Background
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its cooperation with UNDP has developed and applied the e-Consulate system for increased efficiency in its service delivery. The Project aims at efficiency and cost-effectiveness with a focus on enhanced citizen-satisfaction from the services of the Ministry all over the world. The expected outputs of the Project are as follows: (a) use of the improved e-Consulate system for efficient service delivery institutionalized through enhanced institutional and individual capacities of the MFA (b) broader and full-fledged application of the existing e-consulate system realized through the outreach strategy aiming to increase awareness of the citizens and respective stakeholders.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Analyse, design and develop desktop and web applications with Visual Basic .net 2008 – 2012
- Develop and integrate G2G services into developed systems.
- Develop and implement methods for inspection, testing, sampling and perform unit testing of developed / integrated software applications
- Implement best practice Software Development Life Cycle methodologies to ensure timely delivery of state-of-the-art high quality software
Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP, and partner organizations
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
Functional Competencies:
- Being a good team player within tight time constraints and 24 hours and 7 days basis, compatible with flexible working hours
- Open-minded, self-starter, multitasking, result oriented
- Promotes team work, contributes towards building team consensus
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
- Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
- Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure
- Focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback
- Development and Operational Effectiveness
- Ability to apply organizational policies and procedures
- Strong analytical skills
Required Skills and Experience
General Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- Preferably university degree with a combination of relevant academic qualifications and experience in related fields
- Good communication skills in Turkish
Assets
- Ability to communicate in English is an asset.
Professional Experience and Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- Minimum 4 years of working experience in Application Development
- Minimum 3 years of working experience with Microsoft .net Tecnologies (such as .net Framework, MS SQL Server)
Specific Experience and Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- Minimum of 3 year of working experience with Visual Basic .net and Microsoft SQL Server. (.net Framework 2.0 and later, MS SQL Server 2005 and later)
- Experience in EF, WCF, LinQ and ORM technologies is a plus, highly preferred.
- Minimum of 1 year of team working experience in the IT projects
- Good knowledge of computer technology, PC/LAN management, Microsoft computer operating systems and Microsoft office packages Notes:
- Internships (paid/unpaid) are not considered professional experience.
- Obligatory military service is not considered professional experience.
- Experience gained prior to completion of undergraduate studies is not considered professional experience.
Other ConsiderationsStaff will be duty-stationed in Ankara.Interested individuals shall submit- A 1-page letter of motivation, focusing on the applicant’s skills and capabilities related to the required qualifications (in English),
- Copies of diplomas (training certificates or non-degree certifications of education are not to be submitted) and procurement management certificates, if any,
- UN Personal History (P11) Form available at UNDP’s vacancy announcement webpage, from this link http://www.tr.undp.org/content/dam/turkey/docs/operations/Jobs/P11_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc