UNDP Jobs - 46963- Software Assistant, REF:EC/SS

Software Assistant, REF:EC/SS

Location :

ANKARA, TURKEY

Type of Contract :

Service Contract

Starting Date :

28-Jul-2014

Application Deadline :

14-Jul-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

SB-2

Duration of Initial Contract :

12 months with a possibility of extension up to 19 months based on satisfactory performance

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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

Detailed responsibilities of the staff are as follows:

Analyse, design and develop desktop and web applications with Visual Basic .net 2013
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

The staff will report to the National Project Coordinator at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Democratic Governance Program Manager at UNDP.

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:

· Creates, edits and presents information (queries, reports, documents) in visually pleasing, clear and presentable formats such as tables, forms, presentations, briefing notes/books and reports using advanced word processing and presentation functions and basic database and spreadsheet software

· Ensures correspondence, reports and documents comply with established UN standards

· Ability to produce accurate and well documented records conforming to the required standard

· Organises and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available resources and multiple reporting relationships

· Plans, coordinates and organises workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines

· Demonstrates ability to quickly shift from one task to another to meet multiple support needs

· Establishes, builds and maintains effective working relationships with staff and clients to facilitate the provision of support

· Being a good team player within tight time constraints and 24 hours and 7 days basis, compatible with flexible working hours

· 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

Development and Operational Effectiveness

· Ability to apply organizational policies and procedures

· Strong analytical skills

Required Skills and Experience

	Minimum Requirements	Assets
General Qualifications	· Preferably university degree with a relevant academic qualifications and in related fields · Good communication skills in Turkish	· Ability to communicate in English is an asset.
Professional Experience and Qualifications	· Minimum 3 years of working experience in Application Development · Minimum 2 years of working experience with Microsoft .net Tecnologies (such as .net Framework, MS SQL Server)	-
Specific Experience and Qualifications	· Minimum 2 years 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	· Microsoft Project and general project management knowledge is an asset.
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 Considerations

Staff will be duty-stationed in Ankara.

Interested individuals shall submit

a) A 1-page letter of motivation, focusing on the applicant’s skills and capabilities related to the required qualifications (in English),

b) Copies of diplomas (training certificates or non-degree certifications of education are not to be submitted) and procurement management certificates, if any,

c) UN Personal History (P11) Form available at UNDP’s vacancy announcement webpage http://www.tr.undp.org/content/dam/turkey/docs/operations/Jobs/P11_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc.

to the following address through registered mail, courier or hand delivery, by 17.06.2014