To support the scaling and ensure strong technical support to Oky deployment countries, UNICEF DCOE seeks an Oky Technology Advisory Consultant to provide technology oversight, architecture stewardship, and quality assurance across all technology components of Oky. The consultant will provide capacity building and coaching to local Oky teams and their tech vendors in deployment countries.

Contract Duration: 12-month

Working arrangement: Remote

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

Purpose/scope of Assignment:

The Oky Technology Advisory Consultant will work alongside the DCOE Senior Advisor / Oky Business Owner as a member of the Oky core team to provide technology excellence, guidance, and quality assurance across the Oky technology ecosystem. The consultant will provide technical direction and validation of deliverables produced by global technology vendors, full stack developers, Oky franchise partners and their technology teams, country offices and open-source contributors.

Below are the seven task areas; (For details, please refer to the TOR) 
1. Technology stewardship and product oversight
2. Vendor and developer coordination and quality assurance
3. Partner and country technical advisory
5. Technical coordination and internal advisory support
6. Presentation, knowledge sharing, and learning
7. Security, risk management, and compliance oversight

How can you make a difference? 

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference for more details. Click here:Download FileTOR Oky Technology Advisory Consultant.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:

Minimum requirements: (QUALIFICATIONS / SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE/ COMPETENCIES)

Education:  University degree (Bachelors or higher) in ICT, Computer Science, Engineering or in an area relevant to UNICEF’s ICTD work

Experience/Skills:  Progressively responsible professional work experience in ICT/technology fields, youth participation and gender equality, some of which should be in an international setting.

  • At least 5 years of experience in managing technology projects / product management roles for users in a development setting; projects for women and girls preferred.
  • Progressively responsible professional work experience in multi-country technology deployments and cross-functional teams
  • Software developer / coder, with full-stack development experience.
  • Experience using GitHub to manage code
  • Conversant with ReactNative; specific experience in building React Native Applications (both on iOS/Android and tablet) desirable
  • Previous exposure to analytics platforms such as Firebase and/or Google Analytics
  • Familiar with open-source technology, communities and approaches.
  • Previous experience using cloud service providers; knowledge of AWS would be a plus
  • Experience using Kubernetes and Docker desirable
  • Self-starter who is happy to hit the ground running; independently motivated who doesn’t require extensive set-up processes, training, orientation, or strategy development.
  • Proven skills in communication, networking, strategic thinking and ability to translate user feedback into app improvements.

For every Child, you demonstrate, Care

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is either a role with direct contact with children, a role that works directly with identifiable children’s data, a safeguarding response role, or an assessed risk role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) apply.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

Remarks:  If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

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