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Consultant, IT Project Manager and Solution Architect (Information Technology)

"The United Nations does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training or any other fees). Also, the United Nations does not concern itself with information on bank accounts"

(This is a 3-month contract, subject to renewal)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•Conduct project management activities using Prince2 framework.
•Model data and business process to determine application requirements and design. Ensure that the solution is scalable for similar needs across organization.
•Oversee day-to-day activities of onsite and off-site team that provides development and support.
•Provide guidance and effective leadership to application development team during application development.
•Provide technical leadership in analysis, technical design, programming and testing phase of the application.
•Ensure that application adheres to best practices and standards.

Education: University degree in Computer or Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics or other related field, or equivalent combination of education, certification and experience in relevant area.

Work Experience:
•2+ Experience in project management/ managing a group of application developers;
•Several years of programming/analysis/design experience in SharePoint;
•Proficiency at coding .Net, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript; and
•3 - 5+ years experience developing web applications using .net(c#) and SQL Server 2005/2008

Languages: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.

Other Skills (desirable):
•Knowledge of Business process management solution(Agile Point, K2 or any other .Net based solution)
•Knowledge/Experience of SharePoint 2010 is highly desirable
•Prince II project management methodology and Enterprise Architecture.
•Expertise in enterprise architecture
•Knowledge of Document and Records management concepts.
How to apply
Please submit your resume to guptar@un.org