Oracle Developer

Job Overview

Primary Location

Belgium-Brussels

NATO Body

NATO International Staff (NATO IS)

Schedule

Full-time

Application Deadline

22-Sep-2024, 9:59:00 PM

Salary (Pay Basis)

4,319.16

Grade

NATO Grade G10-G12

SUMMARY

The Executive Management (EM) Division has the lead role in the overall management of the NATO HQ. The EM Division covers the following directorates: HQ Support and Transformation (HQST), Human Resources (HR) and Information, Communications, and Technology Management (ICTM).

Within the Executive Management Division (EM), NATO’s International Staff (IS) Human Resources (HR) Directorate is comprised of five pillars: Talent Management and HR Integration (talent acquisition, talent development, organisational design, development and change management, and business partnership); HR Policy and Strategy Coordination (IS and NATO-wide HR Policy);Staff Services (contracts, pay and allowances, pensions, insurances, records and leave, and privileges and immunities), the Data Analytics section; and the Medical Unit.

The NATO-Wide Personnel Management Information System (NW-PMIS) provides personnel management ICT support for NATO civilian staff and pensioners. It is an in-house developed Oracle application used by HR centres of around 20 NATO Bodies spread across NATO member countries for the primary purpose of salary and pension calculation.

The post incumbent supports the payroll aspects of this system from an Information Technology standpoint. Tasks will involve analysis, design, development and maintenance of the software used by the NW-PMIS application

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

The incumbent must:

possess higher secondary education qualification with 6 years post-related experience in developing and maintaining software or systems developed in Oracle PL/SQL environment OR upper vocational training/post-secondary degree in Information technology applications development with 3 years post-related experience; have experience with a combination of systems technical analysis and design, using Software Development Life Cycle methodologies; experience in development with Oracle Forms; possess the following minimum levels of NATO’s official languages (English/French): V (“Advanced”) in one; III (“Intermediate”) in the other.

DESIRABLE

The following would be considered an advantage:

experience with formal development and test procedures, including check-in, check-out, software versioning, integration testing, change management, release management, and user acceptance testing; experience in data modelling, diagramming, and application module design; understanding of structured project management methodologies; experience in user training; experience in Apex, SQL and help authoring tools; experience with development work in Oracle reporting tools; have some understanding of hardware platforms, networking technologies, and operational requirements. MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

Expertise Development

Provide the analysis, design, development, testing and document software solutions to meet user requirements. Use programming experience, COTS tools and development environments to develop solutions to meet defined business and technical requirements, implementing proper check-in, check-out, version control and release management standards. Follow internal testing guidelines to ensure quality of all developed solutions.Develop, execute user acceptance testing and modify systems and applications based on test results. Conduct life-cycle application support activities. Assist in troubleshooting and identify code-related issues and bug fixes. Organise and perform user training sessions.

Knowledge Management

Ensure solutions/systems developed meet the requirements of direct users and other departments impacted by the development. Ensure that all staff involved have a full understanding of solutions implemented.

Information Management

Produce all required documentation for each solution/system developed or integrated to include application specifications, administrative guides, troubleshooting and support guides, and end user documentation

Stakeholder Management

Interface with customers/users located in NATO Bodies in different geographical areas. Consult with technical analysts and application development/package integration members of other teams to analyse requirements and outline the proposed technical solution. Liaise with relevant external customers/clients such financial institutions, HR Administration, payroll and pension providers.

Project Management

Monitor, and support the review of the projects that provide new or upgraded applications to ensure early and appropriate planning of all application support issues. Ensure that all deliverables required for application support are made available. Plan and execute production installation, final application acceptance testing and Post Implementation Reviews.

Perform any other related duty as necessary.

INTERRELATIONSHIPS

The incumbent works under the direction of the Head, Data Analytics.They work closely with HR payroll staff.Moreover, they coordinate – as appropriate – with other staff members within the Human Resources (HR) units of the NATO bodies.

Direct reports: N/a

Indirect reports: N/a.

COMPETENCIES

The incumbent must demonstrate:

Achievement: Works to meet standards; Analytical Thinking: Sees basic relationships; Clarity and Accuracy: Checks own work; Conceptual Thinking: Sees patterns based on life/work experience; Customer Service Orientation: Takes personal responsibility for correcting problems; Empathy: Reads non-verbal cues and understands meanings; Impact and Influence: Takes multiple actions to persuade; Initiative: Is decisive in a time-sensitive situation; Teamwork: Co-operates. CONTRACT

Contract to be offered to the successful applicant (if non-seconded): Definite duration contract of three years’ duration; possibility of an indefinite duration contract thereafter.

Contract clause applicable:

In accordance with the NATO Civilian Personnel Regulations, the successful candidate will receive a definite duration contract of three years, which may be followed by an indefinite duration contract.

If the successful applicant is seconded from the national administration of one of NATO’s member States, a 3-year definite duration contract will be offered, which may be renewed for a further period of up to 3 years subject to the agreement of the national authority concerned. The maximum period of service in the post as a seconded staff member is six years.

Serving staff will be offered a contract in accordance with the NATO Civilian Personnel Regulations.

NOTE: Irrespective of previous qualifications and experience, candidates for twin-graded posts will be appointed at the lower grade. Advancement to the higher grade is not automatic, and will not normally take place during the first three years of service in the post.

Under specific circumstances, serving staff members may be appointed directly to the higher grade, and a period of three years might be reduced by up to twenty four months for external candidates. These circumstances are described in the IS directive on twin-graded posts.

USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING APPLICATION AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Please note that we can only accept applications from nationals of NATO member countries. Applications must be submitted using e-recruitment system, as applicable:

For NATO civilian staff members only: please apply via the internal recruitment portal ( link ); For all other applications: www.nato.int/recruitment

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More information about the recruitment process and conditions of employment, can be found at our website (http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/recruit-hq-e.htm)

Appointment will be subject to receipt of a security clearance (provided by the national Authorities of the selected candidate), approval of the candidate’s medical file by the NATO Medical Adviser, verification of your study(ies) and work experience, and the successful completion of the accreditation and notification process by the relevant authorities.

NATO will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection prepared, in whole or in part, by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools, including and without limitation to chatbots, such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chat GPT), or other language generating tools. NATO reserves the right to screen applications to identify the use of such tools. All applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at NATO’s sole discretion, and NATO reserves the right to take further steps in such cases as appropriate.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

NATO is committed to diversity and inclusion, and strives to provide equal access to employment, advancement and retention, independent of gender, age, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, cultural background, sexual orientation, and disability. NATO welcomes applications of nationals from all member Nations, and strongly encourages women to apply.

Building Integrity is a key element of NATO’s core tasks. As an employer, NATO values commitment to the principles of integrity, transparency and accountability in accordance with international norms and practices established for the defence and related security sector. Selected candidates are expected to be role models of integrity, and to promote good governance through ongoing efforts in their work.

Due to the broad interest in NATO and the large number of potential candidates, telephone or e-mail enquiries cannot be dealt with.

Applicants who are not successful in this competition may be offered an appointment to another post of a similar nature, albeit at the same or a lower grade, provided they meet the necessary requirements.

The nature of this position may require the staff member at times to be called upon to travel for work and/or to work outside normal office hours.

The organization offers several work-life policies including Teleworking and Flexible Working arrangements (Flexitime) subject to business requirements.

Please note that the International Staff at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium is a non-smoking environment.

For information about the NATO Single Salary Scale (Grading, Allowances, etc.) please visit our website . Detailed data is available under the Salary and Benefits tab.