The Information Technology Division (CSI) is responsible for all IT activities within the Organization. CSI performs on behalf of the Organization the following critical roles: defining FAO IT policies and providing strategic advice on IT architecture and standards, governance, policy and operational matters while monitoring organizational compliance; defining the mechanisms for managing FAO’s information and data; protecting FAO’s information assets and ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability; ensuring provision of IT services that are core for the Organization’s global operations and supporting the information and business processes; coordinating organization-wide IT activities in order to reduce duplication and fragmentation and to increase integration of information data, systems and platforms, mobilizing IT resources from across the Organization.

Fighting against hunger requires the best and most innovative software developers, committed to change the world for the most vulnerable people. The consultant has to be comfortable working under high pressure in a rapid-changing environment, being a self-learner and independent person.

Depending on the role assigned, the incumbent will report to the Information Technology Officer, or the Project Lead.

The incumbent will contribute to application development in one of FAO’s IT development and innovation teams, developing solutions using the latest technologies and mainstreaming their adoption, working in one of the following roles:

 UX/UI designer

 Web/Mobile/web/Frontend developer

 Backend developer

 Data visualisation specialist

 Data engineer

 Cloud DevSecOps engineer

 Artificial Intelligence Specialist

 Programme support specialist

 GIS Specialist

Depending on the profile, the incumbent will support, lead or execute the following duties with respect to information systems:

• Participate in an Agile software development team, building high quality and effective software products that deliver real solutions in the shortest time.

• Develop applications using SDLC methodologies such as CI/CD models and tools.

• Participate in design discussions, develop mock-ups and translate business requirements into technical tasks.

• Develop, test, debug and maintain applications; address systems performance issues and crashes as per operations requests when necessary.

• Ensure coherency and compliance with appropriate organizational standards in close collaboration with quality assurance (QA), information security (InfoSec) and user experience functions (UX).

• For consultants:

 University degree or equivalent in Computer Science, IT engineering or Professional Software Engineer or related fields.

 Working knowledge (Level C) of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge (Level B) of one of the other FAO official languages (Arabic, Chinese, Russian).

 At least 1 year of professional experience working as a software developer, project lead or project support in complex software solutions or large development teams.

• For PSAs:

 University Degree or equivalent technical experience in the subject.

 Working knowledge (Level C) of English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese or Russian.

 At least 1 year of professional experience working as a software developer, project lead or project support in complex software solutions or large development teams.

• Results Focus

• Teamwork

• Communication

• Building Effective Relationships

• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Candidates will have concrete experience and passion for one or more of the following specialisations and/or technologies:

• UX/UI – Design, business models, success KPIs, human-centred design, storyboarding and customer journeys, internationalisation and multi-cultural interfaces, material-design.

• Mobile/Web/Front End AppDev – Flutter & Dart, Angular, React, PWA, Android Native.

• Backend AppDev – Serverless Firebase, Cloud Functions, Cloud APIs, Java/Spring, Python, Flask, Django, NodeJS, RoR

• Data Visualization – R Shiny, Tableau, PowerBI, Data Studio.

• Data Engineering – Realtime, Internet of Things, BigData, Geospatial, Talend, Data Flow and Integration, Analytics, Predication Modelling and Machine Learning. Jupyter Notebooks, Python Pandas, Airflow/DataFlow, BigQuery, Cloud Composer, GEE, CKAN.

• Cloud DevSecOps Engineer – SDLC, Continuous Integration and Delivery (BitBucket Pipelines) – GCP Infrastructure as a Code, Terraform, SaaS solutions – InfoSec – Monitoring and Analytics of Performance, Stackdriver, Crashlytics, Analytics and Usage.

• Artificial Intelligence Specialist – Artificial Intelligence models, cognitive services, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Computer Vision.

• Programme Support Specialist – Engagement and collaboration with various stakeholders, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives and supporting IT project management. .

• GIS Specialist – Proficiency in GIS software, including ArcGIS, QGIS, or other platforms. Remote sensing, cartography, spatial programming and visualisation.

• Self-learner and independent

• Demonstrable ability to implement solutions to complex problems in front end, back end and mobile platforms.

• Experience in the profiles of software developer, project lead or project support.

• Deep knowledge and skill in programming techniques, technologies and frameworks

• Experience in designing mobile & cloud first architectures

• Familiarity with defensive and secure programming techniques

• Knowledge of internet and web protocols and standards.

• Desirable knowledge of software development best practices including version and release management, continuous test, integration and delivery.

• Knowledge in test-driven development, agile methodologies, cloud architectures, APIs and/or DevOps; is desirable and could be a key differentiator.

• Ability to advise decision-makers on project management, financials and administrative issues.

• Ability to communicate effectively.