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The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, well known for its ability to deliver food assistance rapidly to people in need.
SCOPE – WFP’s Beneficiary Management and Transfer platform is the corporate system for Beneficiary Registration and Cash Based Transfers. As WFP moves towards rolling out SCOPE in all Country Offices (Cos) to establish and streamline Business Transformation processes, increased capacity for business and implementation support for COs is required at the Regional Bureaus (RBs).
We are seeking suitably qualified THAI nationals for the IT Business Transformation Officer (SCOPE-Service Desk Analyst) who will be a key member of the Support team which is established as a virtual service desk function. S/he shall be capable to work independently, and provide technical support to SCOPE users globally by diagnoses and resolution of IT incidences, known errors and problems; S/he will log, prioritize and escalate incidents as per procedures.
The IT Business Transformation Officer (SCOPE-Service Desk Analyst) will be based in Bangkok, Regional Bureau, and reports to the Regional IT officer (RITO), with a technical reporting line to the SCOPE Service Support Manager.
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IT Business Transformation Officer (SCOPE-Service Desk Analyst) Deadline for application: 5 June 2016 |
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Vacancy No: |
RBB0209 |
Post Number: |
TBA |
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Grade: |
NOA |
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Bangkok, Thailand with travel as required |
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Contract Type: |
Fixed Term Appointment |
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One Year (with possible renewal) |
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Salary based on Thailand local salary scale, plus allowances, insurance, pension and other benefits |
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Key Accountabilities: -Provide in-country direct support during go-live operations including but not limited to on-site or remote training; -Manage the resolution of problems, participate in knowledgebase design, participate in development of work-around and presentation on the known errors; -Receive incidents and service requests through phone, email or any other medium and log them as tickets in the Incident Management System. To assign the priority to the tickets based on Urgency and Impact of the issue; -Provide application management services to countries where it related to relevant master data, user management and intervention setup activities; -Monitor the implementation of policies, procedures and standards of SCOPE and make the necessary corrections where necessary; participate in change advisory board; -Identify commonly recurring requests for assistance and provide advice on how these can be prevented or minimised, through training, user awareness, changes in configuration etc; -Perform analysis, diagnosis, and resolution of complex IT problems for end-users, and recommend and implement corrective solutions for remote users as needed; -Troubleshoot the issues by remote connection to user’s machine under different environments. To troubleshoot, interpret problems and provide technical support for hardware, software, and systems. To analyse problems by using manual or automated diagnostic programs, and resolve recurring technical difficulties; -Carry-out Configuration Management to track Configuration Items (CIs) and the dependencies between them, such as but not limited to SCOPE computers, software tools and utilities, POS terminals, and other SCOPE devices. -Communicate with clients and follow-up on all open and pending tickets. Log issues and escalate tickets to various technical groups where necessary; -Provide end user training on SCOPE and/or service desk tool; -Maintain a very high level of FCR (First Contact Resolution Rate). To regularly develop troubleshooting flowcharts, utilization and contribution to knowledge management resources to achieve faster resolution and higher FCR; |
Key Accountabilities (Continue): -Work closely with problem owners, SME’s and other stakeholders to identify problem scope and escalate where necessary. Create statistical reports and performing analysis for areas of responsibility; -Perform-to-end incident management. Responsible for time-critical service restoration and technical troubleshooting within Scope. Working with clients, internal RMT teams and third party data providers throughout the service restoration process; -Undertake additional tasks as required; Qualifications: Education: trainings/courses. Desired Experience & skills: Years of relevant work experience, preferably more than 5 years in the following areas: -Minimum 2 years of relevant experience working with Incident management system -Minimum 1 year of relevant experience working with Cash Based Transfer (CBT) technology platforms or solutions e.g. WFP’s SCOPE, World Vision LMMS etc -Excellent customer service skills -Excellent communication skills to all levels of staff -Good in documentation. -Excellent interpersonal, inter-cultural competencies and team player. -Fluency in English and one other UN language (optional), both written and oral. -IT: Proficiency in using office application software; and efficiency in using communication applications. -ITIL Foundation Certification desirable -Full understanding of ITIL principles and processes |
To apply, please send a cover letter with Personal History Form (P11) and comprehensive resume via e-mail to Bangkok.Vacancy@wfp.org
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
WFP IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER. For this role, applications from women are particularly encouraged