Head of information security

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. WFP's regional bureau for the Middle East and North Africa provides strategic guidance, policy/technical support, and oversight to WFP's operations in 14 countries: Algeria, Armenia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen. The regional vision is to deliver on zero hunger and contribute to peace. Robust and reliable data analytics on food security, nutrition, vulnerability and emergency needs are fundamental in achieving this vision. JOB PURPOSE: This position is to provide leadership to a dedicated regional team of food security analysts and geographic information system (GIS) experts as well as technically overseeing and supporting country level vulnerability analysis and mapping efforts to ensure that the most reliable and up-to-date evidence is available at all times to inform WFP's portfolio of work. Responsibility will include leadership and strategic guidance in areas such as emergency needs assessments, food security monitoring, climate analysis, context analysis, beneficiary targeting, market analysis, nutrition assessments, cost effectiveness and operational efficiency. The Senior Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping Officer will work under the direct supervision of the regional Head of Programme. MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The Senior Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping Officer will be responsible for delivering quality analytics in the following key areas: Emergency need assessments - With the application of the latest technology and methods ensure that data and analysis on food assistance needs (who needs assistance, where, when and for how long) are available to WFP and partners at the right time to make key decisions for any required emergency response. - Ensure data readiness for the purpose of rapid emergency needs assessments to guide an initial emergency response. - Support country offices on the implementation and maintenance of WFP's Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and maintain current systems. Work with VAM advisors at WFP HQ in Rome to improve and expand the SDI. - Support Country Office surge requirements for assessments, vulnerability analysis and mapping, including emergency situations. Economic and market analysis - Ensure robust market analysis across the region as early warning for economic shocks and to adequately inform transfer modality choices (food, cash, vouchers). - Contribute to the refinement of cost-efficiency analysis especially for national social protection programme support. - Undertake market-related field missions to support operations –emergency, recovery and rehabilitation, development and capacity building, with emphasis on cash-based interventions. Nutrition assessments - Initiate and guide state-of-the-art nutrition analyses such as Cost of Diet and cash/voucher expenditure patterns for recommendations for improved nutrition programming. Beneficiary targeting - Provide guidance and support to country offices on methodologies and procedures for beneficiary selection that minimize inclusion of non-eligible beneficiaries and exclusion of vulnerable and food insecure households and individuals. Vulnerability and climate change impact analysis - Collect, manage, prepare and analyse remotely sensed climatological data. This includes supporting the efforts by country offices to conduct a Consolidated Livelihoods Exercise for Analysing Resilience (CLEAR) and rolling out 3PA that consist of an Integrated Context Analysis and Seasonal Livelihoods planning. - Conduct urban specific analyses that provide detailed data and analysis on food security situation in urban contexts. Monitoring and evaluation systems: Lead the regional VAM function to support country office outcome monitoring and the M&E function to support country office process and output monitoring. Partnership and representation: Enhance WFP's leadership role in food security analysis by representing WFP in meetings with strategic partners, contributing to high-level technical discussions, exchanging knowledge and experience with other institutions and identifying areas of comparative advantage in both emergency and non-emergency settings. Effective staff management: Lead, motivate and manage a geographically dispersed team of technical staff, providing coaching and guidance to ensure appropriate career development and enable high performance. - Build relationships and collaborate closely across the programme team and with other divisions, regional bureaux and country offices as required. - Ensure that gender perspectives will be incorporated in all areas of assessment and analysis. The post-holder will be expected to perform other duties as required. SPECIFIC QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Work experience & skills - Minimum of 11 years of relevant professional work experience in international development and/or humanitarian work, at least 4 of which in an international organisation within food security related domain(s) - Experience in managing complex activities in a humanitarian as well as in development context. - Proven knowledge and ability to comprehend complex sets of data and generate analyses. Economic and market analysis as well as focus on food security/nutrition domain considered to be an added-value - Expertise in international financial institutions, including previous work experience, is an asset. - Experience in the design and implementation of new policies, processes, and vulnerability analysis systems to improve efficiency and effectiveness of assessment efforts. - Experience in creating and cultivating a broad range of relationships with key stakeholders including NGOs, national authorities, UN agencies, donors and academia. - Demonstrated ability to lead and build multi-functional and cross-geography teams and to collaborate with others to achieve collective results. - Ability to deliver results through efficient planning and organisation and by enabling more junior colleagues to excel. - Proven ability to develop quality reports and analysis. - Experience in the Middle East and/or North Africa is preferable. STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: Education: Advanced University degree in Economics or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses. Language: - Fluency (level C) in English language. - Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (a WFP working language). Arabic is an advantage TERMS AND CONDITIONS International Professional positions are open to all nationalities. The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year. Mobility is and continues to be a core contractual requirement in WFP. This position is based in Khartoum, Sudan, and would require the incumbent to relocate. After completing this assignment, you will be expected to apply internally for other assignments in WFP. WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel and shipment allowances, 30 days' annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, a pension plan, and medical insurance. For more details, please visit icsc.un.org. ________________________________________________________________________ This is how cinfo can support you in the application process for this specific position: - Before you apply for this position: Improve your application documents by registering for a Job Application Support. - When invited to the interview: Prepare for the interview by registering for a Job Application Support. This service is offered free of charge to Swiss nationals. Interested in a career with multilateral institutions? 