Job: On-Site Inspection (OSI) Information Technology Consultant

Location: Vienna 
Deadline: Wednesday, 13 November 2013 

Description

Assignment:

Background:

Policy Making Organs have tasked the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) to conduct another Integrated Field Exercise (IFE) in 2014. Based on the experience of the first IFE held in 2008 and recent advice provided by the members of the Expert Advisory Mechanism, the PTS has established an IFE Project Management Team under the direction of the Chief of the OSI Policy Planning and Operations Section. Following the selection of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as IFE14 Host Country by the Preparatory Commission in June 2012, in-depth preparatory activities have now begun.The conduct of an On-Site Inspection (OSI) relies on an effective and efficient data flow management.

Data to be used during an OSI, either collected in the field or coming from the operations support center, will need to be integrated in the OSI platform for the management of information, available to the Inspected State Party (ISP) for the exercise of its rights, linked to a geographical information system for geo-reference, and available to the entire inspection team for processing and analysis. On the other hand, some of the data collected in the field may require computing capabilities beyond those available at the base of operations to be processed. All these points constitute a challenge from the point of view of information technology

Duties:

Under supervision of the Policy Planning and Operations Chief, works closely with the project managers for the development of the Integrated Information Management System (IIMS, data flow) and Field Information Management System (FIMS, geographical information) on the following:

• Review the lessons learned during the Build-Up Exercise III (already conducted in May-June 2013), in particular:
• LAN network design at the base of operations, shared access to GIS and other utilities;
• Connectivity between IIMS and FIMS;
• Connectivity between inspection team computers and IIMS;
• Propose best solutions to address the previous lessons and design its implementation at the base of operations in the field taken into account limitations inherent to an on-site inspection;
• Estimate the requirements in terms of hardware to apply the identified solutions;
• Investigate what possible inspection team computing tasks could be performed utilizing virtual spaces (e.g. clouds) beyond the base of operations and its implications in terms of privacy of information and confidentiality.

Qualifications:

1. Firsthand experience in the area of information technology;
2. At least 5 years relevant working experience as information technology expert;
3. Implementation of information technology solutions (e.g. LAN networks) in the field and/or remote areas is an asset;
4. Ability to communicate fluently in English in both written and oral forms.

Competencies:

Conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results and be able to work independently with minimum supervision. Very good skills in communicating with people from different backgrounds and demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment.

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