Project Management Support - Senior Officer (Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems)

The Project Management Support - Senior Officer (Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems) will lead the conceptualization, planning, preparation  and monitoring of registration and verification activities and will report to the MIS Specialist. She/he will proactively coordinate and liaise with the identification system team in the coordination and compilation as well as analysis of the activities related to identification system and documentation.

• To coordinate with the relevant project focal points to ensure that beneficiary data are aligned with stipend payments. 
• Conduct formal and on-the-job training to ensure that field teams are prepared and knowledgeable to operate the system efficiently. 
• Assist  and  support the MIS Specialist  with maintenance  of registration kits, hardware, software  and  databases. Management,   upgrades  and  procurement and/or replacement of equipment and software. 
• In coordination with the relevant project focal points, She/he will ensure the timely  and accurate flow of registration and  automated identification verification, establish  and master payment lists
• Synchronize field data captured on field kits with UNHRS servers and databases.
• Keep up to date assets registers and asset management systems
• Gathering data and assessing automated identification information to produce high quality reports for audit and quality control purposes.
• Maintain contact with field teams to ensure the timely flow of the project data  and  remote support of field teams.
• Travel to field locations when required.
• Ensure synergy between policy, strategy, crosscutting issues & regional requirements.
• Assist the MIS Specialist in development of regional, personal & thematic plans to achieve stated goals  and  objectives, including developing background  and  contextual components of work plans.
• Troubleshoot  and  solve problems when issues are encountered at field level to ensure the delivery of quality information.
• Prepare weekly and Monthly reports   
• Participate in relevant coordination meetings  and  other working groups.
• Other duties as required by the Supervisor

Impact of Result 

The Project Management Support - Senior Officer (Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems)
has a major role to support the MIS Specialist that directly affects the ability of the FGS and FMS (military and police) to effectively and efficiently disburse stipend payments in a timely fashion, which will have a direct impact of the delivery of safety and security services to the broader Somalia. 

• Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Economics, Statistics or other relevant disciplines is required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in  Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Economics, Statistics with a combination of two (2) additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advance university degree.
• Technical Diploma in related areas (Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Economics, Statistics) combined with 6 years of professional relevant work experience.

• Fluency in written and spoken English Language is required.

• 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.
• Mogadishu is not a Family Duty Station.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon   request.
• 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.

1. Contract type:International Individual Contract Agreement (IICA)
2. Contract level: IICA 1 /ICS 9
3. Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Africa Region

AFR helps ensure that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated between projects across the entire region.

Somalia Country Office:

UNOPS Somalia Country Office (SOCO) has had a solid and continuous in-country expert presence successfully implementing programs since the mid-1990s, where it is currently undertaking various projects and initiatives in close collaboration with the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), Federal Member States (FMS) and partners from the global donor community. UNOPS’ projects in Somalia focus on several key sectors that include infrastructure development, institutional capacity building, project management, advisory services, and procurement services. These projects cut across multiple sectors, including education, healthcare, national security, law enforcement, immigration services, justice, transport, and public works among others. UNOPS work in Somalia is geared towards driving growth and development in the country, a process that requires developing a close relationship with the FGS and the other development partners.
  
Through its involvement in Somalia’s development process, UNOPS is providing transparent and accountable solutions in the country’s state and nation-building process. In addition, UNOPS is also committed to implementing the United Nations Strategic Framework Somalia 2017 – 2020, with the aim of helping Somalia achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. UNOPS work within the context of these commitments means that the projects it implements in Somalia are specifically designed to provide long-term solutions in the country, leading to sustainable and inclusive growth.

What drives us is a passion to fight inequalities and to provide opportunities to those most vulnerable. This means we often work in the most challenging environments, building foundations for communities to function and people to live with dignity and respect.

To succeed here, he/she need to be able to combine creativity with the organizational skills to manage numerous different projects to tight deadlines simultaneously, as well as working with the different units to meet their expectations.