Functional responsibilities
Under the guidance and supervision of the Project Manager, and in close collaboration with the ICT Department of the Ministry, the ICT Specialist will be responsible for enhancement of different information systems with regard to data collection, exchange and data analysis.
The selected candidate will undertake the following activities:
Identification of beneficiary needs
- Assess the ICT needs and capacities of the national stakeholders in relation to development and establishment of information system;
- Assess and define the specific data collection requirements and expectations of the relevant national partner, ensuring that all necessary information is identified to support their objectives
- Advise national partners on the development, operation and maintenance of ICT solutions;
Identification of information system requirements
- Gather functional and non-functional requirements based on the analysis of the relevant business processes;
- Identify the scope of the information system based on the analysis of relevant business processes, with particular consideration for interoperability with other systems.
Software development
- Design and implementation of information systems;
- Providing upgrade of existing information systems;
- Definition of the SQL code for extracting data from information system databases;
- Development of user interface using required technologies;
- Development of REST services using required technologies;
- Development of various database reports using required tools;
- Putting new modules into operational use, which includes following activities: installation of application and database servers, deployment of the software modules onto the production environment;
- Testing of software solutions, including unit testing, integration testing, acceptance testing.
Users training
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Assess the level of IT literacy and skills of the national partner employees that will be using/operating the information system;
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Developed and/or conduct ICT training related to information system;
Support to management
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Provide advice on ICT issues relevant for the Project;
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Contribute to development of Project plans and reports related to ICT domain, management of risks and issues, and identification of lessons learned.
Eduation/Experience/Language requirements
Education
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Master degree preferably in Computer science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering is required, or another relevant technical field.
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Bachelor Degree in relevant discipline with two additional years of relevant years of experience may be accepted in lieu of MSc.
Work Experience
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Minimum two years of experience in IT systems design/development in the public sector is required;
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Previous experience in performing needs assessments/gap analyses is an asset;
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Previous experience in business process analysis and defining requirements for data collections and data sets is an asset;
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Experience in conducting users training of software will be considered as an asset.
Language Requirements
- Fluency in Montenegrin and English (speaking, reading and writing) is required
ALL CANDIDATES ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT A CV AND COVER LETTER ALONG WITH THEIR APPLICATION
About the Organization
TOGETHER, WE BUILD THE FUTURE
UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.
Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development.
We are proud of our people and embrace diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunities. Our workforce brings together approximately 160 nationalities, represented by over 5,000 UNOPS personnel as well as some 7,800 personnel recruited on behalf of our partners. Spread across 80 countries from a range of backgrounds, and languages and have different gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities.
We encourage women and candidates from underrepresented groups in UNOPS to apply. These include candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.
How to apply
Please use this link to apply: https://jobs.unops.org/pages/viewvacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=29413#3