Dutystation: Home based
Functional responsibilities
Strategic and Technical Leadership
Project Planning and Management
Results Orientation and Quality Assurance
Requirements, Landscape and Options Analysis
Contracting and Evaluation
Implementation and Contract Management
Capacity and Change Management
Knowledge Building and Knowledge Sharing
Strategic and Technical Leadership
Provide advisory services on ICT strategies and technologies, aligning them with local and international standards.
Lead the development of technology strategies for new and existing services, outlining technical requirements, standards, and specifications.
Collaborate with Senior Technical Advisors to adapt strategies based on emerging evidence and industry best practices.
Establish technical frameworks in compliance with relevant international programs and strategies.
Identify and assess various risks, including political, institutional, inter-agency, legal, and technology-related risks, and develop risk mitigation plans.
Contribute to the identification, design, formulation and negotiation of new projects and programs and draft concept notes and project document briefs for discussion with partners.
Project Planning and Management
Lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of ICT projects and work packages per UNOPS methodologies.
Coordinate multiple team assignments, balancing capacity against client requirements.
Tracking and reporting of resource allocation.
Results Orientation and Quality Assurance
Offer strategic technical direction and quality assurance to ensure alignment with international standards.
Advise on work plan development, ensuring they are adaptive and realistic.
Present findings and preferred option to project governance body for decision making.
Provide inputs for project reports, capturing progress, challenges, and future activities.
Escalate potential risks to avoid implementation delays.
Requirements, Landscape, and Options Analysis
Conduct stakeholder and landscape analysis to document key personas, technical capacities, and business requirements.
Use a user-centered approach to outline functional and nonfunctional requirements, including key use cases.
Conduct options assessments, incorporating considerations like total cost of ownership (TOC), duration, sustainability, and scalability.
Present findings to project governance bodies for informed decision-making.
Contracting and Evaluation
Contribute to development of technical specifications (ToR) for the procurement and delivery of IT products and solutions, including cost estimation.
Supporting vendor evaluation and selection process.
Design optimal delivery and payment schedule to ensure iterative release of functionality.
Monitor and evaluate performance of service providers / suppliers.
Implementation and Contract Management
Monitor and adjust the Action Plan in collaboration with internal teams and external partners.
Track project progress against plan, requirements, and quality measures.
Establish a user-focused working group engaged throughout the development and implementation phases.
Capacity and Change Management
Develop a change management plan from the project’s outset, focusing on user adoption and change resistance mitigation.
Tailor communication, training and change management to suit different groups of users and stakeholders.
Develop appropriate communication and training material as well as an effective training approach.
Knowledge Building and Knowledge Sharing
Stay updated on emerging technologies and advocate for their consideration where appropriate.
Contribute to ICT standards and strategies within UNOPS and external networks.
Engage in communities of practice, sharing knowledge and lessons learned.
Encourage routine and effective capacity building activities are conducted in order to build the long-term and sustainable capacity of staff.
Contribute to the oversight of lessons learned procedures, ensuring that lessons learnt are shared in a timely and appropriate manner.
Participate in the relevant Communities of Practice.
Coordinate research and logging of lessons learned throughout the project life span.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
a. Education
An advanced university degree (e.g., Masters) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related subject is required.
A first-level university degree (e.g., Bachelor) in combination with two (2) additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
Certification in ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Strategic Leader is a strong asset.
Certification in Google Cloud technologies is an asset.
Certification in Prince2, PMP, or similar project management certifications is an asset.
b. Work experience
A minimum of seven (7) years of IT, software development lifecycle, or related experience is required.
Experience with leading ICT and digital innovation projects in UNOPS or other UN organizations is an asset.
Experience working in field contexts and dealing with local Government stakeholders is required.
Demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional teams and multi-stakeholder initiatives is required.
Experience with data management, analytics, and modeling is highly desirable.
Experience with Google Workspace is highly desirable.
c. Languages
Proficiency in English is required.
Proficiency in Russian and/or Uzbek is an advantage.
TOGETHER, WE BUILD THE FUTURE
UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.
Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development.
We are proud of our people and embrace diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunities. Our workforce brings together approximately 160 nationalities, represented by over 5,000 UNOPS personnel as well as some 7,800 personnel recruited on behalf of our partners. Spread across 80 countries from a range of backgrounds, and languages and have different gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities.
We encourage women and candidates from underrepresented groups in UNOPS to apply. These include candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.
