[Extended] Information Communication Technology Assistant (ICT – T4D), GS5, Brasilia, Brazil post#129168

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, commitment

Since 1950, UNICEF has supported the most important transformation for children and adolescents in Brazil. UNICEF Brazil with its main office in Brasília and nine field offices UNICEF works in close partnership with national and sub-national government, corporate partners, youth, and civil society organizations. For information of the work of our organization in Brazil, please visit our website: UNICEF Brazil.

How can you make a difference?

Under the general supervision of the ICT Officer, the ICT-T4D Assistant will undertake the technical, operational, and procedural support to the innovation and software development activities, and in the implementation, maintenance, and improvement of information and communication technology systems.

The function frequently requires innovative solutions to programme initiatives during the stages of innovation/formulation of idea, implementation/operationalization, scale-up and maintenance. The main functions/accountabilities are:

•     Support the software development team to undertake software development and testing activities, assist with writing test scripts/bug fixes, and add or improve code organization and documentation.

•     Document or update the relevant tasks in the proper tools, based on code review to tackle possible misalignment between business needs and code.

•     Support in all levels of testing and leverage user acceptance testing to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are met and aligned with specifications.

•     Systematically review the code and flag anomalies and potential bottlenecks.

•     Contribute to writing code under the guidance of the ICTD Technical Lead.

•     Familiarize oneself with code structure and integration points and support the software in any level 3 support needs.

•     Ensure that the code abides by UNICEF coding standards and uses the latest libraries that are used by other enterprise systems within the organization.

•     Ensure security standards and processes are in place.

•     Participate in technical internal and interagency discussions on Software as a Service (SAS) collaboration modalities to inform any changes in the UNICEF SAS requirements and documents.

•     Develop and maintain the automated test cases using relevant software.

•     Develop automated test scripts during the Sprints when applicable.

•     Participate regularly in development Sprint meetings.

•     Identify defects and put in the proper tools whenever it is applicable.

•     Validate any defects that were identified during the various Sprints.

•     Work with the software Project Team, Third-party vendors (where applicable), and the business users to ensure system readiness.

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have:

• Education: Completion of secondary education is required.

Technical or university courses related to Computer Science, Software Engineering, or any other software-related area will be considered as an asset.

Certifications on Agile frameworks and methodologies is an asset.

• Experience: A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in software development is required. Experience with project management of software projects is required. Experience with software architecture definition is required. Experience with Agile Methodologies, and particularly the SCRUM framework is required.
• Language – Fluency in English and Portuguese required. Knowledge of Spanish will be considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1); Works Collaboratively with others (1); Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1); Innovates and Embraces Change (1); Thinks and Acts Strategically (1); Drive to achieve impactful results (1) and Manages ambiguity and complexity (1).

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies. During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

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.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.

Remarks:

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is: a role with direct contact with children’s data. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) applies.

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

The VA is open to all (internal and external candidates).

This position is for Brazilians or candidates who already have work permit for Brazil.