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World Health Organization Senior Solution Architect Consultant Turkey WHO Jobs 2024

World Health Organization looking for “Senior Solution Architect Consultant”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 18-Jul-24.

The World Health Organization has published a job vacancy announcement on 08/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Senior Solution Architect Consultant to be based in Istanbul , Turkey. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: World Health Organization

Job Title: Senior Solution Architect Consultant

Duty Station: Istanbul , Turkey

Country: Turkey

Application Deadline: 18-Jul-24

Responsibilities:

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Qualifications

1. Purpose of consultancy

The consultancy serves two purposes: First, it aims to streamline and enhance the EURO RAP (Rapid Insights from Across the Region) system, improving its efficiency and operational effectiveness. Second, the consultancy will focus on developing a data architecture, laying a foundation that supports advanced analytics and business intelligence capabilities.

2. Background

Enhance EURO RAP process efficiency and platform functionality and designing the foundation for EURO’s data architecture and enhancing business intelligence practices.

3. Deliverables

Deliverable 1:

• Enhance EURO RAP process efficiency and platform functionality by transforming the current data recording mechanism into a user-friendly UI, focusing on Seamless integration with Microsoft 365;
• Data input functionality offering rich text editing capabilities (formatting, hyperlinks, etc.), implementation of a character limit for text fields, and support for attachment uploads;
• Ensure readiness for future integration of AI solutions for drafting, editing, and potentially analyzing input;
• Adequate security roles and privileges to manage user access to different types of records;
• A responsive design for tablet/phone;
• Recommendations for further enhancements.

Deliverable 2 :

• Enhance EURO RAP process efficiency and platform functionality by enhancing existing end-user products (daily email newsletter and Power BI Dashboard), along with their associated datasets and workflows, focusing on  automated daily emails to subscribers and optimized subscription functionality ;
• Improving the current Power BI Dashboard or exploring alternatives for better storage and visualization of all input data:
• Automated PDF generation from Power BI reports (or alternative) to facilitate monthly reporting;
• Email tracking and analytics to measure engagement and conversion rates effectively;
• A dashboard management and maintenance plan for administrators.

Deliverable 3:

•  Designing the foundation for EURO’s Data Architecture and Enhancing BI Practices;
• Designing the future state of EURO Data Architecture to meet the current and future data and BI needs;
• Utilizing Azure services such as Synapse, Data Lake, Microsoft Fabrics, as applicable, for data engineering and reporting practices;
• Enhance EURO’s Business Intelligence practices in Power BI and other tools.

4. Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential: Advanced university degree in software engineering, computer science or other relevant discipline.

Desirable: Azure, ITIL, Solution Architecture Certificates.

Experience:

Essential:  

At least seven years of relevant, progressive experience in software engineering,  solution architecture, and data engineering, more specifically designing and developing Cloud-native applications facing external and internal users. This includes at least five years of extensive experience utilizing APIs, Power Apps and other Microsoft technologies.

Skills/Knowledge:

Essential: 

• Proven knowledge and skills in designing and implementing solutions in Azure using Microsoft ecosystem.
• Theoretical understanding of algorithms, data structures and computational complexity and how to design systems to apply them to system design and development.
• Strong proficiency in modern programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, and Node.
• Solid understanding of DevOps principles and tools for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
• Knowledge of data architectures and engineering and the ability to work with large data sets, including data cleaning, data analysis, and feature engineering.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the capability to translate complex requirements into actionable design and code.

Languages and level required:

Essential:  Expert knowledge of English.

5. Location:

Off-site: Home-based

6. Travel:

The consultant is not expected to travel

7. Remuneration and budget:

Remuneration: Band B – Between USD – 7,000 – 9,980 per month

8. Expected duration of contract:

6 months

9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
• If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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• The WHO is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. The WHO recruits workforce regardless of disability status, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, language, race, marital status, religious, cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, or any other personal characteristics.
• The WHO is committed to achieving gender parity and geographical diversity in its workforce. Women, persons with disabilities, and nationals of unrepresented and underrepresented Member States (https://www.who.int/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion) are strongly encouraged to apply for WHO jobs.
  Persons with disabilities can request reasonable accommodations to enable participation in the recruitment process. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be sent through an email to reasonableaccommodation@who.int 
• An impeccable record for integrity and professional ethical standards is essential. WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter (https://www.who.int/about/who-we-are/our-values) into practice.
• WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of short-listed candidates.
• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
• Consultants shall perform the work as independent contractors in a personal capacity, and not as a representative of any entity or authority.
• WHO shall have no responsibility for any taxes, duties, social security contributions or other contributions payable by the Consultant. The Consultant shall be solely responsible for withholding and paying any taxes, duties, social security contributions and any other contributions which are applicable to the Consultant in each location/jurisdiction in which the work hereunder is performed, and the Consultant shall not be entitled to any reimbursement thereof by WHO.
• Please note that WHO’s contracts are conditional on members of the workforce confirming that they are vaccinated as required by WHO before undertaking a WHO assignment, except where a medical condition does not allow such vaccination, as certified by the WHO Staff Health and Wellbeing Services (SHW). The successful candidate will be asked to provide relevant evidence related to this condition. A copy of the updated vaccination card must be shared with WHO medical service in the medical clearance process. Please note that certain countries require proof of specific vaccinations for entry or exit. For example, official proof /certification of yellow fever vaccination is required to enter many countries. Country-specific vaccine recommendations can be found on the WHO international travel and Staff Health and Wellbeing website. For vaccination-related queries please directly contact SHW directly at shws@who.int.
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