World Food Program

Position: IT Operations Assistant

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Semera, Ethiopia

Posted date: 49 minutes ago

Application Deadline: Aug, 25/2021 (7 days left)

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

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

Female applicants and qualified applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Program (WFP) is a United Nations frontline agency in the fight against hunger, continually responding to emergencies. Assisting 91.4 million people in around 83 countries each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies, and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. On any given day, WFP has 5,000 trucks, 20 ships, and 92 planes on the move, delivering food and other assistance to those in most need. Every year, we distribute more than 15 billion rations at an estimated average cost per ration of US$ 0.31. These numbers lie at the roots of WFP’s unparalleled reputation as an emergency responder, one that gets the job done quickly at scale in the most difficult environments. WFP’s efforts focus on emergency assistance, relief and rehabilitation, development aid, and special operations. 

WFP Ethiopia is working with the government and other humanitarian partners to strengthen the resilience of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable population and to chart a more prosperous and sustainable future for the next generation. The Country Office also supports programs that use food assistance to empower women, transform areas affected by climate change and keep children in school. It aims to contribute to Ethiopia’s five-year development agenda, the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), through which the Government combats food insecurity.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This job is found in Semera Sub Office. The Job holder report to a Head of Sub Office and Head of IT Unit or the designate.

JOB PURPOSE

To deliver high-quality technical support, system, and data maintenance across a range of areas, to contribute to the effective delivery of IT services. To deliver high-quality technical support, system, and data maintenance across a range of areas, to contribute to the effective delivery of IT services.                                                                                           

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Carry out system maintenance tasks, such as performing monitoring tasks, running system diagnostics, and system optimization, to ensure they are running effectively and enable easy and efficient use.
2. Maintain technology, including standard repairs, configuration, and storage, following data security and access controls to ensure IT equipment required for WFP staff is available.
3. Prepare files and systems for inventory and archives, such as website content and directories, to ensure information is accurate and up-to-date.
4. Allocate tasks to other colleagues, ensuring that tasks are delivered to agreed standards and deadlines, to support the effective delivery of services.
5. Respond to a variety of queries about technology and systems to assist WFP staff to deliver their services.
6. With the support of senior colleagues, provide standard training to end-users of technology and systems to ensure staff uses standard technology and systems effectively.
7. Perform routine deployments of server hardware and software, including testing and the identification of problems, to contribute to the effective functioning of technology.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (continued)

1. Responsible for maintaining information records such as updating web pages and statistical databases to ensure the information is current and well organized.
2. Install, operate and maintain telecommunications systems and equipment, to ensure optimal services in compliance with standard operations procedures.
3. Support the development of standard material such as training documentation and web content on behalf of senior officers, to ensure staff has access to required information about IT services and products.
4. Suggest improvements to methods and processes to support the continuous improvement of IT services.
5. Follow set emergency response processes and procedures as required to provide support in enabling emergency food assistance needs to be met.
6. Perform other duties as required.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has experience resolving more complex technical issues.
• Has worked with the head of units in defining requirements for functional areas.
• Has to experience with the application of client services standards to resolve or escalate clients’ service problems.
• Has experience with technical ICT installations (LAN, WLAN, WAN, IPABX) and IT Service Management.
• Certified in Cisco (CCNA minimum).

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
•  Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how our own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in the same area of work.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information regularly with the supervisor.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
•  Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
•  Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling the team’s goals and objectives.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.
• Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English. Knowledge of the local language is added advantage
• Experience: At least four years of progressively responsible technical experience some of which should be related to radio communications and telecom administration.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

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