Position Title: Information Analyst
Employer: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Employment: Full-Time | Contract
Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
Posted date: 9 months ago
Deadline: Submission date is over
The Information Analyst oversees the development, implementation, and maintenance of technology systems related to election and corporate processes within NEBE. This includes managing Election Management Systems (EMS), voter registration technologies, and election results systems The role involves ensuring the integrity and security of the ICT Infrastructure managing ICT staff, and collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance electoral technology services. Additionally, the information analyst must stay updated on technological advancements and comply with regulatory requirements.
Specific Roles and Responsibilities
The Information Analyst is responsible for:
- Overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of technology systems for election processes (e.g., voter registration and results processing);
- Ensuring the integrity, security, and reliability of ICT infrastructure;
- Managing ICT staff and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance electoral technology services;
- Providing training and support to staff/election workers on technology use;
- Developing long-term technology plans and integrating advancements in electoral technology.
- Planning and budgeting for new technologies and maintaining existing systems;
- Ensuring data confidentiality and security in voter information and election results.
Institutional Arrangement
- The Information Analyst will submit monthly, quarterly, biannual, and annual reports to the DGP Unit of UNDP through the SEEDS2 project manager;
- The Information Analyst works under the general guidance of the Chairperson of NEBE and the close supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor.
Competencies
CORE
- Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline;
- Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
- Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
- Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
- Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
- Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
- Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Business Direction and Strategy
- System Thinking
- Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgment to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact other parts of the system.
- Features and Foresight
- Ability to look at information from the past and present, identify patterns and trends, and use them to inform decision-making with a long-term view. Being sensitive and able to scan horizons and pick up weak signals of change, explore their potential implications, and assess their impact and urgency. Using creativity and imagination to communicate insights in compelling and engaging ways to challenge current mental models;
- Ability to develop scenarios, and speculative designs to present future visions or by making it experiential. Being able to facilitate debate and discussion about possible futures helps people to feel comfortable with the discomfort of uncertainty.
Business Development
- Knowledge Generation
- Ability to research information and turn it into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to stated needs. Ability to apply existing concepts to new situations, and to develop new concepts to generate workable solutions and new approaches. Knowledge of relevant concepts, conceptual models, and theories that can be useful in addressing new situations.
Business Management
- Project Management
- Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and control resources, procedures, and protocols to achieve specific goals.
- Results-based Management
- Ability to manage the implementation of strategies, programmes, and projects with a focus on improved performance and demonstrable results. Knowledge and understanding of relevant theories, concepts, methodologies, instruments, and tools.
- Communication
- Communicate in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
- Digital Awareness and Literacy
- Ability to monitor new and emerging technologies, as well as understand their usage, potential, limitations, impact, and added value. Ability to rapidly and readily adopt and use new technologies in professional activities, and to empower others.
Required Skills and Experience
Minimum Education Requirement:
- Advanced university degree (master’s degree) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field or;
- A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration instead of the advanced university degree.
Minimum years of relevant work experience
- Minimum 2 years (with a master’s degree) or 4 years (with a bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in managing large-scale IT projects (preferably nationwide) with knowledge of data center operations, virtualization, and cloud computing.
Required Skills
- Hands-on experience with networking hardware/software (routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs).
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the competencies section
- ERP system deployment and implementation;
- IT governance, regulatory compliance, and disaster recovery planning;
- Vendor management, cybersecurity enhancement, and risk management;
- Project Management (PMP) and Database Administration;
- Excellent verbal/written communication for stakeholder engagement;
- Ability to work under tight deadlines in politically sensitive environments;
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture, cloud computing, database management, and IT infrastructure;
- Experience in leading IT teams, including staff development and performance management;
- Strong project management skills (overseeing multiple projects);
- Analytical skills to resolve complex issues under election cycle pressure.
Required Languages
- Fluency in English and Amharic is required.
Processional Certificates
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (desired).
Equal opportunity
As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.
UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.
Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority
UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.
Right to select multiple candidates
UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
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Required Skills
- Analytical skills to resolve complex issues under election cycle pressure.
- ERP system deployment and implementation
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture, cloud computing, database management, and IT infrastructure.
- Vendor management, cybersecurity enhancement, and risk management.
