Country: Thailand
Closing date: 17 Jul 2018
Special Notice
This is a temporary position and will initially be available until 31 December 2018. If selected, an internal candidate will be on temporary assignment to the post; an external candidate will initially be offered a temporary appointment. Any extension of appointment is subject to satisfactory performance and continued availability of the post.
Locally recruited General Service staff members applying for this post must meet the minimum requirements, including academic qualifications and years of relevant experience. Relevant experience in the General Service category at G-6 and G-7 levels may count towards experience requirements.
Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Senior Project Coordinator, and the overall supervision of the Chief, Enterprise Application Centre - Bangkok, the incumbent will:
1.Complete feasibility studies, systems analysis, design, development and implementation of new, moderately complex systems, and/or participate as a member of a development team for components of complex systems such as Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Supplies Management.
2.Develop and maintain computer programs that require integration of interrelated systems and program elements; ensure appropriate data security and access controls.
3.Maintain, upgrade/enhance existing systems; determine application systems integration and connectivity issues; develop detailed system and functional specifications and user documentation.
4.Organize and perform unit and integrated testing, designing and utilizing test bases; assist users in acceptance testing.
5.Provide specialized advice to users, analyzing requirements and translating these into new applications; troubleshoot and provide continuing user support, resolving problems, advising on the use of new techniques, monitoring performance and systems effectiveness.
6.Develop training materials, operating and user manuals, and train staff.
7.Develop disaster recovery plans and appropriate training.
8.Research, analyze and evaluate new technologies and make recommendations for their deployment.
9.Guide, and/or supervise, new/junior staff, consultants, etc.
Education
Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics or a related field, is required. A first level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Work Experience
A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in planning, design, development, implementation and maintenance of computer information systems or related area is required.
A minimum of three years hands-on technical experience in Java/Spring development is required.
A minimum of three years hands-on technical experience on five or more of the following technologies is highly desirable: .Net, Cloud (AWS, Azure or other), C#, GIS, Git, HTML/CSS, Javascript (JS), NoSQL databases, SQL programming, Linux.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of other UN official languages is an advantage.
How to apply:
Application can only be submitted through the UN Inspira (system) on ESCAP's official jobs page. To apply, please follow this link: http://www.unescap.org/jobs
