Senior Ict Officer

Position Title**: Senior ICT Officer (Enterprise Architect)**
Duty Station**: Valencia, Spain**

Classification**: Professional Staff, Grade P4**
Type of Appointment**: Fixed term, one year with possibility of extension**
Estimated Start Date**: As soon as possible**

Closing Date**: 05 September 2024**
- 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._

IOM is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. Read more about diversity and

Applications are welcome from first
- Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Comoros; Congo (the); Cook Islands;_
- Guinea-Bissau; Holy See; Iceland; Kiribati; Lao People's Democratic_
- Republic (the); Latvia; Madagascar; Marshall Islands; Micronesia_
- (Federated States of); Namibia; Nauru; Palau; Saint Kitts and Nevis;_
- Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; Solomon Islands; Suriname; The Bahamas;_
- Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu_

**_ Context:_**

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enables the IOM to achieve its mission to
facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, by delivering
transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 160 countries.

ICT provides enhanced enterprise core services and enables the organisation to operate as one
strategic and coordinated entity. ICT services range from: establishing the infrastructure to
reach and connect staff, humanitarian stakeholders and partners; providing the devices and
services; creating and maintaining tools to integrate information across the IOM, the clients we
serve and the countries where we operate; and delivering the computing power needed to
analyze development and humanitarian challenges and identify solutions.

The ICT business model combines dedicated business solutions centres that provide services
tailored to specific IOM business needs and shared services that provide infrastructure,

Under the direct supervision of the Chief Information Officer (CIO)/Director ICT, the Senior ICT
Officer (Enterprise Architect (EA)) will lead and coordinate all aspects of the EA program,
including business architecture, which is focused on guiding people, process and organizational
change, solutions architecture, which is focused on developing a direction for managing the
portfolio of to-be solutions and technical architecture, which is focused on evolving the technical
infrastructure.

The Senior ICT Officer (Enterprise Architect (EA)) has a supervisory role for the domain
architects who are responsible for defining and delivering the Information Technology (IT)
solutions for specific business domains and functions within IOM. The Senior ICT Officer
(Enterprise Architect (EA)) provides coaching, mentoring, and feedback to the domain architects
and the Business Relationship Managers (BRMs) and ensures that they adhere to the
enterprise architecture framework, standards, and principles.

The Senior ICT Officer (Enterprise Architect (EA)) works closely with the IT leadership team, the
domain architects, the BRMs, and other key stakeholders to understand the current and future
business needs, identify opportunities for improvement, and propose innovative and feasible IT
solutions.

This role is responsible for defining the EA process and architecture review and advisory
process, and for leading the integration of those processes with related business and IT
processes.

**_ Core Functions / Responsibilities:_**

1. Lead the creation or evolution of the enterprise architecture prograM/Function.

2. Promote the business value of the EA prograM/Function and its process, and the results of the
EA program to business and ICT leadership.

3. Lead the development of an implementation plan for the enterprise architecture based on
business strategy and requirements.

4. Seek opportunities to highlight how digital business initiatives will potentially impact
enterprises' economic architecture and metrics.

5. Supervise, coach, mentor, and provide feedback to the domain architects and the Business
Relationship Managers (BRMs) and ensure that they deliver high-quality IT solutions for their
respective business domains and functions.

6. Construct technology-enabled operating models and provide viable options and visibility into
execution issues.

7. Present a gap analysis and/or IT investment roadmap that reflects the status of the existing IT
estate, namely, its ability to contribute to future-state business capabilities around ecosystems
and digital platforms.

8. Lead the development of an implementation plan for the enterprise architecture based on
business requirements as channeled through BRMs and aligned with IT strategies.

9. Lead and facilitate the