Background

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) is the UN headquarters in Africa and the world's foremost center for the UN in Africa. It provides administrative, communications and other support services to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat); provides joint and common services to other organizations of the United Nations system in Kenya, as applicable; and manages and implements the programme.

Responsibilities

• Solution Design & Development: Architect and build scalable e-Services Power Platform solutions (Canvas/Model-Driven Apps, Power Automate flows, Power BI dashboards, Dataverse, Power Pages).
• Business Process Automation: Automate complex and simple workflows and processes using Power Automate, connectors, and API integrations for e-Services.
• Implement informational architecture with simplified workflows, functions and activities within the e-Services.
• Quality & Governance: Ensure application security, performance, and compliance; follow secure development practices and governance.
• Application Lifecycle Management (ALM): Manage deployments (CI/CD) using tools like Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Configure notifications for Division Of conference Services personnel as per defined and automated business process steps.
• Review, streamline and implement enhanced bounce back functionality with applicable user notifications.
• Simplify and streamline user experience by designing of requests submission interface to be cleaner and more intuitive.
• Determine and implement an appropriate digital signature solution for the e-Services.
• Ensure e-Services portal user and technical documentation is in place.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced degree (Masters) in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or an equivalent field is required. A first level university degree in combination with two (2 ) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Certifications/Training in Microsoft Power Platform Developer, Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect, Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant, Other related Microsoft certifications or training in relevant areas are desirable.
• At least Seven (7) years in information systems analysis, programming, administration, software development, and technical documentation is required.
• Strong background in business analysis, software design, and development across portals, Windows, mobile apps, services, databases, BI systems, and integrations at enterprise level is required Expert knowledge with solid experience with Asp.net, Power Platform (Dataverse, Model Driven apps), Power BI, SEO practices, and Microsoft Copilot studio and AI-driven solutions is required.
• Expertise in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies is required Communication and presentation skills Excellent customer-facing communication and abilities to creating complex presentations and diagrams with coherent writing documentation skills are desirable. Creativity: strong problem-solving and analytical skills and applying creativity for innovative solutions is desirable

• Solution Design & Development: Architect and build scalable e-Services Power Platform solutions (Canvas/Model-Driven Apps, Power Automate flows, Power BI dashboards, Dataverse, Power Pages).
• Business Process Automation: Automate complex and simple workflows and processes using Power Automate, connectors, and API integrations for e-Services.
• Implement informational architecture with simplified workflows, functions and activities within the e-Services.
• Quality & Governance: Ensure application security, performance, and compliance; follow secure development practices and governance.
• Application Lifecycle Management (ALM): Manage deployments (CI/CD) using tools like Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Configure notifications for Division Of conference Services personnel as per defined and automated business process steps.
• Review, streamline and implement enhanced bounce back functionality with applicable user notifications.
• Simplify and streamline user experience by designing of requests submission interface to be cleaner and more intuitive.
• Determine and implement an appropriate digital signature solution for the e-Services.
• Ensure e-Services portal user and technical documentation is in place.

• Asp.net
• Power Platform (Dataverse, Model Driven apps)
• Power BI
• SEO practices
• Microsoft Copilot studio and AI-driven solutions
• Agile methodologies
• Waterfall methodologies
• Communication and presentation skills
• Customer-facing communication
• Creating complex presentations and diagrams
• Coherent writing documentation skills
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Creativity for innovative solutions

• Advanced degree (Masters) in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or an equivalent field is required. A first level university degree in combination with two (2 ) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Certifications/Training in Microsoft Power Platform Developer, Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect, Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant, Other related Microsoft certifications or training in relevant areas are desirable.
• At least Seven (7) years in information systems analysis, programming, administration, software development, and technical documentation is required.
• Strong background in business analysis, software design, and development across portals, Windows, mobile apps, services, databases, BI systems, and integrations at enterprise level is required.
• Expertise in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies is required.