Job Title: Business / Data Analyst
Organisation: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Category Information Technology
City Entebbe,
Country Uganda
Reports to: Data Management Lead
The UNOPS North America Regional Office provides services that help implement projects for a range of partners, and support operations run by the UNOPS Mine Action Cluster, Small Grants Cluster and Development Group Cluster. In addition, the office serves as a liaison between UNOPS headquarters and its Executive Board, which supports and supervises UNOPS activities globally.
Job Summary:
The United Nations Department of Field Support, Information and Communications Technology Division (UN DFS-ICTD) is responsible for the delivery of applications that satisfy the requirements of the Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support (DPKO/DFS) missions as well as Special Political Missions (SPMs).
DFS has implemented a range of systems to address the principal requirements of peacekeeping operations and to support and enhance the processes DFS undertakes. The Information Systems Section delivers applications that satisfy the quantitative and qualitative requirements of peacekeeping missions, missions administered by the Department and United Nations operations worldwide. DFS wishes to establish a functional sub-group to provide technical coordination and project management.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Comprehend and optimize existing systems and propose and plan customized solutions as per clients’ need.
List technical requirements for software improvements and design system flows based on current situation and on analyzed needs.
Interact with stakeholders (local, regional and HQ) to understand and document their requirements and model future business or operational processes and design related systems.
Rationalize systems and documents, design optimized data streams to enable data warehousing and work on to secure confidential and strategic data.
Maintain and enhance existing reports and conceive new business intelligence reporting suite to facilitate strategic decisions
Help RBI team to create tactical dashboards and scorecards and document innovative solutions (flowchart, design document, data model, risk analysis and mitigation) that will match DPKO/DFS current and future Network Communication’s governance
Realize and maintain software solutions and reporting suite and perform system testing and assist User Acceptance Tests.
Coordinate new solutions’ deployments, conduct lessons learnt and write user guides related to new solutions.
Work on projects to better improve Data Integration in DW environment.
Write SQL queries for data profiling, data validation and testing activities.
Perform other data integration and admin related work (as needed).
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The candidate should hold an advanced University degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in social sciences, information technology, computer sciences or in field related to the post description. A first level university degree with a combination of relevant academic qualifications and extensive experience in information systems may be accepted in lieu of an advance university degree.
At least 5 years practical experience as a Business Analyst and/or Data Analyst on transactional, reporting and DW/BI application.
Excellent Project Management skills and strong experience of SDLC and best-practice processes Basic experience as Analyst Programmer (ASP.NET, SQL development, Data Integration)
Strong skills on MS Office, MS Visio and MS Project Server
Experience in a Reporting, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing environment
Good experience with creation of reports and creation of dashboards and scorecards
Knowledgeable on Business Intelligence reporting, data reconciliation and data warehousing
Excellent communication and influencing skills; able to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including mid level manager of the organization
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Able to work with multiple technical and business groups in a large globally based organization
Proven ability to establish and develop relationships with all key stakeholders to facilitate a truly collaborative approach, identify potential conflicts and deliver consensus solutions in support of business strategies.
Language: Fluency in the English language is a requirement for the post.
Personal Competencies:
Professionalism - Strong theoretical background and knowledge of information technology/information management best practice implementation in the field of reporting and business intelligence and data integration. Strong analytical, problem solving, writing and negotiation skills, including familiarity with software development lifecycle and the implementation and support of complex information ICT systems and projects.
Client Orientation: Ability to identify and analyze clients’ needs and develop appropriate technological solutions to the business needs. Experience in working with contracted service providers in a globally dispersed environment.
Planning and Organizing: Ability to organize, plan and implement work assignments, juggle competing demands and work under pressure of frequent and tight deadlines. Ability to lead a project team to completion and provide technical guidance to staff.
Communications: Proven ability to write in a clear and concise manner and to communicate effectively orally. Ability to effectively prepare specifications and other written reports/documentation in a clear and concise style. Ability to communicate with various levels of technical experience (developers/ operations/ end users/ management / support staff). Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with a level of professionalism and integrity.
Teamwork: Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity, including gender balance.
How to Apply:
All interested applicants should visit the link below and review requirements before Clicking Apply Now
https://gprs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=3940
Deadline: 1st October 2013
NB:
Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time (CET)
Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
For more details about United Nations staff contracts, please follow this link: http://www.unops.org/english/whoweneed/contract-types/Pages/United-Nations-staff-contracts.aspx
