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Stillingstittel:
Technological Lead on Community Based Surveillence project

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

Norwegian Red Cross is a member of the world wide Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest humanitarian organization. Our international work is focused on humanitarian preparedness and response, and is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.The Norwegian Red Cross is looking for a passionate and skilled individual to lead the technical development of our Open Source Community Based Surveillance (CBS) platform. We are looking for someone who believes in OSS development and who is motivated to lead the development of our CBS platform.

The development of CBS is a collaboration between Norwegian Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies and is a strategic priority for Norwegian Red Cross' International Programmes and Preparedness Department. The CBS project aims to create a movement-wide tool (available to 191 national societies) to support Red Cross volunteers, staff and delegates in decision-making based on relevant and reliable information in real-time, ultimately enabling efficient and relevant response to epidemics and disease outbreaks. Norwegian Red Cross has been at the forefront of this project since 2012 and has developed and tested prototypes and proofs of concept in Haiti, Sierra Leone and Madagascar. Currently, an MVP is being piloted in Somaliland, with more pilot countries expected to start in 2019.The position is full-time until end 2020. The CBS technology lead will become part of an international team and community working to deliver a technologically advanced and relevant solution for CBS to the most at-risk communities worldwide.Key areas of responsibility and tasks:

• Lead the technical project management of the CBS platform; be responsible for development progress, quality assurance and ultimately ensuring that the CBS platform is developed, put in operation, and made available for the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in a sustainable manner
• Ensure technology choices are made and development of the platform is done according to best practice and standards, adhering the project principles and Red Cross Red Crescent codes, rules and regulations, as well as legal and ethical requirements.
• Lead, support and maintain the volunteer open source community
• Develop and implement strategies for sustainable maintenance and user support
• Manage relations with external technology partners, stakeholders and vendors, and coordinate and liaise with internal partners and stakeholders, particularly IFRC ICT, IM and legal teams to promote a coordinated approach
• Manage risks, ensure data protection by design, buy-in and ownership from relevant stakeholders
• Develop and implement effective tools for system monitoring and evaluation. Contribute to evaluations of operations. Implement lessons learned.
• Provide technical support during operations and for training purposes
• Ensure coherence with other relevant policies such as gender, corruption and fraud, etc.
• Represent the CBS project and the Norwegian Red Cross nationally and internationally when required

We are looking for someone who:

• Collaborates well with others and shares knowledge, experiences and information
• Is result-oriented and has large working capacity
• Education from university in relevant field (computer science or equivalent)
• Has proven developer experience
• Has experience with management of technology development and experience working with open source development
• Has experience with software architecture and design preferably Microservices, Event Driven Architecture/ Domain Driven Design and object oriented programming in #C
• Experience with modern application development frameworks, distributed systems, NoSQL databases, deployment solutions and scripting languages is an advantage
• Knowledge of the Red Cross Movement is an advantage

Personal suitability will be emphasized.We can offer:

• A challenging and meaningful job in the world's largest humanitarian organization
• Salary/benefits according to the Norwegian Red Cross' salary system and relevant qualifications
• The position is based at the Norwegian Red Cross National Office in Oslo.
• Travel must be expected.

If you have any questions, please contact CBS Activity Coordinator, Rebecca Bushby, Rebecca.madeleine.bushby (at) redcross.no / 458 80 521Søk på stillingen

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