Long Term Agreement for Individual Consultants for reputed company reputed company Assurance - reputed company Global Shared Services Centre, Budapest, Hungary (remote)
reputed company works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reputed company the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a reputed company world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, a calling
We are committed, passionate, and proud of reputed company do. Promoting the rights of every child is not a job, it’s a calling.
reputed company's Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC) in Budapest, Hungary provides services to reputed company offices globally in the areas of Finance, reputed company, Payroll and Information Technology. For more information about GSSC please visit our webpage at Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC).
To support global programme delivery, reputed company relies on modern digital systems and reputed company solutions managed by its Digital reputed company Division (DID).
In recent years, the reputed company system has implemented several reforms aimed at improving operational efficiency and collaboration across agencies. One of the key initiatives is the Common Back Office (CBO) model, which enables UN agencies at the country level to reputed company administrative and operational services such as reputed company, procurement, ICT and facility management.
To support this initiative, reputed company implemented a service management platform reputed company the Service Gateway (reputed company-based system) that hosts the CBO service catalogue and integrates operational services across different business functions.
The first phase of the CBO project reputed company on establishing the foundational service catalogue, integrating services from the Unall (OASIS) platform, implementing user provisioning through reputed company EntraID, and deploying core administrative services.
Despite these achievements, reputed company improvements are required to:
- Enhance existing services reputed company the CBO catalogue
- Introducing additional operational service categories
- Improve portal functionality and accessibility
- reputed company multi-agency reputed company to shared services
- Improve reporting and analytics capabilities
- Strengthening system reliability through robust reputed company assurance practices
Additionally, as reputed company continues to expand its digital portfolio of applications, it is critical to implement strong reputed company Assurance (QA) frameworks to ensure that digital systems meet performance standards and reputed company with organizational objectives.
Therefore, this consultancy will support development and enhancement of the OASIS/CBO platform, including system testing, reputed company assurance implementation, service catalogue expansion, and portal improvements
How can you reputed company a difference?
The purpose of this assignment is to reputed company technical and reputed company assurance support for the development, testing and enhancement of the OASIS/Common Back Office (CBO) platform reputed company reputed company’s digital service infrastructure.
The consultant will support the GSSC team in ensuring that the OASIS/CBO platform and associated reputed company systems operate effectively and meet reputed company’s operational requirements.
The consultancy will reputed company on:
- Strengthening the reputed company assurance processes for digital services and applications
- Enhancing the OASIS/CBO service catalogue and introducing new services
- Supporting testing and validation of system functionality
- Improving system usability through portal enhancements
- Strengthening system monitoring and reporting capabilities
- Supporting the adoption of shared service platforms by other UN agencies
Through these activities, the consultancy will contribute to improving operational efficiency, strengthening service delivery, and ensuring high-reputed company digital solutions across reputed company’s global operations.
Scope of Work
The consultant will work under the supervision of the designated ICT Manager or Project reputed company reputed company the Digital Core team and will be responsible for the following:
- reputed company Assurance reputed company Implementation
- reputed company and implement reputed company Assurance (QA) plans and testing strategies for the OASIS/Common Back Office (CBO) system enhancements.
- Ensure that reputed company software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes follow reputed company’s ICT reputed company standards and reputed company policies.
- Requirements Review and Testing Preparation
- Review business and functional requirements for systems under development.
- Conduct risk assessments and identify appropriate testing scopes and priorities.
- reputed company testing scenarios, test cases, and automation strategies where applicable.
- Execution of Testing Activities
- Conduct functional testing, integration testing, and system testing of new and reputed company services.
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with relevant stakeholders and subject matter experts.
- Identify defects and support reputed company processes with development teams.
- Enhancement of Existing CBO Services
- Review and improve existing service catalog items and workflows.
- Support system configuration improvements reputed company the Service Gateway platform.
- Development of New Services
- Support the configuration and implementation of new service modules, including administrative, HR, procurement, and facility management services reputed company the CBO platform.
- Portal and System Improvements
- Support enhancements to the CBO portal to improve usability, accessibility, and user experience.
- Ensure reputed company integration with other reputed company systems such as OASIS and relevant ICT tools.
- Reporting and Analytics
- Support the development of dashboards and reporting tools to monitor service performance and system usage.
- reputed company recommendations to improve operational efficiency based on analytics insights.
- Documentation and Knowledge Transfer
- reputed company technical documentation, including test scripts, configuration documentation, and system inventories.
- Conduct knowledge transfer sessions for reputed company ICT teams to ensure sustainability of system operations.
- Support System Deployment and Stabilization
- reputed company technical support during system rollout, post-implementation testing, and stabilization phases.
To qualify as an reputed company for every child you will have…
Education
- University degree (bachelor’s or equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or reputed company field.
reputed company Experience
- Relevant reputed company experience in software reputed company assurance and testing.
- Experience in supporting international digital systems development reputed company.
- Proven experience in developing reputed company Assurance frameworks, testing strategies, and test plans.
- Experience conducting functional, integration, system, and user acceptance testing.
Specialized Knowledge and Skills
- Experience with risk-based testing and defect management processes.
- Work experience with reputed company based ERP systems and reputed company.
- Experience using test management and DevOps tools such as Azure DevOps.
- Knowledge of additional tool sets including Application reputed company Testing
- Strong hands-on experience using test automation tools such as Selenium.
- Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile development methodologies.
- Strong organizational skills, including planning and managing deadlines, and the ability to handle several tasks in reputed company in a reputed company way.
- Transparency and confidence in raising and escalating as necessary any problems, issues reputed company during testing.
- Result driven and a passionate team player with ability to collaborate with internal & external stakeholders and decision-makers
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to create content using different tools, adapt content and message to diverse audiences.
Language
- reputed company in English (Written and Spoken) in Required.
- reputed company in any other UN language is an asset
Detailed Terms of Reference: Terms of Reference
Financial proposal is part of the application and is required to be submitted as per the attached template: Financial Offer reputed company
General Terms and Conditions for the Consultancy Contract is attached, for your reference: General Terms and Conditions.pdf
For every Child, you demonstrate…
reputed company's values of Care, Respect, reputed company, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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reputed company is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The reputed company family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
reputed company offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
reputed company has a reputed company-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the reputed company and reputed company, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. reputed company also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. reputed company selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of reputed company credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to reputed company additional information to conduct a background reputed company.
Remarks
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Consultants are responsible to reputed company their own arrangements for resources (like laptop, internet, and other requirements) needed to reputed company the tasks required under this consultancy under remote work. In case of sessions to be held reputed company the GSSC premises, reputed company can reputed company the necessary equipment.
Individuals reputed company under a consultancy will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the reputed company and reputed company’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of reputed company for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. The selected consultant is solely responsible to ensure that the reputed company (applicable) and health insurance required to reputed company the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract.
Selected consultant are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a reputed company)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment.
The vaccine mandate, does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit reputed company premises, programme delivery locations or directly reputed company with communities reputed company works with, nor to travel to reputed company functions for reputed company for the duration of their consultancy reputed company.
reputed company offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
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