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Global Solutions Architect Jobs at World Agroforestry Centre, Kenya
Department OPERATION SUPPORT UNIT (OSU)

Job Summary

The Global Solutions Architect will work for the Operations Support Unit (OSU) of the OCS project. The position will be located at one of the OCS member headquarter offices to be agreed before appointment. The OCS initiative has implemented UNIT4 Business World (UBW). A single solutions design was developed with each member adding local configuration where necessary. The project is now moving into the operations and continual improvement phase.

Architect Job Roles and responsibilities

Work with OCS Centres in the redesign and further improvement of their business processes using best practices that maintain the consistency and integrity of the OCS solution

Identify business processes that can be mapped to a common design to be used by the OCS members to enhance the common build and technical configuration.

Provide project management that will bring together resources from the OCS members with 3rd party experts, to build and implement future OCS developments.

Develop, drive and maintain architectural standards, best practices and guidelines for the OCS project, which will include maintaining the integrity of the common base build, common coding structures and control lists.

Provide technical input for the System Design Authority (SDA) when evaluating Centres’ requests for changes to the base build, to customise the system or for changes that could affect the ability to work together in future

Manage the OSU team that provides 2nd level application support to the OCS members and deciding when issues should be escalated to a 3rd party for expert support

Ensure that all solutions and documentation are shared with all OCS members, to prevent duplication of effort and resources.

Skill set

Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Information Systems or related fields with the right level of experience

A Master’s degree in a relevant field would be an added advantage

Certification in Project management, ERP implementation or business processes is desirable
Experience for Architect Jobs in Kenya


At least 10 years of experience working with enterprise business processes and systems and 5 years implementing and developing UNIT4 Business World (formerly Agresso Business World)

Expert knowledge of the UNIT4 Business World for use in the design, configuration and development of the product

Ability to understand, design and improve business processes for use in the development of solution designs or to solve complex issues

Experience with project methodologies and practices such as SDLC or Agile

Ability to explain and communicate with UNIT4 Business World experts to precisely describe issues and solutions

Experience in managing virtual teams

Competencies:

Must have good people and institutional management skills in order to influence OCS stakeholders to collaborate and work together to implement common

processes, and to coordinate a dispersed application support team

Is a team player but with the ability to initiate ideas and actions

Can work independently as the expert in their field of work

Excellent presentation and communication skills

Effectively manages and communicates with colleagues and OCS stakeholders at all levels in many locations around the world

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously by delegating responsibilities and prioritizing effectively to consistently meet deadlines

Fluency in oral and written English.

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