PHP Developer Team Lead (Remote)

Position Title: PHP Developer Team Lead (Remote)

Duty Station: Multiple Duty Stations

Classification: Professional Staff, Grade UG

Type of Appointment: Special short-term ungraded, nine months with possibility of extension

Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible

Closing Date: 27 September 2023

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

Internal and external candidates will be considered for this vacancy. For the purposes of this vacancy, internal candidates are defined as staff members holding a regular, fixed-term or short-term graded or ungraded contract, including Junior Professional Officers (JPOs), staff on Special Leave Without Pay (SLWOP), and staff members on secondment/loan released by the Organization, unless otherwise specified in their contract. Staff members holding a regular, fixed-term or short-term graded contract will not retain their contract type if appointed to an ungraded position.

Context:

Under the overall supervision of the and direct supervision of the Information Management Officer of the Protection Division, the PHP Developer Team Lead is responsible and accountable for coordinating a team of PHP developers to maintain and update SYNC, the protection information management system for humanitarian settings. They are also responsible for the design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of the application and services connected to it. The Team Lead will provide technical and team leadership through coaching and mentorship.

Core Functions / Responsibilities:

1. Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery and provide technical leadership through coaching and mentorship. Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
2. Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits and managing the day-to-day technical aspects of products and projects under development through the release and implementation phase of the project life cycle.
3. Collaborate with other developers, business analysts, and project manager to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain the system. Participate in peer reviews of solution designs and related code.
4. Manage implementation of change requests and enhancements as well as application releases. Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
5. Manage tier 3 technical support to business users of the application, analyze and resolve technical and application problems, ensuring agreed SLAs are met.
6. In conjunction with the project manager and business analyst, participate in determining requirements, and planning technical aspects of the project to ensure that requirements are consistent, complete, correct, and operationally defined.
7. Develop using object-oriented design principles and software design patterns to attain high reusability and maintainability; Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
8. Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and on-budget. Research and evaluate a variety of software products.
9. Adhere to the version control system, build and release processes, and coding standards.
10. Participate in the detailed application design of products in conjunction with the ICT Architect team and code walk-through for review and incorporate feedback into design and code artefacts.
11. Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards. Perform unit and integration tests and resolve any resulting issues/bugs, package and support deployment of releases.
12. Prepare reports, manuals, and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software. Communicate project status, issues, and risk factors to project team members.
13. Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Education

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field from an accredited academic institution, with five years of relevant experience; or
• University degree in the above fields with seven years of relevant professional experience.

Experience

• At least five years of experience in coding in PHP MVC frameworks, Javascript (React and/or Angular), CSS3+/SCSS, MS SQL, MySQL, HTML5+, AJAX, etc;
• At least three years of experience in MySQL designing schemas & writing optimized queries;
• At least three years of experience in platform infrastructure and data pipeline management using AWS including EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFront & ElasticCache;
• Extensive experience in planning, designing, developing, implementing and maintaining enterprise-grade software for large international ogranizations or the private sector;
• Experience with source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments (BitBucket, JIRA, Git, Gulp, Azure Devops);
• Experience in agile product development and working in open source development;
• Experience in remote supervision of a small to medium size team of developers.

Skills

• Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development techniques and theories;
• Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment;
• Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders;
• Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes;
• Demonstrated leadership skills to manage and support to technical team;
• Must possess a team player mentality, a strong willingness to share knowledge and train subordinates;
• Excellent in problem-solving;
• Strong time management and organizational skills.

Languages

IOM’s official languages are English, French and Spanish.

For this position, fluency in English is required (oral and written). Working knowledge on French or Spanish is an advantage.

Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.

Notes

Accredited Universities are the ones listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database (https://whed.net/home.php).

Required Competencies:

Values – all IOM staff members must abide by and demonstrate these five values:

• Inclusion and respect for diversity: Respects and promotes individual and cultural differences. Encourages diversity and inclusion.
• Integrity and transparency: Maintains high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct.
• Professionalism: Demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges.
• Courage: Demonstrates willingness to take a stand on issues of importance.
• Empathy: Shows compassion for others, makes people feel safe, respected and fairly treated.

Core Competencies – behavioural indicators

• Teamwork: Develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.
• Delivering results: Produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner. Is action oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes.
• Managing and sharing knowledge: Continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.
• Accountability: Takes ownership for achieving the Organization’s priorities and assumes responsibility for own actions and delegated work.
• Communication: Encourages and contributes to clear and open communication. Explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.

Managerial Competencies – behavioural indicators

• Leadership: Provides a clear sense of direction, leads by example and demonstrates the ability to carry out the Organization’s vision. Assists others to realize and develop their leadership and professional potential.
• Empowering others: Creates an enabling environment where staff can contribute their best and develop their potential.
• Building Trust: Promotes shared values and creates an atmosphere of trust and honesty.
• Strategic thinking and vision: Works strategically to realize the Organization’s goals and communicates a clear strategic direction.
• Humility: Leads with humility and shows openness to acknowledging own shortcomings.

IOM’s competency framework can be found at this link.

https://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/about-iom/iom_revised_competency_framework_external.pdf

Competencies will be assessed during a competency-based interview.

Other:

Internationally recruited professional staff are required to be mobile. Any offer made to the candidate in relation to this vacancy notice is subject to funding confirmation.

For this staff category, candidates who are nationals of the duty station’s country cannot be considered eligible.

Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances. Subject to certain exemptions, vaccination against COVID-19 will in principle be required for individuals hired on or after 15 November 2021. This will be verified as part of the medical clearance process.

Vacancies close at 23:59 local time Geneva, Switzerland on the respective closing date. No late applications will be accepted.