Reporting Structure

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Job Requirements

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Main Duties

Functional Responsibilities:

• Strategic and Technical Leadership
• Project Planning and Management
• Results Orientation and Quality Assurance
• Requirements, Landscape and Options Analysis
• Contracting and Evaluation
• Implementation and Contract Management
• Capacity and Change Management
• Knowledge Building and Knowledge Sharing

Strategic and Technical Leadership

• Provide advisory services on ICT strategies and technologies, aligning them with local and international standards.
• Lead the development of technology strategies for new and existing services, outlining technical requirements, standards, and specifications.
• Collaborate with Senior Technical Advisors to adapt strategies based on emerging evidence and industry best practices.
• Establish technical frameworks in compliance with relevant international programs and strategies.
• Identify and assess various risks, including political, institutional, inter-agency, legal, and technology-related risks, and develop risk mitigation plans.
• Contribute to the identification, design, formulation and negotiation of new projects and programs and draft concept notes and project document briefs for discussion with partners.

Project Planning and Management

• Lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of ICT projects and work packages per UNOPS methodologies.
• Coordinate multiple team assignments, balancing capacity against client requirements.
• Tracking and reporting of resource allocation.

Results Orientation and Quality Assurance

• Offer strategic technical direction and quality assurance to ensure alignment with international standards.
• Advise on work plan development, ensuring they are adaptive and realistic.
• Present findings and preferred option to project governance body for decision making.
• Provide inputs for project reports, capturing progress, challenges, and future activities.
• Escalate potential risks to avoid implementation delays.

Requirements, Landscape, And Options Analysis

• Conduct stakeholder and landscape analysis to document key personas, technical capacities, and business requirements.
• Use a user-centered approach to outline functional and nonfunctional requirements, including key use cases.
• Conduct options assessments, incorporating considerations like total cost of ownership (TOC), duration, sustainability, and scalability.
• Present findings to project governance bodies for informed decision-making.

Contracting and Evaluation

• Contribute to development of technical specifications (ToR) for the procurement and delivery of IT products and solutions, including cost estimation.
• Supporting vendor evaluation and selection process.
• Design optimal delivery and payment schedule to ensure iterative release of functionality.
• Monitor and evaluate performance of service providers / suppliers.

Implementation and Contract Management

• Monitor and adjust the Action Plan in collaboration with internal teams and external partners.
• Track project progress against plan, requirements, and quality measures.
• Establish a user-focused working group engaged throughout the development and implementation phases.

Capacity and Change Management

• Develop a change management plan from the project's outset, focusing on user adoption and change resistance mitigation.
• Tailor communication, training and change management to suit different groups of users and stakeholders.
• Develop appropriate communication and training material as well as an effective training approach.

Knowledge Building and Knowledge Sharing

• Stay updated on emerging technologies and advocate for their consideration where appropriate.
• Contribute to ICT standards and strategies within UNOPS and external networks.
• Engage in communities of practice, sharing knowledge and lessons learned.
• Encourage routine and effective capacity building activities are conducted in order to build the long-term and sustainable capacity of staff.
• Contribute to the oversight of lessons learned procedures, ensuring that lessons learnt are shared in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Participate in the relevant Communities of Practice.
• Coordinate research and logging of lessons learned throughout the project life span.

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Other Requirements

Education/Experience/Language requirements:

Education

• An advanced university degree (e.g., Masters) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related subject is required.
• A first-level university degree (e.g., Bachelor) in combination with two (2) additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• Certification in ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Strategic Leader is a strong asset.
• Certification in Google Cloud technologies is an asset.
• Certification in Prince2, PMP, or similar project management certifications is an asset.
• Work experience
• A minimum of seven (7) years of IT, software development lifecycle, or related experience is required.
• Experience with leading ICT and digital innovation projects in UNOPS or other UN organizations is an asset.
• Experience working in field contexts and dealing with local Government stakeholders is required.
• Demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional teams and multi-stakeholder initiatives is required.
• Experience with data management, analytics, and modeling is highly desirable.
• Experience with Google Workspace is highly desirable.
• Languages
• Proficiency in English is required.
• Proficiency in Russian and/or Uzbek is an advantage.

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Location : Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Dar Es Salaam
Industry :NGO/CBO/IOG/Project
Company : Exact Manpower Consulting Ltd