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Job Title:    Business Transformation
Officer (Digital Solutions)

Organization: United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

 

About WFP:

United Nations World
Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting
hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger
in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes
to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and
children, can access the nutritious food they need. In emergencies, WFP gets
food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict
and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to United help
communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million
people with food assistance in 80 countries each year. The organization has the
global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships
necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions,
especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

 

Job Summary:  The Business Transformation Officer (Digital
Solutions) will perform activities and analytical work of limited complexity
supporting several business areas and maintaining contacts with business
counterparts to bring business requests into IT. They use their limited
technical knowledge and experience to assist in gathering and analysing
business needs, and supporting solution delivery. Job holders are likely to be
working under the supervision of a more experienced staff member, receiving
guidance and regular feedback on work performed.

 

Job Purpose: To
Partner with the business to understand their requests and operating
environment in order to contribute to the transformation of business
requirements into solutions exploiting IT capabilities and focusing on business
satisfaction. This staff will be the IT unit’s focal point in providing digital
solutions to the CO across all spectrum of activities  in order to fulfill the objectives of the
country strategic plan.

 

 Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  

Planning:

·       
Contribute
towards the development of a wide variety of projects, plans and processes,
ensuring alignment with wider programme policies, guidance and digital transformation
agenda.

·       
Support
Uganda Country Office projects to deliver digital solutions, automation of
business processes, data analytics and mobile applications in a timely manner
and according to priorities and budgets

·       
Identify
opportunities for Digital Service improvement – Liaise with other offices and
teams in order to plan, coordinate and implement any expansion of WFP’s digital
presence.

·       
Act as a
project manager, manage estimates, prepare business cases, carry out resource
planning, risk identification, issue management for the effective design,
development, deployment and operation of digital solutions and services.

Assessment and
Analysis:

·       
Use
standard Business Analysis techniques to draft proposals relating to digital
projects.

·       
Contribute
to capturing, analysis and documentation (i.e. through diagrams, flowcharts,
data models, user experience designs, storyboards) of business requirements for
IT solutions and services following WFP policies, standards and strategies.

·       
Provide
input on policy and strategic technical direction on use of digital solutions
and services to enable beneficiary identity and transfer management in food
assistance activities.

·       
Support
and contribute to strategic thinking on digital systems and tools in line with
the Country Strategic Plan, ensuring alignment with corporate WFP policies and
guidance

Partnership:

·       
Troubleshoot
and fix solution production and deployment issues

·       
Produce
technical documentation, user guides, standards Integrate data from various
back-end services and databases; map existing data infrastructures, data
sources, data flows, and prepare raw data from these multiple sources for
analysis and reporting.

·       
Ensure
that the workflow and tasks for the development team and external development
agencies are prioritized

·       
Collaborate
with all relevant actors to ensure that information management activities and
support to government is fully integrated, ensuring a coherent package of
information management tools and support coming from the international
community.

·       
Liaise
with internal counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor ongoing
implementation of digital information systems and tools.

·       
Support
the identification, development and management of potential partnerships for
collaborative implementation.

·       
Serve as
a focal point and advocate for data analytics and reporting; as well as digital
information systems and tools in meetings with government, donors and other
relevant development partner

Solution
development, testing and deployment:

·       
Deliver
digital solutions and services that meet “Digital by Default Service Standards”
and are best in class, giving same level of digital experience to WFP internal
staff, and external users including the people that we serve and partners.

·       
Collaborate
with developers as needed to ensure timely delivery of features of the digital
tools, including continuous enhancement of digital complaints and feedback
mechanisms and real time monitoring systems.

·       
Oversee
and coordinate integration of digital information systems and tools to government
ministries as required.

·       
Collaborate
with relevant Government entities, cooperating partners and relevant
stakeholders to support integration of data sources in digital information
systems and tools.

·       
Define
key performance indicators and milestones for the digital tools and assure
their implementation.

·       
Implement
continuous service delivery, developing and delivering solution and service
changes and improvements based on user insight and performance data.

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The ideal
candidate for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Business
Transformation Officer (Digital Solutions) job vacancy must hold an advanced
degree or a first degree with 5 years of related work experience in Computer
Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Engineering
Communication, Sociology, Digital/Product Design or other

·       
At least
three years’ experience: deploying Information Management Systems like Identity
and Benefits Management systems, or, developing database software solutions,
or, integrating data analysis systems.

·       
Strong
analytical and reporting skills, including the ability to analyze and report on
research findings and draw actionable conclusions.

·       
Familiarity
with data management tools like (Server-side – Python: Django/Flask/Pyramid,
PHP: Zend Framework, Front-end – React, Content Management – Drupal, Databases:
MariaDB/MySQL, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, DevOps – Docker, or similar is an added
advantage

·       
Experience
drawing actionable insights from data analytics; comfortable using data
analysis software (e.g. Tableau, MS Excel, Microsoft Power BI, SPSS etc.) to
conduct analyses and relate the findings to challenge at hand. is an added
advantage.

·       
Experience
in briefing management and working closely with deployment, design and development
teams to optimize user experience on digital solutions. Advanced knowledge of
digital solutions best practice.

·       
Proven
experience in current agile project management practices, and familiarity with
open source, cloud platforms and digital service technologies.

·       
Certification
in Project Management methodologies is an added advantage

·       
Certification
in Business Analysis is an added advantage.

·       
Experience
in performing user support activities resulting in timely, high-quality
delivery of services to user community is desired

·       
Prior
experience in modelling data and information flows to document key decisions
and results.

·       
Excellent
communication skills, including the ability to adapt communication style to a
range of different stakeholder groups.

 

Competencies:

·       
Governance,
Strategy and Architecture:
Shares knowledge of IT governance process and system architecture development
with team and analyses current designs for improvements and enhancements while
ensuring compliance with legislation and specifies any required changes.

·       
Change
Implementation, Project Management, Planning and Optimization: Utilises working knowledge of project and
change management approaches to collect and analyse relevant data from multiple
stakeholders to develop evidence-based business case for change.

·       
Technical
Expertise: Continuously updates
one’s own knowledge about new technologies and product modifications; Is sought
out for advice/expertise and recognized internally as an important technical
reference.

·       
Requirement
Definition & Management: Exhibits
thorough understanding of business areas and processes to define, prioritize
and customize IT infrastructure solutions to requirements.

·       
Strategic
Account Management: Facilitates
open communication and discussion with clients to assess and promote
understanding of need for future changes in services, products and systems,
resulting in overall client satisfaction.

·       
Business
Analysis: Has in-depth
understanding of operational requirements, business issues and opportunities to
conduct stakeholder and benefit analysis of options to identify effective and
optimal automated/ non-automated solutions that meet business needs.

 

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified candidates who wish to join the United Nations World Food Programme
(WFP) are encouraged to apply online at the link below

 

Click
Here

 

Deadline: 28th January 2021

 

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