Information Systems Assistant (Software Developer)

About the role

MONUSCO (the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) is recruiting a UN Volunteer Specialist to join its BRM software development team in Entebbe. The team builds custom applications that automate manual processes and improve administrative efficiency where UN enterprise applications fall short. The assignment is full-time, onsite at UN premises, from 12 January 2026 to 30 June 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Develop applications that automate and streamline manual processes, analyze existing workflows and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to deliver tasks and projects on time, with solid project management skills.
• Produce project documentation to track and follow up on work.
• Test applications and adjust them so they run smoothly.
• Provide technical support for deployed applications, databases and systems.
• Train users, transfer knowledge and write user guides during handover.
• Keep client confidentiality and keep up to date through workshops, publications and professional networks.
• Occasionally research cross-disciplinary projects and perform other duties when directed.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, ICT, Data Science, Information Management Systems, Telecommunications or a related field.
• At least five years of application-development experience.
• Fluent English and working French; nationality other than that of the assignment country.
• Integrity, accountability, teamwork, communication and flexibility, including willingness to work independently in austere conditions and to move between duty stations.

Required skills

• C# across .NET workloads (ASP.NET Core MVC and Razor Pages, Web API.NET MAUI) with object-oriented design and dependency injection.
• SQL Server database development with Entity Framework Core, LINQ and T-SQL.
• Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, SharePoint Online).
• Git, GitHub and Azure DevOps, including CI/CD pipelines; deployment on IIS, Windows Server and Linux; Docker is desirable.
• Desirable: Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services or ML.NET, and front-end skills (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Figma).