ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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THE ROLE

To deliver efficient and effective IT and Telecommunications (TC) services, contributing to sound, innovative solutions that enable staff to deliver food assistance to beneficiaries, in line with WFP’s strategy.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

• Contribute to the development of plans and budgets, and manage the deployment of IT/TC systems aligned with business needs, in accordance with WFP corporate standards.

• Monitor and maintain IT/TC systems and networks, ensuring appropriate data security and access controls considering both local and wide area network issues; and supporting users to get maximum benefits from them.

• Install and configure new computer hardware for improving and upgrading system performance; contribute to technology upgrades as required.

• Contribute to technical specifications and tender documents that support the procurement of IT/TC equipment and services at minimum cost, in line with WFP rules and regulations.

• Collate and analyse data to contribute to the preparation of accurate reports on IT/TC activities, investments and costs, identifying ideas to increase cost-efficiencies where possible.

• Maintain and develop technical expertise and understanding of industry developments.

• Provide advice to managers and users, understanding and resolving issues, and ensuring IT policies, procedures, systems and tools are correctly applied to support them.

• Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.

• Contribute to the capability building of staff through the review and/or design of appropriate training programs aimed at developing skills/knowledge in IT and Telecommunications.

• Coordinate with other UN agencies in order to align activities and maximise possibilities of inter-agency collaboration in the field of IT and TC.

• Interact effectively with internal and external colleagues and user groups to understand their needs and provide appropriate technical support.

• Follow standard emergency preparedness and contingency planning practices to ensure WFP is able to maintain basic IT services and/or quickly respond and deploy resources to affected areas at the onset of a crisis.

• Contribute to the preparation of operational plans and deliver resource requirements at the onset of an emergency.

• Other as required.

Education: Advanced university degree in Computer Science or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience or trainings/courses.

Experience: At least 3 years of post-graduate professional IT experience.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:

• Has coordinated and managed small or medium projects at HQ and field Office.

• Has assisted in change management procedures, activities and processes at HQ and field.

• Has assisted in establishing standards and protocols for service excellence within own domain or at a HQ and field Office.

• Has successfully performed installation or testing of new hardware for improving or upgrading systems performance.

• Has proven experience analyzing service management results and developing service enhancement recommendations.

• Has keen ground-level experience implementing IT and telecoms systems in emergencies.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

This vacancy announcement is for Afghan nationals only and WFP encourages especially Afghan females and Afghans with disabilities to apply.

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