Information Management Officer

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Description

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This position is located in the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team pursuant to resolutions 1526 (2004) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities, functionally reporting to the Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch (SCSOB) of the Security Council Affairs Division (SCAD, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), United Nations, New York. The incumbent will report to a Political Affairs Officer within the Special Political Mission “Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team pursuant to resolutions 1526 (2004) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities”.

• Serves as focal point for coordination, monitoring and expedition of computer application systems development projects, involving extensive liaison with diverse organizational units to initiate requests; prepares standard terms of reference; processes and follows-up on administrative actions and resolves issues related to project implementation, e.g. organization of and participation in training, procurement of equipment and services, etc.
• Participates in the development, programming, testing, debugging and implementation of new application systems releases, modules and functionalities. 
• Develops, tests and implements simple computer application systems and programs using UN established standards for IT technologies, programming languages and tools.
• Serves as team member in the planning, specification, design, development, implementation and support of computer application systems; independently liaises with users to define and specify requirements.
• Installs computer application systems software and hardware according to specifications; monitors computer applications systems using appropriate monitoring tools and produces monitoring reports.
• Prepares technical and user documentation for deployed computer application systems, as well as training materials and conducts technical presentations.
• Maintains functional specifications for computer application systems, programs and procedures developed and/or modified.
• Provides support for deployed computer application systems including version management, data recovery and deployment to users’ offices; performs ongoing reviews with users and developers and responds to users requests.
• Drafts correspondence and communications, including work plan revisions and other related issues, as well as prepares unit contributions for a variety of periodic reports.
• Keeps abreast of developments in the field; performs benchmarking and proposes new acquisitions.
• Provides guidance to new/junior staff.
• Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing, responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision making.
• Assists with visualizations and updating information material such as web pages or brochures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of seven years of experience in planning, design, development, implementation and maintenance of computer information systems or related area is required.
• The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced to 3 for candidates who possess a first-level university degree or higher.   
• Experience in applications and systems delivery is required.   
• Experience in iterative software development methodology (e.g. Agile) project management is required. 
• Experience with other software methodologies (e.g. Waterfall, Lean IT) is desirable.   
• Experience in data modeling, data analytics and reporting is desirable.    Experience with business analytics including: data visualization, statistical concepts, technical platforms such as Power BI and Tableau is desirable.    Experience working on sanctions/restrictive measures data management is desirable.

Languages:

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
• For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/257775?language=en

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