UN Habitat Information Systems Assistant Jobs 2021 – Kenya NGO Jobs

UN Habitat Information Systems Assistant Jobs 2021 – Kenya NGO Jobs. UN Habitat Kenya looking for “Information Systems Assistant”. Applicants with a degree in High School may apply on or before 21st Dec 2021.

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1978 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat I) held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976. UN-Habitat maintains its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The mandate of UN-Habitat derives from the Habitat Agenda, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1996.

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UN Habitat Information Systems Assistant Jobs 2021

The UN Habitat has published a job vacancy announcement on 23rd Nov 2021 for qualified Kenyans to fill in the vacant post of Information Systems Assistant to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Recruiter United Nations Human Settlements Programme  (UN-Habitat)
Position Information Systems Assistant
Location Nairobi, Kenya
Country Kenya
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification High School
Experience Required Minimum Seven years
Application Deadline 21st Dec 2021

UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2021

Job Responsibilities:

  • Participates in the development, programming, testing, debugging and implementation of new application systems releases, modules and functionalities.
  • Develops, tests and implements simple computer application systems and programs using UN established standards for IT technologies, programming languages and tools.
  • Serves as team member in the planning, specification, design, development, implementation and support of computer application systems; independently liaises with users to define and specify requirements.
  • Installs computer application systems software and hardware according to specifications; monitors computer applications systems using appropriate monitoring tools and produces monitoring reports.
  • Prepares technical and user documentation for deployed computer application systems, as well as training materials and conducts technical presentations.
  • Maintains functional specifications for computer application systems, programs and procedures developed and/or modified.
  • Provides support for deployed computer application systems including version management, data recovery and deployment to users’ offices; performs ongoing reviews with users and developers and responds to users requests.
  • Drafts correspondence and communications, including work plan revisions and other related issues, as well as prepares unit contributions for a variety of periodic reports.
  • Serves as focal point for coordination, monitoring and expedition of computer application systems development projects, involving extensive liaison with diverse organizational units to initiate requests; prepares standard terms of reference; processes and follows-up on administrative actions and resolves issues related to project implementation, e.g. organization of and participation in training, procurement of equipment and services, etc.
  • Keeps abreast of developments in the field; performs benchmarking and proposes new acquisitions.
  • Provides guidance to new/junior staff.
  • Performs any other duties as may be assigned.

Position in Organization:

  • Posting Title: Information Systems Assistant, G6
  • Job Code Title: INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSISTANT
  • Department/Office: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
  • Duty Station: NAIROBI
  • Posting Period: 22 November 2021 – 21 December 2021
  • Job Opening Number: 21-Information Management Systems-UN-HABITAT-167597-R-Nairobi (X)
  • Staffing Exercise: N/A

Qualification:

  • High school diploma or equivalent is required. Computer certificate or diploma IT is required.

Experience:

  • A minimum seven years of progressively responsible experience in information systems analysis and programming, systems administration and maintenance, software development, technical writing or related area is required.
  • Working experience in web application design Microsoft.net, Drupal, PHP, C# and data visualization is required.
  • Work experience in mobile application development and cloud-based container platforms, Azure or AWS administration, and DevOps is desirable.

How to Apply UN Habitat Information Systems Assistant Jobs 2021

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=167597

The Closing Date: 21st Dec 2021.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Particulars Details Link
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Official Website unhabitat.org
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