Role Purpose

The role holders will play a vital role in supporting various projects that are driving our digital transformation agenda. They will have the opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects such as One Jubilee and Robotic Process Automation (RPA), helping deliver cutting-edge digital solutions that enhance business operations and customer experience.

Main Responsibilities

• Assist in the development and implementation of digital solutions as part of the One Jubilee and RPA projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and process improvements.
• Provide support in the analysis, design, and deployment of digital tools and platforms.
• Participate in project meetings, contributing ideas and solutions to advance the Changamk@ initiative.
• Gain exposure to the latest trends in digital transformation and automation technologies.

Under the direct supervision of the Digital Strategy Section Chief the International UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Assist in the updating and maintenance of information sharing and planning tools used across the web, social media, news, publications, internal communications, graphic de-sign, multimedia and campaign teams
Research issues related to digital strategy and transformation best practices and innovation

This position is in UNEP’s Corporate Services Division, Enterprise Solutions Section (ESS) at the Nairobi duty station. The Digital and Emerging Technology Specialist will report to DevOps and security team lead, with overall supervision by the Chief Enterprise Solutions Section, and will undertake l undertake the following activities:

Participate as a team member in business automation initiatives to streamline work processes using platforms such as PowerApps, flows, and Jira.
Develop detailed system schemas, data dictionaries, functional specifications, and user documentation.
Gather and document users’ requirements and translate these into innovative digital applications; determine application systems integration and linkage issues.
Work as a team member of developers, particularly in implementing Low-Code/NoCode PowerApps solutions, AI Bots, PHP, and related back-end MySQL and MS SQL databases.
Maintain, upgrade, or enhance existing systems; troubleshoot and provide continuing user support.
Drafts correspondence and communications, including technical support communication and other related issues; coordinates with service providers as required and maintains and supports a portfolio of applications.
Keeps abreast of developments in the relevant field of technologies; conducts research on new frontier technologies and assess their implementation feasibility.
In undertaking these duties, the Junior Statistical Analyst will establish and maintain relationships to support collaboration with data, statistical, scientific, and other specialists/analysts, as well as technical staff across UNEP and in UN.