IT Project Officer/ Business Analyst

Akwajobs   (Ethiopia - Addis Ababa (ETH))

Posted : 29 June, 2021

Category : Development & Humanitarian Aid   Location : Ethiopia - Addis Ababa (ETH)

Job type : Full Time

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IT Project Officer/ Business Analyst

International Specialist

Host entity

ECA

Country

Ethiopia

Location, Country

Addis Ababa (ETH)

Language skills

English

French

Expected Starting Date

Immediate

Duration

12 months

Application deadline

01 July 2021

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Chief Human Resources Officer of ECA or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer IT Project Officer/ Business Analyst will:

·         Manage the full project life cycle for the Staff Services Gateway Project and any other assigned projects including the clear definition of work scope, deliverables, schedule, resource requirements, and establishment of cost baselines.

·         Contribute actively in developing, documenting and executing detailed project work plans and schedule;

·         Assist with developing project status reports to communicate project performance to senior management and project governance boards on a regular basis for all projects within the unit;

·         Anticipate and evaluate potential risk areas throughout the duration of the project and proposes/pursues mitigation, avoidance, and corrective action plans to management as necessary, escalates issues to the Chief HR Officer’s attention for guidance and assistance in reaching a resolution;

·         Assist in scheduling planning, status, design review, and issue management meetings for key unit projects;

·         Work in close coordination with the assigned project Business Analyst to analyze Business Requirements Documents (BRD) and ensure the accurate capture of the business’s functional and non-functional requirements, business rules as well as document use cases for both business and system aspects for the unit’s main projects;

·         Serve as DoA’s interface between business units, technology teams and support teams and effectively coordinate communication to deliver;

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level

Master degree or equivalent

Educational additional comments

·         Advanced University degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in information technology or in field related to the post description. A first level university degree with a combination of relevant academic qualifications and experience in information and communications technology may be accepted in lieu of advanced university degree.

·         PRINCE2 foundation and practitioner certification is highly desirable.

Required experience

60 Months

Experience remark

·         A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in project management and/or business analysis, preferably in an international environment and on cross functional projects with diverse personnel.

·         Proven ability to assist coordination of enterprise application deployments.

·         Advance knowledge of Project Management tools and methodologies, Visual modelling and other business analysis tools, and application development life cycle.

·         Strong understanding of Microsoft server technologies and Microsoft SharePoint.

·         Knowledge of other IT domains such as virtualization and network infrastructure would be an asset.

·         Ability to undertake business process mapping and drafting of SOPs is an advantage.

·         Experience with Agile Software development methodology is an advantage.

Language skills

·         English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

·         French(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise

Development programme/project administration, Other development programme/project experience, Development programme management

Area of expertise details

·         Advance knowledge of Project Management tools and methodologies, Visual modelling and other business analysis tools, and application development life cycle.

·         Strong understanding of Microsoft server technologies and Microsoft SharePoint.

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Competencies values

Client Orientation, Communication, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism

Application procedure

* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Application deadline: 01 July 2021

 

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