Job Description

Job advertisement: EOI - 002/08/2022

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Job title: IT Operations Assistant (SCOPE)

Contract type/grade: SSA 4

Duty station: Beletweyne, Somalia

Contract duration: 3 Months

Date of issue: 29th August 2022

Closing date: 05th September 2022

What will you do?

1. Under the IT officer request, provide support in monitoring of WFP programmes implementation.

2. Liaise with admin and IT Team lead or deputy to ensure all services necessary for the registration to function fully are in place before deployment.

3. Conduct the regular data quality checks during either registration exercises or card printing and provide technical backstopping to the teams when need arise.

4. Provide daily error feedback to the registration CPs in order to ensure that the daily data collected improves daily.

5. Prepare weekly sitreps for support activities of all activities assigned and ensure that a daily debrief is done with the SCOPE team lead or IT Officer.

6. Analyse, categorize, and consolidate information about technical queries received and issues raised from CP’s, colleagues and if deployed; beneficiaries during the registration exercise and ensure appropriate feedback is given to the queries raised.

7. Conduct field missions on WFP activities sites to both support and monitor the technologies deployed by implementation programme, the management and use of food/ cash assistance, the targeting and the respect of WFP principles by the CPs.

8. Support the programme coordination efforts as required to ensure better implementation of WFP programmes

9. Provide technical reports on any WFP programmes related issues on the field, including device usage, beneficiaries’ problems, and CPs behaviours in terms of partnership with WFP

10. Follow- up open SCOPE cards related issues and provide feedback to the M&E focal point

11. Liaise with admin and IT focal point and deputy to ensure all services necessary for the team to function fully are in place and the timely (car hire, tents, chairs/tables, fuel, generators)

12. Conduct the regular data quality checks during the registration exercise across all the enumerators and provide technical backstopping to the enumerators when need arises

13. Provide daily error feedback to the enumerators in order to ensure that the daily data collected improves daily

Skills and Qualifications

Do you meet the minimum requirements?

1. Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary diploma or degree in Computer Science, IT Solutions Telecommunications, Information Management, Operating systems Administration, Data Management or related functional area is desirable.

2. Three years’ experience in the implementation and maintenance of computer information systems or related area.

3. Basic training and/or experience in Standard Humanitarian Beneficiary Management and Transfers Management systems.

4. Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Somali is a requirement.

Are you competent for this job? Do you have

1. Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills

2. Efficiency and Time-Management

3. Good communication skills

4. Coding skills

How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit online applications through E-Recruitment using the link below.

https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=171523&company=C0000168410P

For this vacancy priority consideration will be given to qualified internal candidates.

Applications that do not meet the above requirements will be disregarded. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

WFP seeks applicants of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

WFP is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

Selection of candidates is made on a competitive basis.

 @WFPSomalia