Job Description:
Manages projects involving feasibility studies, systems analysis, design, development and implementation of new, moderately complex systems, and/or, acts as a team leader of a development team with responsibility for major components of the more complex systems.
Develops project plans, detailed system and other functional specifications and user documentation for major systems.
Provides specialized advice to users, analyzing users’ requirements and translating these into new applications; determines application systems integration and linkage issues.
Maintains, upgrades or enhances existing user systems; troubleshoots and provides continuing user support, to include resolving difficult problems, advising on the use of new techniques, monitoring transactions to measure performance and continued effectiveness of assigned systems, etc.
Develops and maintains computer programs that require integration of many interrelated systems and program elements; ensures appropriate data security and access controls considering both local and wide area issues.
Researches, analyzes and evaluates new technologies and makes recommendations for their deployment.
Monthly writing of reports on systems-related topics, system requirements, information strategy, etc.
Facilitates communications between GSD and its clients for good client relations.
Provides guidance to, and may supervise, new/junior staff, consultants, etc.
Responsible for defining strategic direction for ICT to the Secretariat. It provides oversight of ICT programmes, budgets and decision-making to ensure alignment with the Secretariat’s overall ICT strategy.
