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Are you an Information Technology Officer interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organisation investing in its people?
If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you!!! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change.
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WFP Technology Division (TEC, formerly known as the IT Division) is the digital business engine of the World Food Programme, providing the business with multi-pronged and resilient technical capabilities able to respond with the agility required in humanitarian operations. Technology and connectivity are rapidly reaching some of the most vulnerable people and places affected by crisis, but they are also increasingly expanding to the services responding to those same crises. As one of the main humanitarian actors, WFP has the opportunity and the obligation to leverage data and technology to better know and serve those in need by digitally transforming the way it works.
TECF is the emergency preparedness and response branch of TEC and is responsible for coordinating and managing WFP’s Information Technology response to emergencies, including the global leadership of the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), WFP’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) project, the Telecommunications Security Standards (TESS) project and the rapid deployment of FITTEST. Within its mandate, TECF coordinates Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) planning and activities across the entire TEC division. TECF also oversees the development of telecommunication solutions and recommends standards for end-user telecommunication equipment.
TECF is looking for a person with hands-on experience of deploying and managing IT services in emergencies to contribute into WFP TEC EPR policy framework and with good knowledge of emerging digital technologies for development of new telecommunication solutions for WFP operation in emergencies. The incumbent will apply their knowledge, skills, business analysis tools and techniques to ensure that the organization’s global requirements and expectations are met. The incumbent will contribute to the management and continued improvement of TEC EPR framework as well as to the development of telecommunication services for emergency operations and for day-to-day needs.
This role will apply their knowledge, skills, business analysis tools and techniques to ensure that planning, design, testing, and implementation activities are carried out for innovative telecommunication solutions, beneficial to WFP. Emergency experience and good skills in policy writing are required to review and update TEC EPR protocols, policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Education:
Advanced University degree in computer science, telecommunications engineering. A degree in business management or training and knowledge of business analysis philosophies and methodologies would be an asset.
Experience:
Language:
Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese.
April 28th, 2022.
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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.
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