DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS16 October 2024-23:59-GMT+03:00 East Africa Time (Djibouti)
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WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
Job purpose:
To provide technical support for the deployment and scale-up of SCOPE in Djibouti, and ensuring that the necessary technical and design activities for deployment and support of SCOPE are carried out.
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the head of ICT, the incumbent will perform the following tasks:
Understand both Cash Base Transfer “CBT” assistance and familiarize her/himself with the technical aspects of electronic delivery mechanisms, especially WFP system SCOPE. Ensure that each unit’s roles and responsibilities are understood and adhere to the WFP Cash Base Transfers Business Process Model (BPM). Familiarize her/himself with the requirements, demand, and available supply to manage expectations. Provide technical advices and 1st level support, and escalate issues following the established processes. Coordinate the procurement of SCOPE-related infrastructure together with the Regional SCOPE Coordinator (RSC), Activity Manager, and Head of IT. Provision of registration, distribution planning, and retailer trainings as required. Communicate new functionalities released, and minimize disruption during downtimes; Provide technical support to Country Office “CO” units, sub-offices, on the use of SCOPE, including backstopping for CBT activities. Seek guidance and support from, and develop productive relationships with SCOPE teams Coordinate and draft SCOPE SOPs appropriate to the operations in the country: registration, distribution, SCOPECARDs management, redemption/disbursement, retailers’ settlement, reconciliation, reporting, etc. Provide inputs to documents produced around SCOPE such as concept notes, option papers, implementation plans, project plans, strategy documents, etc. Foster cooperation and engage with other colleagues and partners Represent CO’s technical position in discussions, feedback, decisions, and agreement seeking internally across units. Report on SCOPE status in the CO when and where required Support the CO in conducting IT Macro and Micro Assessments including Beneficiary Information Assessments, to ensure IT contribution in the selection of transfer modalities and delivery mechanisms;
Skills and abilities
Minimum Qualifications
Education
University degree in computer science or telecommunications engineering with relevant work experience. Training and knowledge of business analysis philosophies and methodologies would be an asset
Experience
At least 1 year of responsible professional experience in information technology, telecommunications or information/data management and analysis such as:
Knowledge
Working knowledge of WFP Programmes and projects at the field level, preferably with hands-on experience in project design and implementation; hands-on experience in cash and voucher-based programming in humanitarian contexts; Awareness of technologies used in the delivery of cash and vouchers in humanitarian contexts; IT experience.
Language
Fluency in both oral and written communication in French (advanced level), a good understanding of English (intermediate level). Knowledge of the local language is an added advantage.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
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