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VOLKSWAGEN FINANCIAL SERVICES IT Governance Specialist contributes directly to the goals of the IT Governance & Enterprise Architecture team and indirectly to those of the IT Department, managing single IT Risk, Information Security, Access & Identity Management and IT Compliance tasks. With reference to the ITIL methodology, he/she is involved in some of the Design and Continual Service Improvement processes. Role and duty – core business In compliance with the directives issued by the HQ, by the Management and by the company, he/she contributes to the implementation, evolution and monitoring of the following processes: -Access & Identity Management - IT Risk Management - IT Compliance -Information Security Management -He/she will also be responsible for drafting and updating guidelines and operating procedures related to IT Governance topics, and for operationally supporting the IT Dept. during any internal and external audits. Competences -Degree in Computer Engineering, Management Engineering, Information Security, Economics or equivalent -2-4 years of relevant experience in IT Risk, Governance and Compliance area in consultancy companies and/or financial institutions -Demonstrated knowledge of recognized IT audit-related standards, regulations and frameworks (e.g. ISO27001, COBIT, ITIL, OSWAP, NIST, etc.) -Excellent knowledge of IT Governance Processes -Good knowledge of Project Management’s principles (PRINCE II or similar) -Fluency in English -Lead Auditor ISO27001, CISA, CISSP, CRISC or equivalent certifications will be preferred Personal flairs -Excellent organizational and analysis skills. - Decision making skills. - Working within strict deadlines. -Problem solving and problem setting. -Hard working and innovative. -Team working. -Leadership qualities. -Stress management. -Strong communication, presentation, negotiation and interpersonal skills. -Ability to manage junior/external resources Location: Milan

Duty station: Valencia, Spain Application Deadline: 21 May 2020 * THIS IS A LOCAL POSITION FOR WHICH ONLY APPLICANTS WHO ARE SPANISH OR EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS OR APPLICANTS WHO POSSESS A VALID RESIDENCE AND WORK PERMIT IN SPAIN ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION * This is a position in UNOPS for supporting projects carried out for the United Nations Secretariat. The incumbent of this position will be a staff member of UNOPS under its full responsibility. Within the Enterprise Application Center (EAC)/ America programme, this post will report to the Information Systems Officer or his designate in the Web Services Development Group in architecting and developing Drupal websites. S/he will assist with customization or development, as well as maintainance of Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 modules and libraries; will assist with the requirements gathering and review; assist with the migration of existing websites from a variety of WCMS platforms to UN standards based Drupal 7 and 8 websites; will assist with incident and problem resolution with Drupal websites. FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Under the overall supervision of UNOPS Senior Programme Manager, the incumbent will directly work under the Information Systems Officer or his designate in New York and will be responsible for the following duties: Assist with the development and the maintenance of full-life cycle implementations of Drupal-based solutions providing support to a focus on maintainability, reliability, scalability, security, and performance. Assist the Manager with the performance of site-building activities, including assistance with creating and modifying views, contexts and blocks to match functionality specified in wireframes and designs. Provide assistance to the theme of responsive websites using Drupal version 7 and 8, and applications as per UN branding, accessibility, and multi-lingual standards. Help the Information Associate with the work related to the evaluation of user requirements, designs, and wireframes during the design and user experience phase. Support the preparation of technical documentation. Perform other duties as may be reasonably required and in line with the incumbent’s scope of services above. Impact of Results This initiative will help support the development of a continuously maintained and enhanced Drupal UN platform with a common core. It will also support the rapid delivery of new low cost features and enrich departmental websites in an Enterprise hosted environment. The initiative will also track UN website standards compliance KPI’s as part of the ICT strategy and the website governance project. Education/Experience/Language requirements Education: Completion of secondary education (High School diploma); University Degree (Bachelor's or Master's) is desirable and may substitute for some of the required number of years of experience. Required: A minimum of five years of experience in providing assistance in the design, development, implementation and maintenance of Drupal websites with a high school degree. A minimum of two years of experience in providing assistance with the development and support of Drupal 8 websites. Experience in assisting with the development of responsive websites using frameworks such as Bootstrap. Proficiency coding in PHP/HTML/CSS/JavaScript and other web development tools. Desirable: Proficiency in using Git for source control management. Experience with Agile project development and product delivery. Experience with REST API integrations Experience with MySQL and MariaDB databases. Ability to use wire-frame and modelling tools like Visio and UML. Knowledge in automated testing, automated deployment processes, and continuous integration. Knowledge of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Knowledge of project management methodologies such as PRINCE2. Language: Fluency in English is required for this post. Knowledge of one or more official UN languages will be considered an asset. Contract type: Staff Contract level: G5 Contract duration: One year initially, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability'

