Audio Visual Expert
Audio Visual Expert
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- FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender nationality background and culture.
- Qualified female applicants qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply;
- Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct and to uphold FAOs values
- FAO as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status objectives and mandate including sexual exploitation and abuse sexual harassment abuse of authority and discrimination
- All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
- All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
FAOs commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.
HOW TO APPLY
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Organizational Setting
The Digitalization and Informatics Division (CSI) is responsible for all IT activities within the Organization. CSI performs on behalf of the Organization the following critical roles: defining FAO IT policies and providing strategic advice on IT architecture and standards governance policy and operational matters while monitoring organizational compliance; defining the mechanisms for managing FAOs information and data; protecting FAOs information assets and ensuring confidentiality integrity and availability; ensuring provision of IT services that are core for the Organizations global operations and supporting the information and business processes; coordinating organization-wide IT activities in order to reduce duplication and fragmentation and to increase integration of information data systems and platforms mobilizing IT resources from across the Organization.
Reporting Lines
The Information Technology Officer (Hybrid Infrastructure Operations) reports to the Senior Information Technology Officer (Global Infrastructure) and works under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director (CSI).
Technical Focus
Audio Visual Expert will be responsible for designing and deploying new ICT core infrastructure at the FAO HQ ensuring resilient responsive scalable and secure design is achieved and rolled out. He/she will lead the related technical infrastructure projects at the FAO HQ in Rome Italy including the relevant designs that overarch the audio-visual infrastructure designs. He/she will direct all external implementation and training partners as well as any services related to the design implementation and roll-out of the said ICT infrastructure. Furthermore he/she will be responsible for developing TCO analysis multi-vendor comparison risk analysis best practices together with the project-related addition the candidate will liaise with all the support service groups in ensuring facility power and cooling requirements are met and will at the same time coordinate designs with all customer groups to ensure their requirements are fully incorporated in the newly designed services. These groups are but are not limited to CSI CSG CCO CSLI and so on.
Tasks and responsibilities
The candidate will be responsible for delivery of the following scope of work:
Under the direct supervision of the Senior Information Technology Officer the consultant will provide specialized expertise to FAO HQ under a project framework not otherwise available in-house performing the following duties:
oCoordination on the design of next generation infrastructure for audio and video services with the aim to ensure FAO core infrastructure is brough to current industry standard level and is future proof for upcoming ICT services and converged cloud integration.
oPrepare the initial project documentation with scope risk resource requirements tentative budget communication plan stakeholder mapping project plan etc.
oDevelop service requirements with full understanding on number of resources experience support and maintenance costs required to operate the above-mentioned solutions.
oDevelop budgeting and procurement documentation with technical specifications related costs for TCO of 10 years related vendor analysis giving the management and procurement team ample information for prompt decision making.
oParticipate in the technical selection process by drafting all necessary documentation for technical assessment of applicable vendors.
oDevelop an implementation plan for the rollout of the designed and procured infrastructure and services into operations including project plans training and handover plans change management plans transition plans as well as handover support plans.
oRollout training of support personnel prepare handover documentation and related processes.
oTransition the designed infrastructure and services into operations while coordinating the hyper support process to ensure that support personnel are learning on-the-job and are capable in dealing with any incoming support and operational requests.
oPrepare final project documentation handover the project to FAO HQ ICT teams.
The following are expected outputs:
oPrepare all initial project information based on PRINCE2 project management methodology.
oPrepare the overall design for audio-visual infrastructure at FAO HQ with focus on digitalization.
oDevelop service operations and transition documentation for all the above infrastructure and service designs.
oDevelop budget technical specifications maintenance and operational resource requirements for all the above designs including the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the period of 10 years.
oDevelop technical selection process documentation with acceptable requirements for all designs and services required.
oDevelop project transition documentation rollout and training plans.
oConduct training for all infrastructure and services for the relevant ICT personnel at FAO HQ.
oManage the transition of infrastructure and services into operations while providing the added level of support during a period of two months.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
University degree or relevant educational certification in Computer Science or closely related discipline.
For : At least 7 years For at least 5 years of proven experience in technical design project management and audio-video engineering developing meeting and conference venues with 1000 participants
Working knowledge of English language (C1). A limited knowledge of one of the following: French Spanish Arabic Chinese or Russian would be considered as an asset
FAO Core Competencies
Results Focus
Teamwork
Communication
Building Effective Relationships
Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
Project management
Technical design of audio/visual background
Project financial management
Project stakeholder management (team supplier user and board)
Selection Criteria
Years of experience
Field of work and area of specialization
Education
Language
Assessments through interview
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- FAO does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application interview processing)
- Please note that FAO will only consider academic credentials or degrees obtained from an educational institution recognized in the IAU/UNESCO list
- Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED) a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at informationvisit the FAO employment website
- Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment accreditation any residency or visa requirements and security clearances.
Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency
Employment Type
Full-Time
