Digital Impact Specialist, Development Lead (P-3), Temporary Appointment, #00137354, Digital Impact Division, Valencia, Spain

Organizational Context

UNICEF operates in over 190 countries, dedicated to saving children's lives, defending their rights, and helping them fulfill their potential. The organization is committed to promoting the rights of every child through an equity strategy that focuses on the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families. UNICEF fosters a diverse and passionate culture, offering professional and personal development opportunities.

Job Purpose

The Digital Impact Division (DID) is central to UNICEF's mission, leveraging emerging digital technologies to advance results for children. DID collaborates globally to accelerate progress on UNICEF's goals, strengthen community resilience, and expand access to essential digital services. The Digital Foundations (DF) function within DID creates and sustains data- and AI-ready digital solutions using human-centered design and scalable cloud technologies. This role will contribute to enhancing UNICEF's global digital impact by promoting equitable access to information and services, empowering communities, and fostering a more inclusive world for children. The purpose is to improve and scale an MVP Last Mile Supply Monitoring solution to enterprise level, serving all country offices and enhancing traceability of UNICEF's supplies.

Responsibilities

The Digital Impact Specialist, Development Lead will be responsible for the further improvement of the Last Mile Supply Monitoring (LMSM) solution, including the addition of new features, enhancing scalability, and implementing enterprise-level functionality to serve all UNICEF country offices. This involves working with an open-source project, reviewing and contributing to the backend codebase. The role will focus on developing and refining the platform to enable the collection of data by and from program implementing partners, and to provide a suite of business logic and dashboards for visualizing application data integrated with internal supply chain information. Key responsibilities include ensuring the solution's robustness, security, and user-friendliness, while also contributing to the modernization of core systems and fostering innovation within the Digital Foundations function. The specialist will play a crucial role in ensuring the traceability of UNICEF's supplies from distribution to the final recipient, providing concrete evidence of commitment to equity principles and enabling the identification of potential supply loss areas. This involves addressing the current information gap caused by inconsistent monitoring processes and non-standardized, manual data from implementing partners.

Work Experience

A minimum of five years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on full-stack development, cloud technologies, and data visualization. Experience with open-source projects and agile methodologies is highly desirable. Experience in humanitarian or development sectors is an asset.

Skills

Full-stack development, Cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure), Data visualization tools, Open-source development, Agile methodologies, Human-centered design, Database management, API development, Cybersecurity principles, Problem-solving, Team leadership, Communication

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