Digital and Emerging Technology Specialist

UN Environment Programme is specifically looking for young professionals from less represented regional groups, including Eastern Europe, who want to work with UN Environment Programme on climate action, nature and biodiversity action, waste and pollution action. We are looking for twelve young professionals under 33 years of age who have a relevant degree and three years of work experience.

This position is in UNEP's Corporate Services Division, Enterprise Solutions Section (ESS) at the Nairobi duty station. The Digital and Emerging Technology Specialist will report to DevOps and security team lead, with overall supervision by the Chief Enterprise Solutions Section, and will undertake l undertake the following activities: 

· Participate as a team member in business automation initiatives to streamline work processes using platforms such as PowerApps, flows, and Jira.

 · Develop detailed system schemas, data dictionaries, functional specifications, and user documentation. · Gather and document users' requirements and translate these into innovative digital applications; determine application systems integration and linkage issues. 

· Work as a team member of developers, particularly in implementing Low-Code/NoCode PowerApps solutions, AI Bots, PHP, and related back-end MySQL and MS SQL databases.

 · Maintain, upgrade, or enhance existing systems; troubleshoot and provide continuing user support. 

· Drafts correspondence and communications, including technical support communication and other related issues; coordinates with service providers as required and maintains and supports a portfolio of applications.

Requirements:

3 years of experience in relevant fields of which at least two years of progressively responsible experience in application and website development especially in Low Code/No Code technologies, Asp.net , PHP, JavaScript, Drupal, MySQl, SQL, React other related technologies

Languages: Fluent English,  Russian/French/Arabic/Spanish/Chinese.

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