Responsibilities

• Managerial: Plan and oversee the management of the portfolio of project and operational activities, ensuring that project and operational activities are carried out in a timely fashion and within the agreed budget.
• Manage, guide and develop staff under his/her supervision, enhance teamwork and communication among staff and maintain the high reputation as a client oriented service provider.
• Develop, document, promulgate and promote consistent adherence to high-quality application and end-user IT standards by technical staff and end-users in UN-Habitat.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field and determine the need for testing and evaluating new products and technologies; provide leadership on introducing technological change, contribute to the development and internal marketing to senior management and overall Information Strategy of the organization.
• Infrastructure: Oversee the renewal of computers of UN-Habitat staff, ensuring that the correct equipment is procured and deployed on time and that the process is in line with UN replacement and technical standards.
• Carry out server administration for UN-Habitat’s public website and Intranet web servers and undertake the configuration, administration, operation, technical support and monitoring of the organization’s Microsoft web servers. This includes deploying new applications on the servers, database administration and mirroring, backup, and security issues.
• As IT focal point, liaise regularly with UNON/ITS to ensure efficient and reliable operations of the IT infrastructure and proper implementation of the Service Level Agreement, and represent UN-Habitat at Technical Review Group and other inter-agency meetings that impact on campus wide strategy, systems and procedures.
• Data Analytics: Prepare technical and user documentation, including user requirements, system design and testing documents, IT policies and standards, and operating procedures for staff.
• Design and develop solutions for data-related technical problems and data infrastructure needs surfaced by Executive, Analytics and Design teams.
• Manage the identification, design, and implementation of internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing architecture for greater scalability and development of dashboards.
• Deploy resources to extract data features from complex datasets for data scientists and data analysts.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in computer science, information systems, or related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) 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 desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience with Microsoft servers, web-based systems and/or systems analysis is required.
• Experience in the areas of Microsoft servers, database administration and/or managing application web-based development projects is required.
• Experience in developing reports and dashboards based on complex datasets is required. Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is required.
• Experience in planning, design, development, implementation and maintenance of computer information systems is desirable.
• Experience in the United Nations system or comparable international organizations is desirable. Experience in managing a team is desirable.

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Responsibilities

• Coordinates as UN-Habitat’s focal point for audits and organizational risk management audits /special reviews with respect to large and complex operations in UN-Habitat.
• Conduct risk-based reviews of programmes and projects in accordance with the UN Risk management framework in close cooperation with UN-Habitat Senior Management.
• Supervises and coach staff in the Unit throughout the period with the view to ensuring conformity, client oriented effective and efficient support and guidance to other divisions.
• Empowers junior staff to actively participate in the management of the audit/review.
• Documents, evaluates and test systems and controls to determine their adequacy and effectiveness, ensuring (i) compliance with policies and procedures, (ii) accomplishment of management’s objectives, (iii) reliability and integrity of information, (iv) economical use of resources, and (v) safeguarding of assets.
• Reviews and discusses OIOS and BOA findings, agrees on recommendations and timelines for corrective action with responsible officers of operations audited, and monitors the implementation status of agreed recommendations.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Prepares presentations, using available technology tools (e.g., PowerPoint)
• Monitors the status of audit recommendations
• Appraises adequacy of follow-up action taken on audit findings and recommendations
• Maintains and updates audit programs
• Identifies training needs, develops training programs and materials, and conducts workshops with respect to internal controls and risk management.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, finance, accounting or related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) 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 desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience in audit, finance, accounting, statistics, or related area is required.
• A minimum of four (4) years’ experience in analyzing audit reports, applying financial control and reporting procedures is required.
• Experience in overseeing services provided to or in field locations of the United Nations or a comparable international organization is desirable.
• Experience in drafting data-based reports and preparing policies/guidance documents including standard operating procedures is desirable.
• Two (2) years or more experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

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