Information Systems Assistant, DPS/ITS (Temporary)

About the role

The International Trade Centre (ITC) is recruiting a temporary Information Systems Assistant for its Division of Programme Support (DPS) / Information Technology & Systems (ITS) section in Geneva. Working under the Chief IT&S and the direct supervision of the IT Data Engineer, the post supports the development, deployment and maintenance of computer application systems within the organization.

Key responsibilities

• Take part in developing, programming, testing, debugging and implementing new application systems releases, modules and functionalities.
• Develop, test and implement simple computer application systems using UN-established standards for IT technologies, programming languages and tools.
• Liaise with users to define and specify requirements, and install and monitor application systems, producing monitoring reports.
• Prepare technical and user documentation, training materials and technical presentations.
• Maintain functional specifications and provide support such as version management, data recovery and deployment to users' offices.
• Draft correspondence, prepare unit contributions for periodic reports and act as focal point for coordinating and expediting development projects, including follow-up on procurement and training.
• Keep up with technological developments, benchmark and propose new acquisitions, and guide new and junior staff.
• Assist with data collection, analysis, reporting, visualizations and updates of web pages or brochures.

Required profile

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in information systems analysis and programming, systems administration and maintenance, software development, technical writing or a related area; reduced to 5 years for candidates with a first-level university degree or higher.
• English and French at UN Level III reading, writing and listening, and UN Level II speaking.

Required skills

• Knowledge of web application design, development and maintenance in JavaScript-based frameworks, and of organizational information infrastructure.
• Desirable: 3+ years with SQL Server 2022 (T-SQL, stored procedures); 3+ years with C#/.NET full-stack web development; 1+ year with PowerBI and DTSX packages; 1+ year in data analytics; experience with Azure DevOps and Git; experience with legacy .NET Framework and ASP.NET Core.