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Title	Deadline	Category	Host entity	Country
ICT in Education Curriculum Specialist	26 April 2021	Int. Specialist	UNESCO	Samoa
Open ICT in Education Curriculum Specialist International Specialist Host entity UNESCO Country Samoa Duty station Apia (WSM) Language skills English Start date Immediate Duration 12 months Application deadline 26 April 2021 Eligibility criteria Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations. Description of task Development of the learning management platform and deployment of a learning management system: Collaborate with the LMS Administrator and MESC curriculum division in populating the LMS system for Samoa using e.g. Moodle with content Undertake a need assessment inquiry to support development of content and training that are demand responsive. Identify knowledge gaps of staff in the effective implementation of the learning management system and support capacity development through appropriate training programmess. Provide technical support in maintaining content within the learning management system by creating and uploading modules and courses, granting access and role-based user permissions, updating course content, and running reports. Develop and publish course templates for reuse by educators in designing courses for online and blended learning delivery. Support subject matter experts in the design and creating of learning materials and maintenance processes. Periodically Monitor the quality of courses hosted on the learning management system with time-bound reviews/audit of course status, and coordination to eliminate duplication, conflicting or redundant content. Create and Manage community/discussion forum/ social media feed system within the learning management system including functionality, appearance, tabs, and settings. Identify and communicate opportunities for process and quality improvements, provide feedback on usage, defects, and suggest enhancements. Seek and promote collaborative partnerships to meet training needs and opportunities for the professional development of teachers and in MESC and education sector. Analyze data and recommend solutions to utilize the LMS to deliver, track training and measure performance of users. Create and update resources to train and support learners on how to use the technology for online and professional development. User Management: Work with subject matter experts, provide design support in developing online course materials to facilitate learning. Course Management: Publish and archive online or blended learning solutions. Assigns training curricula for professional development of educators Work with the Information Technology and Curriculum department of MESC to develop relevant learning outcomes and corresponding modes of delivery Analyze reporting data and recommend strategic direction for MESC and education sector, or others, as appropriate. Create and manage the overall course structure and sets up courses based on specifications from the curriculum staff. Manage tracking of course revisions and history. Build online assessments and evaluations in the learning management system for courses. Troubleshooting: Work with the curriculum staff to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to accessing the learning management system and course content, in particular for persons with disabilities. Training of trainers for teachers, key personnel nominated by education sector and the librarians: Together with the LMS Administrator, conduct basic training in using digital technologies for education for 100 students with disabilities Conduct capacity development training for trainers of teachers, teachers, and MESC curriculum division staff, NUS nominated staff and others from the education sector on the preparation and delivery of online content and e-assessment of learners. Conduct training of trainers in designing and delivering online courses using Moodle LMS Together with the LMS Administrator, support training of 100 teachers from 20 schools to use assistive technologies for ensuring inclusion of the students with disabilities. Qualifications/Requirements Required degree level: Doctoral degree Education - Additional Comments: Education: Advanced degree (a Masters’ or a PhD) in instructional design, educational design, ICT in education technologies, education pedagogies, or other related fields. Required experience: 60 Months Experience remark: Experience: Over five years’ work experience in instruction design/ LMS: ICT for education with practical experience in online learning using the Moodle LMS Learning design and/or curriculum development. Teaching or Training Background beneficial and passion for learning Skills and competencies: Good knowledge of multiple web design technologies, such as HTML, Web 2.0 Previous experience in learning management system administration. Good knowledge of online teaching and learning, products and systems requirement. Good knowledge of the LMS and technical competence to curate contents for LMS Ability to develop instructional guidebooks and training manuals Excellent analytical and drafting skills; Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and able to exchange information on complex issues; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships in multicultural environment with external and internal partners; Excellent organization and planning skills, including the ability to organize own work priorities and deadlines. Discretion and maturity of judgement are required; Ability to work under pressure; Language skills: English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent Area of expertise: IT architecture and IT project management Area of expertise details: Communication and Information Sector and Education Sector. Driving license: No Competencies values: Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Building Trust, Commitment and Motivation, Communication, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Knowledge Sharing, Managing Performance, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Self-Management, Technological Awareness, Working in Teams Application procedure: * Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Application deadline: 26 April 2021 Volunteer opportunity PDF Share Apply
Infrastructure Administrator	18 April 2021	Int. Specialist	UNICC	Spain
