IT Officer - Business Engagement and Project Manager NOA

IT & Telecom

Overview

Manage digital engagement and project implementation for WFP.

You have:

• An advanced university degree in relevant field or first university degree with additional years of experience or training.
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience with additional supervisory experience.
• Fluency in English language (level C).
• Intermediate knowledge of a second official UN language, e.g. Arabic, French, Spanish.
• Good analytical skills and ability to prioritize and drive sound business decisions.
• Intermediate knowledge of technology is also needed.

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SAVING LIVES. CHANGING LIVES.

WHAT IMPACT WILL YOU HAVE WORKING WITH US?

My WFP Story

"One of my pulls to joining the World Food Programme was the opportunity to apply my experience in technology and scaling up digital and data initiatives in traditional industries, to humanitarian work. Knowing what values you stand for in relation to WFP such as integrity helps guide you in your daily work. Also, no matter your background (educational, experience or sector), you have unique skill sets that can be cross applied to our work at WFP. So, when you see an opening, don't talk yourself out of it, apply!" - Regional Data Coordinator

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) seeks individuals of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, color, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status, physical or mental disability.

ABOUT WFP

The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetime. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

The WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa (RBN) is based in Nairobi and provides strategic direction, technical guidance, resource mobilization, and management support to WFP operations and activities in ten countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda.

JOB PURPOSE

Digital transformation is a key priority at WFP, ensuring that the organization is efficient and effective in serving hungry people. Based in the Nairobi Regional Bureau, the Business Engagement and Project Manager will help to shape demand and support the roll out of digital tools across the Nairobi Regional Bureau and country offices. The Project Manager’s time will be split equally between Business Engagement and project management tasks. For Business Engagement the candidate will work with teams to understand their foundational use of technology, areas for improvement and guide demand for technology requests. For project management they will support the roll out of global tools and feed into needs gathered from the field. To succeed in this role you should be interested in improving business processes through digital tools but above all enjoy building connections and relationships with WFP teams.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• An advanced university degree in Economics, Business Management, Technology or other relevant field or First University degree with additional years of related work experience or trainings/courses.

Working Experience:

• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience with additional supervisory experience. Project management and functional experience also desirable.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Be a great communicator, relationship builder. Good analytical skills, ability to prioritize and drive sound business decisions, intermediate knowledge of technology also needed.

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 is a desirable.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Business Engagement:

• Technology Portfolios:

  • Develop and keep updated the corporate repository of technology use at country office and regional level using the portfolio health check template, determining how effective/fit for purpose application use is.
  • Schedule for review applications where relevant and follow remediation efforts.
  • Develop a solid understanding of WFP’s solution landscape to be able to guide teams on appropriate corporate tools to use.

• Field software development:

  • Act as focal point for field software development requests, shaping requests for teams to take to the Demand Assessment Board for scheduling.
  • Follow the technology development taking place outside of the TEC division across the region to ensure all is registered and abiding by the framework for software development, support and maintenance.

Project Management:

• Support the roll out of corporate tools, including DocuSign and the Global Service Management Tool.
• Be the first point of contact to advise and configure simple workflows in said tools.
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Support Product Owners in managing customer expectations for project deliverables.
• Interact with various clients and various stakeholders to determine their problem statement through requirement gathering, conducting analysis of the requirement and coming up with the system specification document.
• Successfully manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
• Other duties as required.

KEY DELIVERABLES

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• Technology Portfolios are up to date and approved with each country office for all Nairobi Regional Bureau countries.
• High risk applications with beneficiary information which are owned locally are scheduled for review and remediation. Needs are discussed and approved with local product owners.
• Participate in Country Director level meetings to present portfolio healthcheck findings.
• Incoming field software development requests are reviewed and scheduled in a timely manner.
• Effectively facilitated inputs for and follow ups from Demand Assessment Board where needed on behalf of Country Offices.
• Glass is updated with relevant information across Country Office portfolios.
• Heads of IT clear on automation plans and upcoming releases.
• Field needs effectively fed into global product plans.
• Seen as a collaborative team member.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Type of Contract:

Fixed Term Contract

Duty Station:

Nairobi Regional Bureau, Kenya

Contract Duration:

12 Months

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

February 28, 2022

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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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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