UNECA Knowledge Management Officer Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.
UNECA Ethiopia looking for “Knowledge Management Officer”.
Applicants with a degree in Advanced University Degree may apply on or before 7th July 2023.
Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in 1958 as one of the UN’s five regional commissions, ECA’s mandate is to promote the economic and social development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa’s development. Made up of 54 member States, and playing a dual role as a regional arm of the UN and as a key component of the African institutional landscape, ECA is well positioned to make unique contributions to address the Continent’s development challenges.
UNECA Knowledge Management Officer Jobs 2023
The UNECA has published a job vacancy announcement on 26th June 2023 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Knowledge Management Officer to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) |
| Position | Knowledge Management Officer |
| Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Advanced University Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Seven years |
| Application Deadline | 7th July 2023 |
UNECA Job Vacancy 2023
Responsibilities: Within delegated authority, the Knowledge Management Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
- Develops institutional policies, procedures, and guidelines for knowledge management and knowledge engineering systems for the organization.
- Advises the organization and its information clientele on innovative systems to support knowledge-enabled business processes as well as participate in system process reengineering efforts to satisfy the knowledge needs.
- Plans, implement and monitors major knowledge systems projects and upgrades of major components of these complex systems which impact critical knowledge operations for large or multiple user groups, ensuring that all design aspects are addressed, controlled, and security mechanisms established.
- Analyses the needs of users, translating them into the state-of-the-art Information Technology solutions for knowledge management, leading the projects implementation and ensuring use of industry standards.
- Participates in development and implementation of the organization’s portfolio of business process, advising requesting units on the most appropriate strategies and approaches for incorporating knowledge management and resolving complex problems through knowledge engineering.
- Develops detailed functional specifications, architecture specifications, solutions and user documentation for key knowledge systems, and identifies problems in architecture, information security, integration and linking of systems.
- Maintains, upgrades, re-architects or improves existing Knowledge systems; troubleshooting and providing ongoing support to clients, including solving difficult problems, , monitoring transactions to measure the performance and ongoing effectiveness of the knowledge system.
- Develops and maintains computer programs that require the integration of many interrelated systems and program elements; ensure data security, architecture compliance and appropriate access controls, considering local and broader issues.
- Implements new technologies in knowledge/information management to ensure the users have modern tools for efficient access to knowledge and related information resources.
- Organizes and carries out unit test and integration tests; design and use test bases; assist users in acceptance tests.
- Evaluates applications and cost-effectiveness of knowledge services in relation to technology options, and provides reliable, up-to-date research and specifications for information/knowledge management technologies and innovations and prepares data and recommendations for decision-making.
- Evaluates the performance of vendors and exchange partners and negotiates charges where necessary and facilitates communications between vendors and section, serving as coordinator in the development of Service
- Level Agreements (SLAs) for specific IT services or general technology support for the information systems.
- Participates in regional knowledge management initiatives applying knowledge engineering solutions to facilitate information discovery and access, collaboration, networking of users.
- Contributes to writing, operating manuals, training materials, reports and papers on knowledge engineering including systems-related topics, system requirements and best practices.
- Participates in work programme and budget planning and supervises and trains staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Position in Organization:
- Posting Title: Knowledge Management Officer (Knowledge Engineering), P4
- Job Code Title: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT OFFICER
- Department/Office: Economic Commission for Africa
- Duty Station: ADDIS ABABA
- Posting Period: 09 May 2023 – 07 July 2023
- Job Opening Number: 23-Documentation and Information -ECA-179570-R-Addis Ababa (G)
- Staffing Exercise: N/A
Qualification:
- An Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics or related fields is required. A recognized first-level university degree in the above fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is an advantage.
Experience:
- A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in the planning, design, architecture, development, implementation and maintenance of Information/knowledge systems, computer systems or related areas is required.
- Experience in complex system architecture, implementation and operations of large centralized or decentralized knowledge/information systems is required.
- Experience in regulatory compliance in relation with information and application security and Agile DevOps methodology and application development in the cloud and advanced Web development is required.
How to Apply UNECA Knowledge Management Officer Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=179570
The Closing Date: 7th July 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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| Official Website | www.uneca.org |
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