United Nations ICT Associate Jobs – UN WOMEN

Job Title:    ICT Associate
Organization: UN WOMEN
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Operations Manager
        
About UN WOMEN:
The
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the
United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and
girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women
and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights,
humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the
centre of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates the United
Nations system-wide efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and
gender mainstreaming translate into action. It provides strong and coherent
leadership and technical advice in support of Member States’ priorities and
efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant
actors.
Job Summary: The ICT Associate provides leadership in
execution of ICT services in the CO, implements ICT management systems and
strategies, provides daily technical support to users of information management
tools and technology infrastructure. The incumbent is responsible for review
and advice on the use of new technologies that will enhance the CO
productivity. The ICT Associate promotes a client-oriented approach. The ICT
Associate works in close collaboration with the Management, Operations,
Programme and project teams in the CO and UN Women HQs staff for resolving
complex ICT-related issues, collaborates with Regional ICT staff.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. The incumbent ensures
implementation of ICT strategies and introduction/implementation of new
technologies focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • Ensure compliance with corporate
    information management and technology standards, guidelines and procedures
    for the CO technology environment;
  • Provision of inputs to elaboration of
    internal policies and procedures on the use of ICT. Elaboration of the
    content of internal Standard Operating Procedures in ICT in consultation
    with office management;
  • Responsible for the development and
    update of the ICT annual plan;
  • Provision of support to the use of
    Atlas (UN WOMEN’s implementation of PeopleSoft ERP) functionality for
    improved business results and improved client services.
2. Ensures effective
functioning of the CO hardware and software packages focusing on the
achievement of the following results:
  • Provision of advice on maintenance of
    equipment and acquisition of hardware supplies, making routine repairs and
    change of hardware electronic components;
  • Supervision of the implementation of
    corporate UN WOMEN systems;
  • Development of new software packages
    for high impact results (e.g. office management system, electronic
    registry, etc.) as required.
3. Ensures efficient
networks administration focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • In charge of the operation of network
    utility procedures defining network users and security attributes
    establishing directories, menus and drive-mappings, configuring network
    printers and providing user access.
  • Ensure that the UN WOMEN desktop and
    network resources are protected from malicious virus attacks and deploy
    countermeasures in the event of the attacks;
  • Troubleshooting and monitoring of
    network problems;
  • Response to user needs and questions
    regarding network access;
  • In charge of the maintenance of
    up-to-date parameters of information for the network clients and
    electronic mail;
  • Implementation of backup and
    restoration procedures for local drives. Maintenance of backup logs.
    Organization of off-site storage of backups;
  • Maintenance of measures in place for
    business continuity and disaster recover processes and procedures
    including backup and restoration of both server and local storage
    facilities;
  • Timely LAN Infrastructure and
    Internet connectivity upgrade to meet UN WOMEN requirements.
4. Provides web
management services focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • In charge of the identification of
    the opportunities and ways of converting business processes into web-based
    systems to address the issues of efficiency (office management system,
    donor profile software, knowledge management systems);
  • Creation and maintenance of the CO
    web site and intranet ensuring that the content is updated and meets the
    requirements of UN WOMEN.
5. Provides administrative
support focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • Provision of advice on and assistance
    in procurement of new equipment for the CO and projects, provision of
    technical specifications and information on best options in both local and
    international markets, review of quotations and bids;
  • In charge of the maintenance of an
    up-to-date inventory of the software and hardware;
  • Maintenance of the library of
    reference materials;
  • Maintenance of the inventory and
    stock of supplies and spare parts in cooperation with the Procurement
    Unit.
6. Ensures facilitation
of knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the CO focusing on achievement
of the following results:
  • Identification and promotion of
    different systems and applications for optimal content management,
    knowledge management and sharing, information provision;
  • Organization of trainings for the
    operations/ projects staff on ICT issues;
  • In charge of the maintenance of staff
    training profiles;
  • Synthesis of lessons learned and best
    practices in ICT;
  • Sound contributions to knowledge
    networks and communities of practice.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant for the United Nations
    UNICEF ICT Associate career vacancy should hold a University Degree in
    Computer Science;
  • Professional Cisco Certified Network
    Engineer (CCNE) and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or
    Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) required.
  • A minimum of three years of working
    experience in IT network administration and use of hardware/software,
    telecommunications facilities, knowledge of database packages, experience
    in web design.
  • Language: Fluency in English and any local
    language in duty station.
Personal Competencies:
Integrity: Demonstrating
consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and
decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
Cultural
Sensitivity/Valuing diversity:
  • Demonstrating an appreciation of the
    multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff;
  • Demonstrating an international outlook,
    appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.
Core Competencies:
Ethics and Values: Promoting
Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents.
Organizational Awareness:
  • Building support and political acumen.
  • Developing and Empowering People / Coaching
    and Mentoring:
  • Building staff competence, creating an
    environment of creativity and innovation.
Working in Teams:
  • Building and promoting effective teams.
  • Communicating Information and Ideas:
  • Creating and promoting enabling environment
    for open communication.
Self-management and
Emotional intelligence:
  • Creating an emotionally intelligent
    organization;
  • Conflict Management / Negotiating and
    Resolving Disagreements.
Knowledge Sharing /
Continuous Learning:
Sharing knowledge across the organization and
building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.
Appropriate and
Transparent Decision Making:
Fair and transparent decision making;
calculated risk-taking.
Functional Competencies:
  • Building Strategic Partnerships:
  • Maintaining information and databases;
  • Analyzes general information and selects
    materials in support of partnership building initiatives;
  • Promoting Organizational Learning and
    Knowledge Sharing;
  • Basic research and analysis;
  • Researches best practices and poses new, more
    effective ways of doing things;
  • Documents innovative strategies and new
    approaches.
  • Fundamental knowledge of processes, methods
    and procedures;
  • Understands the main processes and methods of
    work regarding to the position;
  • Possesses basic knowledge of organizational
    policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them
    consistently in work tasks;
  • Identifies new and better approaches to work
    processes and incorporates same in own work;
  • Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date
    through self-directed study and other means of learning;
  • Demonstrates good knowledge of information
    technology and applies it in work assignments.
Promoting Organizational
Change and Development:
  • Presentation of information on best practices
    in organizational change;
  • Demonstrates ability to identify problems and
    proposes solutions.
Design and Implementation
of Management Systems:
  • Data gathering and implementation of
    management systems;
  • Uses information/databases/other management
    systems.
Client Orientation:
  • Maintains effective client
    relationships;
  • Reports to internal and external
    clients in a timely and appropriate fashion;
  • Organizes and prioritizes work
    schedule to meet client needs and deadlines;
  • Establishes, builds and sustains
    effective relationships within the work unit and with internal and
    external clients;
  • Responds to client needs promptly.
Promoting Accountability
and Results-Based Management:
  • Gathering and disseminating
    information;
  • Gathers and disseminates information
    on best practice in accountability and results-based management systems.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the United
Nations UNICEF in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to visit the link
below to Apply.
Deadline: 23rd May 2016
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