Information Systems Associate

Under the overall supervision of UNOPS Senior Programme Manager and UNOPS Technical Manager and the direct supervision of the DFS/ICTD Business Solution Manager, the Information Systems Associate, will be responsible for the following duties:

• Analyse application design and architecture and reverse engineer legacy applications to identify a suitable replacement among existing enterprise and centralized systems;
• Develop web interfaces for Lotus Notes applications;
• Develop applications to replace legacy ones using agile and DevOps practices;
• Build canvas and model-driven cloud-based apps to replace legacy applications and business processes;
• Migrate historical data to enterprise archiving platforms;
• Maintain and keep up-to-date the inventory of field mission applications and provide dynamic and ad-hoc reporting; and,
• Perform other duties as required.

The expected impact will be to reduce application landscape towards a less fragmented business processes throughout the organization.

• The minimum education requirement for this position is a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics or related field may be considered in lieu of experience.

Required

• Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible professional experience in the fields of ICT, Information Systems, or other related fields.
• Minimum 3 years experience in business analysis and reverse engineering of legacy applications.
• Minimum 3 years experience in software development and programming languages.
• Minimum 2 years experience in data migration across platforms.
• Minimum 2 years experience with SQL databases and other database types.

Desirable

• Working experience in developing with Python, Java, Javascript, .Net, IBM Xpages.
• Working experience in Lotus Notes databases design.
• Working experience in analytics and business intellegence tools.
• Good level of knowledge of Agile and DevOps practices.
• Good level of knowledge of MS PowerApps and MS Sharepoint, MS PowerBI.
• Good level of knowledge of cloud-based application development, preferably in MS Azure and AWS.

• English and French are the working languages of the UN. For this job opening, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required; knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.

• 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.
• 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
• 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.

UNOPS mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS provides its partners with advisory, implementation and transactional services, with projects ranging from building schools and hospitals, to procuring goods and services and training local personnel. UNOPS works closely with governments and communities to ensure increased economic, social and environmental sustainability for the projects we support, with a focus on developing national capacity.

UNOPS vision is a world where people can live full lives supported by appropriate, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, and by the efficient and transparent use of public resources in procurement and project management.

With over 8,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, where they need it.  By implementing around 1,000 projects for our partners at any given time, UNOPS makes significant contributions to results on the ground, often in the most challenging environments.

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 strategy is to:

• Strengthen UNOPS role in operationalizing the Sustainable Development Goals with particular emphasis on health, environment and economic development.
• Position UNOPS in the Balkan sub-region, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
• Strengthen the implementation of ECR global and regional programmes, with revitalized partnerships in infrastructure, procurement and project management.

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

Based in the New York, the UNOPS Development Group Cluster supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. For example, within the United Nations Development Programme, the Cluster works with the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support and the Office of South-South Cooperation.

The cluster also supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as a broadening community of other New York-based United Nations organizations in the delivery of project management and implementation services