UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of peacebuilding, 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.
New York Portfolio Office (NYPO) supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as other New York-based United Nations organizations, bilateral and multilateral partners in the delivery of the UNOPS mandate in project management, infrastructure management, and procurement management.
Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian, and development operations. It was formed by combining the following portfolios: Grants Management Services (GMS), UN Technology Support Services (UNTSS), and Development and Special Initiatives Portfolio (DSIP). It provides Services to partners’ programmes that are designed, structured, and managed with a global perspective and primarily serving partners that are headquartered in New York. The SDC has a footprint of approximately 125 countries.
UNOPS has signed an agreement with the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT) to implement the project activities for UNOCT Special Projects and Innovation Branch (SPIB), Countering Terrorist Travel Section (CTTS), Countering Terrorist Travel (CT Travel) Unit. CT Travel assists Member States in building their capabilities to detect and counter terrorists and serious criminals by using advance passenger information (API) and passenger name record (PNR), to improve the use of international databases with known and suspected terrorists and criminals, such as those of INTERPOL, and enhance international information exchange, in accordance with Security Council (UNSC) resolutions 2178 (2014), 2396 (2017), and 2482 (2019) and international human rights standards, including on data protection and privacy rights. CT Travel provides a range of training and technical assistance to enhance analyst capabilities to perform rules-based targeting and is now expanding its support to threat and risk assessments.
The incumbent of this position will be a personnel of UNOPS under its full responsibility.
Under the supervision of the Project Manager and the technical guidance of the Head of Technology of the CT Travel programme, the incumbent will :
The ICT Officer (DevOps) will be providing technical assistance to the DevOps activities for the goTravel software solution upcoming releases and will be responsible for the following tasks:
