Consultant HR (Business Analyst / Software Developer)

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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
15, June, 2024 (23:59 GMT)

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. 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.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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WHY JOIN WFP?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe
• We offer an attractive compensation

We are looking for a talented Senior Full Stack Developer who can also play the role of Business Analyst hired as a Consultant. The duration of the contract is 11 months with extension subject to performance.

You will be part of the HR Technology and Analytics Branch (HRMOI) that is responsible for on-going support to critical HR operational processes through the appropriate provision and application of information, processes, and enabling technologies.

Under the general supervision and guidance of the Team Leader of HR Technology Development and Deployment, you will be responsible for the following key duties:

1. Maintain, optimize, and improve the existing HR web-based applications to ensure a robust, reliable, efficient, and ‘bug-free’ quality technology experience for the HR team and end-users.
2. Work collaboratively with HR business units to develop and add new functionalities and modules to the existing HR web-based applications when it has necessary and not covered by Workday HCM.
3. Provide and maintain the documentation required for quality insurance and future maintenance of the system.
4. Conduct unit, regression, and performance testing. Develop test scripts for end-users if needed.
5. Maintain and improve the existing data interfaces between the web-based applications and other HR systems. Promote the usage of API and work with the other HR developers to set the basement for an HR API catalog in line with the API gateway initiative of our Technology department.
6. Proceed with the decommissioning of some HR web-based applications according to the decommissioning plan related to the Workday HCM implementation.
7. Develop and maintain Workday Extend applications when it is required to complement Workday HCM standard
8. Other tasks as required

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

• Preference for a degree in Computer Science, or related field of study.

Experience:

• Minimum 6 years of progressive professional experience as Developer ideally full-stack Developer.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Proven and successful Web Application Development experience in PHP including MVC framework (Laravel).
• Experience through the different stages of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Good knowledge of Cloud technologies (such as OpenShift, AWS).
• Excellent and demonstrated capability to work collaboratively within a team and to understand complex business requirements
• Good knowledge of MySQL and Oracle Databases (Procedures, Data modeling)
• Good experience building single-page applications using React.
• Experience in Java server-side programming.
• Knowledge of Workday HCM is a plus
• Experience in programming Workday Extend applications is a plus
• Experience configuring/administrating application servers such as Apache and Tomcat considered a plus.

Languages:

• Fluency (level C) in oral and written English is essential.

Candidates will be asked to provide evidence of their work, with samples of PHP coding work. A technical assessment will also be part of the recruitment process. Immediate availability preferred.

 

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