The Position:
The Chief Corporate Digital Solutions is responsible for the operation and evolution of UNFPA’s core corporate digital solutions including the ERP and CRM systems. This includes responsibility for defining and maintaining the solutions architecture as well as managing the team supporting the solutions. The team is responsible for enabling organizational effectiveness and promotes common platforms for UNFPA’s corporate solutions.
You will report directly to the IT Director.
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Job Purpose:
The Chief Corporate Digital Solutions ensures strong relationships with business owners and devises the overall direction for UNFPA’s core corporate digital solutions. This includes supporting business owners in envisioning solutions that underpin business priorities and devising solutions that are fit for the organization.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
Advanced university degree in Information Technology, Business Administration or related discipline. A first-level university degree combined with management or project management certification programs and 2 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Minimum 10 years’ experience with increasing levels of scope and responsibility.
- Knowledge and understanding of ERP and CRM systems in cloud environments
- Sound experience on information systems management and support
- Strong knowledge of broad administrative functional activities, and practical business analysis experience
- Knowledgeable about UN system policies and operations and advantage
- Ability to communicate effectively within all levels of the organization, including briefing executive management and key client stakeholders
Languages:
Fluency in English is required; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable.
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