In partnership with the company's CIO and senior management team, you will responsible to enhance Trendy's technology capacity/solution and service on the company's existing strong retail business and brand equity of Trendy and to ensure the planning, development, implementation and transformation of IT infrastructure, enterprise system, IT best support and deliverable that link with business needs and growth.Support the company IT strategy, provide technological guidance within an organisation, be capable to envision & influence business & technology, change to use technology as enabler for advancing quality, effectiveness, convenience & efficiency.Work closely the Chief Digital Officer to establish the best strategy to approach the digital transformation and the omnichannel strategy of the Group.Cross fertilisation will be a key to set a new vision and a cross functional approach with all the divisions and business units of the company.You will identify opportunities and risks for business, including identification of technology trends, opportunities for innovation, and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to the business success.You will establish and supervise the software development process, setting short-term and long-term objectives and assessing progress as defined by the selected software development methodology.Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide information security plan that protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the company's data and servers.Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan. Aligning the IT strategy with the overall business strategy of the organisation, you will manage the day-to-day operations of the information technology department, ensure IT operations, implementation, restructuring, innovation and service link with the needs from the various units of an organisation (such as accounting departments, risk management, HR, design, marketing, digital, retail operation, e-commerce, BUs and so on). Ensure that IT infrastructure and digital assets are working efficiently and effectively as well as technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organisation. You will maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and software development best practices and share knowledge, mentor, and educate the management, staffs, partners, customers, and stakeholders with regard to the company's technological vision, opportunities, and challenges. Collaborate with the appropriate departments to assess and recommend technologies that support company organisational needs. Ensure company technical problems are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner. Develop, track, and control the development and deployment annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing, and operations. Temporary Omnichannel Project Challenging IT Transformation Program University degree or above in the field of engineering, computer science, information technology.A Master/PHD or MBA degree is preferred.A minimum of 10 years related working experience with at least 5 years in IT/ CIO position or a similar managerial role.Deep knowledge and substantial experience of designing/developing IT systems and planning IT implementation, project management in a leading sizeable Multinational companies.Proven leadership ability. Strategic thinking combined with strong capability in execution. A temporary manager with a specific focus on the business, someone able to convey a vision, with strategy and management skills and diplomatic approach. Monitoring in which way the ICT/Digital is impacting the company, in terms of sales, internal mood and brand awareness. Ability to set and manage priorities judiciously. Self-motivated and directed as well as service orientation mind-set. Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities. Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. Excellent written and oral communication skills.Fluency in Italian and English is required. Our client is a leading International retail group. Great career opportunity within multinational environment.

Società di consulenza di direzione e organizzazione aziendale ed executive research cerca: Analyst Junior Purpose of the role To provide process and research support on client assignments and other projects. Can be located in local offices or in virtual/physical hubs globally. Can be deployed for local or regional assignment execution and support local or regional initiatives CORE RESPONSIBILITIES - Manages projects (assignments, pitch preparation, etc.) in partnership with the consultant, creating an effective project plan that ensures the team delivers on client expectations and timelines; - Creates high quality client documentation (profiles, status reports, powerpoint slides) for projects; - Develops the search strategy with the supervision of the consultant, fully understanding the needs and critical issues of the search and the client; - Undertakes market interaction for insights and systematic coverage (sourcing executives to seek recommendations of candidates and insights on companies and markets, as well as talking to job seekers, but not approaching candidates with specific opportunities), after training and with appropriate support; - Validates, calibrates and prioritizes candidates on assignments in preparation for, and during, discussions with consultants; - Provides candidate identification for assignments and gathers actionable information on key moves and market news for business development opportunities. SHARED ACCOUNTABILITIES - Reports to local or regional Head of Research for deployment on projects; - Supports senior researchers and consultants requests during the course of an engagement. Location Milan