Open Infrastructure Administrator International Specialist Host entity UNICC Country Spain Duty station Valencia (ESP) Language skills English,Spanish Start date Immediate Duration 6 months with possibility of extension Application deadline 18 April 2021 Eligibility criteria Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations. Description of task Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Team Leader and/or Head of the Unit or her/his designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Infrastructure Administrator will act as and perform the following duties and tasks: Administrator – The incumbent is responsible for the continuous operation of the Infrastructure in ICC Data Centers and partners organizations. The incumbent is responsible for managing and maintaining SAN Storage, Backup and Virtualization Infrastructures’ systems, standard configurations, and enhancements. Installation and upgrade as well as assisting with the resolution of incidents and problems, and fulfils users request as a part of ISO 20000 established processes. Deployment Team Member – The incumbent is responsible for final testing and deployment Infrastructure and underlying services, and solutions as well as all related technical documentation. She or he may participate in vulnerability and remediation and technical review related to ICT security initiatives. Operational Support – The incumbent is responsible of providing on-going support at the T2 to ICC Infrastructure environment and related services and will participate in the automation projects and tasks for ICC and Partners. In addition, the incumbent will manage the backup clients, schedules and retentions; monitor and evaluate the performance of virtualization, storage and backup services. Coordinate the replacement of failed Backup, Storage & SAN components, and service restoration. Qualifications/Requirements Required degree level: Bachelor degree or equivalent Required experience: 60 Months Experience remark: Required Experience: Infrastructure administrator with 5+ years of proved hands-on experience working on market leader solutions on SAN storage (DELL EMC, HPE, Netapp, Cisco, Brocade etc.), Virtualization (VMware or Hyper-V or OVM/KVM) and backup solutions (EMC, Veeam, Veritas, etc.) and good understanding of enterprise networking (Ethernet and TCP/IP) is a plus. Daily activities include monitoring, configuring and troubleshooting. Qualifications, skills, experience: Essential qualifications: Proved experience administering and troubleshooting storage arrays from different vendors (i.e., HPE 3PAR, DELL Compellent and Netapp, etc.) Good understanding and knowledge of storage technologies (Fabric switches, VSANs, WWPNs, NPIV, multi-pathing, Fiber channel, iSCSI, etc.) Sound technical knowledge of storage replication technologies Hands-on experience administering fiber channel fabrics (Cisco MDS and Brocade) Good knowledge of VMware 6.x infrastructure including ESXi, vCenter, and Horizon View Knowledge of Microsoft Hyper-V and SCVMM is a plus Knowledge of Linux and MS Windows Operating Systems and Windows Clusters administration including multipath implementation and configuration Extensive knowledge in the installation and administration of Enterprise Backup systems (i.e., EMC Avamar, EMC Data Domain and EMC ECS) Knowledge of Automated Tape Libraries and Tape/Disk Backup Management products. Good understanding and knowledge of networking technologies (Ethernet, Routing, ARP, TCP/IP, LACP, etc.) Experience in shell scripting and automation tools (Python, Perl, Bash, Ansible…) Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with ability to prepare technical documentation Desirable qualifications: Hyper Converged Infrastructure or Software Defined Storage solutions Knowledge and experience with Oracle VM/KVM Knowledge in the installation and administration of Backup systems like EMC Networker, Veritas NetBackup, Veeam B&R and Spanning for O365 Experience supporting, HPE Blade and Rack systems, HPE OneView. Knowledge of Spanish EMC Avamar, Data Domain or Networker HPE 3PAR, EMC storage specialist / DELL SC series CISCO MDS switches VMware (VCP or similar) or Microsoft Hyper-V or equivalent storage and backup certifications Soft Skills: Customer facing experience and good communication skills Ability to work under pressure and with minimum supervision Ability to write documentation and reports Ability to grasp complex concepts, logical and analytical approach to solving problems. Willingness to learn on the job Experience working within remote and virtual teams Language skills: English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent Spanish(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge Area of expertise: IT architecture and IT project management Driving license: No Competencies values: Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams Application procedure: * Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Application deadline: 18-04-2021 Volunteer opportunity PDF Share Apply
Network Administrator	18 April 2021	Int. Specialist	UNICC	Spain
Open Network Administrator International Specialist Host entity UNICC Country Spain Duty station Valencia (ESP) Language skills English,Spanish Start date Immediate Duration 6 months with possibility of extension Application deadline 18 April 2021 Eligibility criteria Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations. Description of task Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Team Leader and/or Head of the Unit or her/his designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Network Administrator will act as and perform the following duties and tasks: Administrator – The incumbent is responsible for the continuous operation of the Network in ICC Data Centers and partners operations. The incumbent is responsible for managing and maintaining Network standard configurations and enhancements, installation and upgrade as well as assisting with the resolution of incidents and problems, and fulfils users request as a part of ISO 20000 established processes. Deployment Team Member – The incumbent is responsible for final testing and deployment of Network and underlying services, and solutions as well as all related technical documentation. She or he may participate in network vulnerability and remediation and technical review related to ICT security initiatives. Operational Support – The incumbent is responsible of providing on-going support at the T2 to ICC Network environment and related services and will participate in the automation projects and tasks for ICC and Partners. Qualifications/Requirements Required degree level: Bachelor degree or equivalent Required experience: 60 Months Experience remark: Required Experience: Network Technician with more than 5 years of proved experience working on IT preferably in