United Nations World Food Programme Vacancies in South Sudan

United Nations World Food Programme IT Operations Associates Jobs in South Sudan

About WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

Standard Minimum Qualifications

Education:] Completion of secondary school education.
A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.
Language: General Service (Headquarters): Fluency (level C) in English language.
Fluency (level C) or intermediate knowledge (level B) of another official language may be required depending on the location of the post or area of responsibility.
General Service (Field): Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language, if different.

Organizational Context

These jobs are found in Country Offices (COs), Regional Bureaux (RBs), and Headquarters (HQ). The Job holders report to a Head of the Unit, Chief or Information Technology Officer.
At this level job holders are expected to demonstrate responsibility and initiative to respond independently to queries with only general guidance.
There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen problems on a daily basis. Job holders are expected to manage resources and coach and coordinate a team of support staff.

Job Purpose

To coordinate and guide Information Technology maintenance and support activities to enable the effective delivery of IT services.

Key Accoutabilities (not all-inclusive)

Carry out system and hardware maintenance tasks, such as running specialised network monitoring and system protection, to ensure technology is running effectively.

Monitor technology reliability, identify user needs, analyse data and produce accurate reports in order to recommend IT solutions to support informative decision-making.

Resolve queries independently, escalating if required, to ensure that standard IT questions are answered and accurate information is provided to staff.

Provide standard technical training to end users of commonly used technology and systems, in order to assist WFP staff in conducting their work.

Provide guidance and training to junior colleagues in the delivery of IT support services to support the capability building of staff.

Support the co-ordination of new application implementation in order to provide WFP staff with the tools they need to perform effectively.

4Ps Core Organizational Capabilities

Purpose

Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

People

Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance

Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides

accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership

Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfill the needs of internal and external partners.

Functional Capabilities

Capability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Governance, Strategy and Architecture

Demonstrates awareness of overall IT governance structure and system architecture development to support the process and assist in design of interaction between systems.

Change Implementation, Project management, Planning and Optimization

Has basic understanding of project management principles to provide basic estimates on timing, resource utilisation and costs to facilitate the project planning process.

Technical Expertise Continuously updates one’s own knowledge about new technologies and product modifications; Is sought out for advice/expertise and recognized internally as an important technical reference.

Service Management Monitors and supervises maintenance and installation work against the established standards and protocols for service excellence and takes proper actions to correct inconsistencies and improve overall quality and customer satisfaction.

Ensures that operational problems are identified and resolved.

Client Management Exhibits a detailed understanding of customers’ IT requests in order to effectively address and manage internal customers ‘needs.

Identifies recurrent issues to propose long-term solutions.

Procurement and Contract Management Able to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of alternative technologies and vendor service level agreements to consolidate options and assess suitability.

Jobs Requirements

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Desired Experience

• Has experience analysing service management results and development service enhancement recommendations.
• Has participated in business process re-engineering efforts and identified service management improvements.
• Has experience participating in country office procurement/budgeting process.

How to Apply:

For more information and job application details, see; United Nations World Food Programme IT Operations Associates Jobs in South Sudan

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United Nations World Food Programme Assistants Jobs in South Sudan

About WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Completion of secondary school education.

A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.
Language: General Service (Headquarters): Fluency (level C) in English language. Fluency (level C) or intermediate knowledge (level B) of another official language may be required depending on the location of the post or area of responsibility.

Job Purpose

To support effective delivery and maintenance of client-focused, value-for-money oriented quality administrative practices.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

Manage and maintain paper and electronic records within the area of responsibility in accordance with established procedures, to ensure swift and easy data access as required.

Undertake research and perform basic analyses of data, to contribute to the provision of accurate information and effective management of resources.

Be a first point of contact for internal queries, to facilitate the provision of efficient and effective resolution of daily issues.

Provide inputs to routine methods and practices in own area of work, to support the continuous improvement of services provided.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; United Nations World Food Programme Assistants Jobs in South Sudan

Deadline for Applications
29th May 2017