[Hiring] Consultant - Site Acceptance Test Support @UNDP

Role Description

The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Member States are implementing the HYDROMET project for building regional resilience through strengthening meteorological, hydrological and climate services. This consultancy/mission is supported by the CREWS SWIO project and will be conducted in close coordination with a team of experts involved in the SAT process.

• The supervisor will be the CREWS SWIO Team and the Heads of the NMHSs of Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles, in coordination with the WMO Representative for Eastern and Southern Africa.
• The consultant will work in coordination with other consultants and experts involved in the SAT and training before the SAT.
• The consultant shall provide technical and operational check support to ensure that the Synergie-Web system operates as required once installed in each country.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in applied meteorology, Atmospheric science, IT systems / data engineering.

Requirements

• At least 10 years' experience in supporting meteorological systems or forecast office operations, data management systems and system integration.
• Knowledge of testing complex IT systems and forecast platforms.
• Sense of responsibility, flexibility, maturity of judgement, initiative, originality of ideas and ability to work independently and in a team.
• Ability to identify technical and operational problems in a Synergie-Web based integrated system.
• Ability to write and synthesize technical documents.
• Excellent knowledge of English and French (both oral and written). Knowledge of other official languages of WMO would be an advantage.

Benefits

• Pay band D - USD 620.- / USD 750.-
• Duration: 10 days over a period of 4 months.

Main Deliverables

• Deliverable 1 (December 2026 – 20%): a detailed plan including test objectives, methodological approach and timeline.
• Deliverable 2 (March 2027 – 80%): Catalogue of operational products (for nowcasting and short-range forecasting) to be generated and/or displayed as part of the training sessions of SAT.
• SAT results document and related consultant’s evaluation to determine if requirements are met.
• A list of issues with recommendations for operations improvement for the three countries.

Planned Travels

• Three travels are planned to the three beneficiary countries – Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles.

Focal Point

Bernardine Sima-a
[email protected]

Applications

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• The statutory retirement age is 65. Pursuant to WMO Standing Instructions, the minimum age to be eligible for consideration for vacant positions is 18, and the maximum age must enable the candidate to serve for at least the term of the contract before reaching mandatory age of separation.

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