Consultancy: Senior SAP Fiori Developer, ICTD Digital Core (3 months, remote)

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child, a connected world

The SAP Fiori Developer will work as part of the eZHACT 2.0 project. This project went through general release in June 2023. This is the first year-end closure where all offices are in eZHACT 2.0. Since the process is different from past years, we would need hypercare support for this year’s yearned activities for eZHACT 2.0.

Scope of Work: 

• Development and maintenance of programs, enhancement objects, BAPIs, BADIs and reports using ABAP, Web Dynpro and Smart Forms.
• Design, develop and maintain SAP Fiori applications; design UI/UX using SAP Web-IDE and use OData services.
• Support the SMEs/Functional Analysts/Technical Analysts in resolving the service manager calls/Production issues.
• Development of RICEFW objects in SAP modules, to complete the required development as per the approved change requests.
• Support and troubleshoot the programs and reports reported as system bugs.
• Develop new reports or change the existing reports based on the defects / requirement by the user.
• Document all completed solutions. Create and maintain documentation as per standard established.
• Under the guidance of the Team lead, coordinate tasks and activities assigned to the team. Periodically provide status updates and activity summaries.
• Ensure knowledge transfer to staff members in the team.

Reporting structure:  

The Senior SAP Fiori Developer will report to the ICT Manager for Programme, Funds Management and Grant Management in SCS, ICTD. 

• University degree in Business administration, Computer Science, Information systems management or related field.

Required Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in programming, maintaining SAP applications using ABAP and/or ABAP Objects, Developing Custom enhancements and reports. 

Desirable Experience and skills:

• Experience with design and development of web applications integrating with SAP. 

• Experience with SAPUI5 and SAP Fiori applications.

• Proficient in development of web services and OData services.

• Experience in understanding the identified gaps and provide solution(s), translate it to technical efforts and estimate the work for the same. 

• Experience in writing technical specifications. 

• Functional understanding of business processes using SAP modules. 

• Experience in programming interfaces and transferring data from/to SAP and external systems. 

• Experience with Smart Forms, ADOBE forms, Workflow and web services. 

• Experience in testing procedures and protocols. 

• Experience working with UN system is an asset. 

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in English is required.  

• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.  

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

  To view our competency framework, please visit  here.   

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history.

Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check. 

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.