IT Consultant, Geneva

Organization: UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Country: Switzerland City: Geneva Office: UNCTAD Geneva

Result of Service: The consultant will contribute to the efficient mapping of the ASYCUDA new platform to regional requirements.

Work Location: Home based

Expected duration: 05.01.27 to 05.06.27

Duties and Responsibilities: Within the context of ASYCUDA Programme activities in the CEECA region, under the general supervision of UNCTAD ASYCUDA Regional Coordinator for Eastern Europe and Central Asia the consultant will undertake following duties:

Maintain, upgrade, enhance and support assigned ASYCUDA system components
Support the deployment, configuration and release management of ASYCUDA software components
Create additional features of new digital environment
Work on back end extensions of ASYCUDA modules
Work on data exchange and interoperability
Assist ASYCUDA team in testing new modules
Perform other technical tasks as appropriate

Qualifications/special skills: A first university degree, Bachelor, degree in computer science, IT technology, engineering, mathematics or similar area required. At least 2 years of work experience in ICT sector dealing directly with IT programming is required. Work experience of work in ICT unit of governmental agency or international organisation would be an advantage.

Languages: Fluency written and oral in English is required.