT Officer will review the requirements and attend any additional meetings with the staff from the business units that may be required to ensure clear understanding of their needs and correct implementation of any changes or new functionality in the systems.

• The IT Officer will liaise with UNOPS HQ IT staff as needed to ensure alignment with the global UNOPS IT policies and recommendations.

Implementation of change management practices

• The IT Officer will be responsible for implementing change management processes in line with current best practice and UNOPS policies. 

• The IT Officer will create and maintain change logs for the core information systems.

• The IT Officer will conduct risk and impact assessments for any major change planned for the core information systems.

• Please note, this position is based in Geneva, Switzerland and therefore, the selected incumbent will have to register with the Swiss authorities and comply with local regulations, including but not limited to - Taxation and Social Security - including the employers' contribution. Additionally, the incumbent will have to purchase a Swiss based insurance (LaMal) within the first three months on contract, UNOPS will help subsidize the cost of this insurance, upon show of proof and for an amount up to 595 USD
• 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.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Geneva, Switzerland  is a UN Family Duty Station
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.