ABOUT WFP The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. WFP Technology Division (TEC, formerly known as IT) is the digital business engine of the World Food Programme, providing the business with multi-pronged and resilient technical capabilities able to respond with the agility required in humanitarian operations, be they manmade or in a natural disaster setting. TEC Division continues to increase its activities to meet the constantly growing demand from the organization and implement the initiatives related to digital transformation. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT The Architecture branch (TECA) is seeking a Business Transformation Officer with a passion and vision for building quality technology solutions to support WFP operations. Reporting to the Chief of IT Architecture Branch of the Technology Division, the Business Transformation Officer will play an important role in transforming business objectives into a cohesive and effective WFP Digital Landscape. They will use their substantial technical knowledge, with a focus on technical solution architecture, to analyse business needs and build the blueprint of a modern digital foundation for WFP. Working with the Architecture Team, Solution Architects and other TEC units, the Business Transformation Officer will also be part of thought leadership activities and provide strategic and tactical advice to WFP business units. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive) - Develop and evolve WFP's digital platform strategy, aligned to and prioritized by business priorities; - Support the development of functional work plans, ensuring compliance with the digital platform strategy; - Continuously improve guidelines, processes and procedures to assist Business Relationship Management, Business Analysis and IT Project Management functions; - Participate in identifying business needs and propose well-researched ideas (by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of technology products) for new or improved systems and solutions that assist in meeting WFP objectives; - As a principal role in the TEC Product Journey, use evidence-based criteria to provide in-depth analysis of IT solutions: make key decisions (example: 'Buy before Build'), identify risks and prepare related documentation to support the design and delivery of digital solutions; - Seek out and establish collaboration mechanisms with all teams and branches of the Technology Division, and subject-matter experts from Business Units, to ensure WFP's digital landscape is effective, efficient, secure and robust; - Build and nurture relationships with the business counterparts to understand and anticipate the direction of the business and ensure alignment of solutions with changing business requirements and priorities; - Manage business expectations in servicing business needs and oversee success of solutions, seeking ongoing opportunities to support or increase the business value from those solutions; - Propose change and continuous improvements that supports business capabilities and keep WFP's digital landscape in good health by determining when existing solutions should be retired, rebuilt or transitioned to off-the-shelf solutions to ensure delivering value for business priorities; - Manage a team of staff and/or contractors (as applicable), providing coaching, training and guidance to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance. OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS - Broad, conceptual understanding of solution architecture trends with demonstrated proficiency of technologies, frameworks, and languages. - Excellent understanding of software and very strong technology knowledge covering Cloud, ERP (e.g. SAP/HANA) and web (e.g. Python/HTML/CSS/JavaScript). - Ability to work on different levels of abstractions; application frameworks, service-oriented architecture (SOA), microservices, cloud solutions, containers, networking & infrastructure, IAM/CIAM etc. - Deep understanding of modern API platform design, security practices, data architectures. - Technically curious with appetite to learn and master emerging technologies. - Communicate the alignment between business objectives, requirements and solution architecture to make it accessible, understandable and usable in support of decision-making by those involved, at various levels, in technological and architectural decision. DESIRED EXPERIENCE - At least five years' experience in designing and implementing platform architecture and cloud-native application development projects; - Experience working in organizations that apply: Agile, DevOps, Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), and Human-Centred Design (HCD); - Demonstrated experience in managing technology projects and supervision of team members; - Experience in transforming business trends into target architectures and new solution designs. INTERPERSONAL COMPETENCIES AND ATTRIBUTES - Building consensus, particularly in the face of competing design requirements; - Ability to influence / coach solution architects on modern evolutionary platform architecture principles and practices; - Well organized and detail oriented with strong judgement/decision-making skills; - Ability to effectively coordinate multiple responsibilities simultaneously; - Ability to plan and organize work and communicate effectively; - Ability to handle a large volume of work and to meet strict deadlines; - Ability to deal tactfully with people of different national and cultural backgrounds. STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Education Advanced University degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics or Engineering or other related fields or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses. Language - Fluency in oral and written English is essential. - Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP's working languages). TERMS AND CONDITIONS Mobility is the essence of WFP and continues to be a core contractual requirement. These positions are rotational which means that you shall be subject to the regular reassignment process to any other location on a period of 2 to 4 years unless the position is reclassified as non-rotational. The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term as well as a rotational contract with a probationary period of one year. Depending on the duty station, the position may be eligible for Rest and Recuperation (R&R) scheme. WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel and shipment allowances, 30 days' annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, pension plan and medical insurance. More details on https://icsc.un.org/ ________________________________________________________________________ This is how cinfo can support you in the application process for this specific position: - Before you apply for this position: Improve your application documents by registering for a Job Application Support. - When invited to the interview: Prepare for the interview by registering for a Job Application Support. This service is offered free of charge to Swiss nationals. Interested in a career with multilateral institutions? 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“Sun’n’Fun Animation” is looking for 30 candidates, resident in Rimini and province, to form in the sector of tourist animation in the following departments: mini & junior club, sports animation / tournaments & contact, fitness & latin - american dance. The course will be held on a weekly basis in Rimini from the 7th of April to the 3rd of June. All applicants must be 18+ on application to the course. Possibility to be hired for the summer season at the end of the course. For further information and to apply, please send your C.V. and a full body and head shot to: sunnfunanimation@gmail.com