Web Developer Consultant

UNICC is committed to achieving diversity and inclusion within its workforce, providing an environment that reflects the values enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and encourages all qualified applicants, irrespective of gender, nationality, disabilities, sexual orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. UNICC is dedicated to the SDGs, making SDG-5 (Gender Equality) and SDG-10 (Reduce Inequalities) the organization goals.

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/

The objective of the Centre is to provide trusted ICT services and digital business solutions to its Clients and Partner Organizations.

Background information:

The purpose of this position is to provide a web developer figure to support the Portals & Content Management Team of the UNICC’s Digital Business Solutions (DDD) in the Digital Delivery Division (DD).

Main duties and responsibilities:

The incumbent will work under the direct supervision and guidance of the Portals & Content Management team and Delivery Manager, within the Digital Business Solutions Section (DDD). The incumbent could be requested to do any other tasks of similar level in related fields.

• Collaborate in requirements elicitation, analysis, and solution design and delivery options evaluation
• Following the team’s best practices, design and create application services, develop/change data input, files/database structures, data transformation, algorithms, and data output by using appropriate computer language/tools to provide technical solutions for complex application development tasks
• Document code and associated processes by adhering to development methodologies, adding code comments and appropriate documentation to various knowledge-base system(s) to simplify code maintenance and improve support
• As per the team’s best practices, collaborate with sharing experience and expertise in designing and developing innovative integrated solutions
• Test all changes by using the appropriate complex test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way
• Following team procedures, author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end-user references
• Collaborate to deployment and rollout activities, migrations, updates and patches, following the change management procedures
• Follow the code quality process, with code review, security scans and solution specific naming convention and architecture
• Under guidance, review the performances and overall quality of the delivery collaborating on solution design changes and implementation
• Produce technical documentation as required
• Support the Portals & Content Management team in emergency situations as indicated by the team lead

Experience and Skills required:

Essential:

• At least four (4) years of experience in IT
• Good experience in and knowledge of IT fundamentals and technologies pertinent to creating business solutions (software development and testing, solution architecture and security, application lifecycle management, databases, integration, infrastructure, and networks)
• Expert knowledge of Drupal development and administration including theming, module configuration, custom module development, security hardening
• Expert knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap and responsive design
• Good knowledge of RDBMS such as MySQL and Postgres
• Knowledge and experience in working with DevSecOps practices, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Knowledge of integrating security into DevOps processes to ensure secure code throughout the software development lifecycle
• Proven skills in containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes Ability to create, manage, and deploy single applications and complex systems using containers, ensuring scalable, portable, and efficient software delivery
• Good experience with Web development protocols and standards including HTML, CSS and JS UI libraries and frameworks
• Strong experience of Agile methodology and agile delivery processes

Desirable:

• Demonstrable experience with UI and UX principles, concepts, and techniques
• Demonstrable success on Drupal projects as a technical lead or senior individual contributor
• Experience upgrading and migrating legacy web applications
• Experience delivering decoupled/headless Drupal solutions
• Experience on the Moodle/WordPress frameworks

Education:

Essential:

• First university degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field

Desirable:

• Certifications in areas of Application development or Cybersecurity

Languages:

• English: Expert knowledge is required
• Knowledge of any other UN official language is desirable

UNICC Global Competencies:

• Teamwork: Develops and promotes effective relationships with colleagues and team members. Deals constructively with conflicts.
• Communicating: Expresses oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others; listens actively. Produces effective written communications. Ensures that information is shared.
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences: Demonstrates the ability to work constructively with people of all backgrounds and orientations. Respects differences and ensures that all can contribute.
• Knowing and managing yourself: Manages ambiguity and pressure in a self-reflective way. Uses criticism as a development opportunity. Seeks opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth.
• Producing results: Produces and delivers quality results. Is action oriented and committed to achieving outcomes.

Compensation:

Fee will be based either on the National Officer salary scales or the Individual Consultancy band levels (for Headquarters)

• National Officer Salary Scale
• For headquarters, Individual Consultancy band levels will be used

Closing date for applications:

Applications will be accepted until midnight (Geneva Time) on the 25 November 2024

Notes:

• Technical and/or personality tests may be carried out as part of the selection process
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
• Though you may not be selected for this advertised position, the UNICC will keep your application in a roster if your profile is deemed to be of potential interest for the Centre. You may thus be solicited by our HR department to participate in an interview for another position

The UNICC workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages, and opinions. UNICC seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity by ensuring equal opportunity and an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, ethnicity, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.

For applications to be valid, they must contain a motivation letter and the filled Personal History Form.