ICT Consultant

The purpose of this role is to provide support to UNICEF Belarus ICT/T4D unit and ensure technical assistance to the growing demand for the Technology for Development (T4D) support in Belarus.

Under the supervision, guidance, and oversight from Deputy Representative and Operations Manager, the T4D/ICT Consultant will:

• Assist programme teams in the integration of ICT and digital innovation into UNICEF programming; strengthening internal capacity to lead and support T4D related initiatives; identifying and engaging with key partners; and maximizing potential for the sustainable scaling of technology and digital innovation for UNICEF programming in Belarus.
• Provide recommendations to ensure integration of digital development and technology innovation into the programme work, build the capacity and knowledge within the programme sections on digital development, train UNICEF staff, partners, counterparts in creating and maintaining high quality digital systems.
• Provide technical assistance and support to the overall ICT activities, incl. daily maintenance and ICT services in the country office.

Supports and assists in the design of T4D interventions:

• Provides support and technical assistance to the Country Office in the identification, selection, concept design, deployment, and sustainability of T4D interventions to address bottlenecks towards the achievement of programme results.
• Assists programme sections to identify and assess T4D initiatives with potential to improve UNICEF programming.

Solution procurement and evaluation:

• Assists the review of technical solutions to ensure UNICEF standards are followed; contribute to project management processes, generation, and review of terms of reference and vendor selection.

Proposal and partnership development:

• Identifies opportunities for resource mobilization and new partnerships and supports proposal and partnership development efforts in close collaboration with ICT Division’s Digital Centre of Excellence, where applicable.

Provides advice and support to programme partners:

• Provides inputs to technical and operational support to a wide range of stakeholders and partners on UNICEF policies, practices, standards, and norms on technology for development.

Transfer and skill-sharing for programme partners:

• Helps maintain partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing and transfer of knowledge, skills, and tools to foster and facilitate technology-enabled programming.

Document localized partners and profiles:

• Contributes updates to a catalogue of country specific T4D partners and their profiles/areas of engagement to promote and enhance UNICEF goals for outcomes for children through the use of technology.

Share lessons learned:

• Helps identify, capture, synthesize and share lessons learned from T4D for integration into broader knowledge development planning, advocacy, and communication efforts.
• Provides technical support in the ICT
• Provides technical assistance and support to the ICT functions and services’ bottlenecks.
• Provides ICT end user support as required.
• Assists in the management of contracts for T4D/ICT for services and products.

Qualifications:
Education:

• University degree (Bachelors) or equivalent qualification in Mathematics, Analytics, Computer science, Programming or in a related technical field.

Work experience/Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in T4D/ICT area in identifying, designing, and implementing solutions for the projects with technical components – including supervising external vendors and software developers; responsibility for business analysis, budgets, contracts, project management and procurement, etc.
• Experience in system administration, ability to set up and network telecommunications equipment; knowledge of network routing, network protocol levels; good knowledge of Windows operating systems; experience with teleconferencing systems, Microsoft Office 365.
• Experience in Open Source, mobile and emerging technology
• Experience identifying, designing, and implementing solutions for the projects with technical components – including supervising external vendors and software developers.
• Experience with ICT, mobile and web-based technologies.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/569044