large Datacenter environment. The resource is required to be able to effectively work with minimum supervision. The resource is required to have strong communication and interpersonal skills to actively contribute to the team resolving the network related issues and customers’ requests. Qualifications, skills, experience: Essential qualifications: Proved experience administering and troubleshooting Cisco networking products Good knowledge and experience with network routing protocols like OSPF, BGP and MPLS Good knowledge and experience with network switching Good knowledge and experience with network security Ability to manage, configure and troubleshoot advanced F5 configurations with two-factor authentications implementations and improved security with web application firewalls Ability to integrate F5 with products from other vendors and achieve high availability, security, and application performance optimization Ability to update F5 to incorporate new features and bug fixes Ability to manage, configure and troubleshoot Checkpoint Firewalls Experience with Cisco ASA and/or Firepower Firewalls Ability to configure and troubleshoot VPN site-to-site implementations Ability to perform network traffic packet capture and analysis Ability to provide comprehensive analysis of different services and protocols like SMTP, HTTPS, and DNS Experience in shell scripting and automation tools (Python, Perl, Bash, Ansible…) Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Experience and familiarity with ITIL and/or ISO20000 best practices Excellent knowledge of English (both written and verbal) Desirable qualifications: Ability to install and configure network tools on Linux based machines Knowledge of Cloud like AZURE and AWS Knowledge of Spanish Desirable certifications: Cisco CCNA Cisco CCNP Enterprise or equivalent Checkpoint training certifications F5 training certifications Soft Skills: Customer facing experience and good communication skills Ability to work under pressure and with minimum supervision. Ability to write documentation and reports Ability to grasp complex concepts, logical and analytical approach to solving problems. Willingness to learn on the job Experience working within remote and virtual teams Language skills: English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent Spanish(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge Area of expertise: IT architecture and IT project management Driving license: No Competencies values: Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams Application procedure: * Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Application deadline: 18-04-2021 Volunteer opportunity PDF Share Apply
Platform Administrator	18 April 2021	Int. Specialist	UNICC	Spain
Open Platform Administrator International Specialist Host entity UNICC Country Spain Duty station Valencia (ESP) Language skills English,Spanish Start date Immediate Duration 6 months with possibility of extension Application deadline 18 April 2021 Eligibility criteria Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations. Description of task Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Team Leader and/or Head of the Unit or her/his designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Platform Administrator will act as and perform the following duties and tasks: Administrator – The incumbent is responsible for the continuous operation of the operating systems and directory services in ICC Data Centers and partners operations. The incumbent is responsible for managing and maintaining OS standard configurations (Windows/Linux/Unix) and enhancements, as well as assisting with the resolution of incidents and problems as a part of ISO 20000 established processes. Deployment Team Member – The incumbent is responsible for final testing and deployment operating systems, underlying services, and solutions as well as all related technical documentation. She or he may participate in vulnerability and remediation and technical review related to ICT security initiatives. Operational Support - The incumbent is responsible of providing on-going support to ICC Unix/Linux/Windows environment and related services and will participate in the automation projects and tasks for ICC and Partners. Qualifications/Requirements Required degree level: Bachelor degree or equivalent Required experience: 60 Months Experience remark: Required Experience: UNICC is looking for highly qualified and motivated Platform Administrators to support the global operations of platform services hosted at UNICC Data Centre’s and partners. The selected candidate will join the T2 platform operations team of UNICC. Qualifications, skills, experience: Essential qualifications: Minimum 5 years of experience with Windows/Linux Server Administration and systems support in large environments. Extensive knowledge of Windows Server patching technologies as well as best practices using WSUS, SCCM and SCOM monitoring Good understanding of Directory Services components, such as Active Directory, GPO, FSMO roles, DNS and DHCP. Knowledge of Linux systems (Red Hat, Oracle Enterprise Linux, CentOS) Experience with the common Linux service (Apache, MySQL, SMB, postfix, …) Good knowledge of PowerShell and scripting Linux management tools (e.g. Red Hat Satellite, RH IDM, etc.) Extensive experience troubleshooting OS and communication issues (TCP/IP) Experience with reporting and monitoring tools Good knowledge of networking protocols Fluent level of English, good level of Spanish spoken and written is an advantage Require ITIL v3 foundation certification Desirable qualifications: Good understanding of Virtualization technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V Experience with Puppet, ANSIBLE and automation tools Good knowledge of TCP/IP stack Industry related certifications Soft Skills: Customer facing experience and good communication skills Ability to work under pressure and with minimum supervision Ability to write documentation and reports Ability to grasp complex concepts, logical and analytical approach to solving problems. Willingness to learn on the job Experience working within remote and virtual teams Language skills: English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent Spanish(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge Area of expertise: IT architecture and IT project management Driving license: No Competencies values: Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams Application procedure: * Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Application deadline: 18-04-2021 Volunteer opportunity PDF Share Apply