IT Specialist

FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background, and culture
• Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented member nations, and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
• Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct and to uphold our values. FAO has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and FAO, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
• All selected candidates, therefore, will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
• The incumbent may be re-assigned to different activities and/or duty stations depending on the evolving needs of the Organization

Organizational Setting

FAO is implementing a Canada funded project “Support to women cooperatives and associations in the agro-food sector of Lebanon – GCP/LEB/030/CAN” in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture.
The project aims at supporting women cooperatives, associations and informal groups to be able to develop and implement a business in the agro-food sector. In parallel, the project supports increasing the capacity of the General Directorate of Cooperatives (GDC) to improve the management information system for the registration and monitoring of cooperatives including a data tracking system based on sex disaggregated data

Reporting Lines

The consultant/PSA will be under the overall supervision of the FAOR, the Lead Technical Officer (LTO), the CIO division and the direct supervision of the project manager.

Technical Focus

Information Management Systems, Computer software and applications, Information technology, Data tracking systems

Tasks and responsibilities

The consultant will be responsible of the following tasks:

• Identify key requirements for the system from stakeholders
• Collect and analyse available data (digital and on paper) at GDC
• Develop and design the gender sensitive database along with the administration portal and backend
• Develop the data tracking system based on sex disaggregated data directly linked to the central database
• Develop the client application of the system (frontend)
• Develop a workflow system that digitalizes the manual processes
• Setup a local environment for testing (quality, user friendly, security and performance).
• Provide application support and enhancement (continuous integration and continuous delivery).
• Coordinate with a third-party service provider for hosting the applications (e.g. OMSAR or a private ISP).
• Train the GDC staff on the system and to improve registration and monitoring and evaluation of cooperatives enabling them to analyze the social capital of the cooperatives and perform a multi-layer analysis.
• Assess the existing websites of GDC and NOWARA
• Update the websites and include all the information and linkages created in the project.
• Assess the application’s security since GDC will be hosting personal and sensitive data.
• Ensure the linkage of GDC website and the information system.
• Applications support and enhancement (continuous integration and continuous delivery)
• Prepare and submit recommendations on needed equipment related to IT
• Submit monthly progress reports and one end-of assignment comprehensive report

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• University degree in in information technology.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in IT.
• Working knowledge of English or Arabic and limited knowledge of one of the other two.
• Nationality of Lebanon or resident in the country with a regular work permit.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Proven experience in working in similar contexts and in national institutions
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and to present ideas clearly and effectively;
• Initiative, judgment, organizational ability and a good sense of teamwork and human relations.

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.