UN World Food Programme –
Somalia
Vacancy Announcement No. 037/2016
Vacancy Announcement No. 037/2016
Post Title: National
Business Transformation Officer
Contract type: Service Contract
Post Grade: SC 8 (Equivalent to NOA)
Duty Station: Nairobi
Duration: 1 year (initial)
Date of Issue: 28th December 2016
Closing Date: 10th January 2016
Organizational Background: The World Food Programme Somalia
activities include food assistance for relief, emergency school feeding,
humanitarian air and logistics services, food coordination and emergency
rehabilitation projects.
This position is open to qualified Kenyan candidates.
Female candidates in
particular, are encouraged to apply.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the direct and overall
supervision of the Head of IT, the incumbent will be responsible for the following
duties:
- Contribute to
capturing, analysis and documentation of business requirements for IT
solutions and services following WFP policies, standards and strategies;
- Work with
senior team members to communicate business requirements to business counterparts;
- Contribute to
the baselining and tracking of business requirements through to
implementation;
- Test and
analyze IT solutions and document the match against business requirements
for quality and accuracy.
- Maintain
contacts with business counterparts to bring their requests into IT and
keep them informed of actions.
- Maintain
up-to-date the service catalog of IT solutions offered to the business,
including current, retired and those in the pipeline;
- Review how IT
service levels align with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for solutions or
services focused on the business and alert service managers of
discrepancies. Assist to survey business satisfaction with IT solutions
and services;
- Support project
managers in managing estimates, business cases, planning, risk
identification, issue management for the effective delivery of IT
solutions;
- Adhere to
processes and procedures for the Business Relationship Management,
Business Analysis and IT Project Management functions to ensure compliance
and consistency;
- Perform other
related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
- Advanced
university degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other relevant
field, or First university degree with additional years of related work
related experience.
Experience:
- One year post
graduate professional experience in planning, design, development,
implementation and maintenance of computer information systems.
- Experience in
performing user support activities resulting in timely, high quality
delivery of services to user community.
- Experience in
modelling data and information flows to document key decision and results.
Language: Fluency in both oral
and written communication in English and Somali is a requirement.
Knowledge:
- Proven
knowledge and ability to effectively use Collaboration and Document
Management platforms, data warehousing and data analysis tools.
- Knowledge of
BIG Data analytics platforms is an advantage.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified
candidates are requested to CLICK HERE to submit online applications through
our E-Recruitment system.
Applications that do not meet the above requirements will be disregarded.
Applications that do not meet the above requirements will be disregarded.
Only shortlisted candidates
will be contacted.
