Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

This may comprise the following, but is not limited to:

Installation and Termination

• Install and terminate copper and fiber optic cables according to international standards (TIA/EIA-568, ISO/IEC 11801).


• Mount wall outlets, patch panels, fiber enclosures, and network racks.

Cable Management

• Route and secure cables through trays, conduits, and risers.


• Perform cable dressing and labeling per organization standards.

Testing and Certification

• Use certified tools to test installed cabling systems (Fluke tester or equivalent).


• Provide cable certification reports as part of handover documentation.

Documentation

• Produce As-Built drawings and diagrams (using Visio or CAD).


• Update cabling records, patch panel maps, and asset inventory.

Maintenance and Troubleshooting

• Diagnose and repair faults in cabling infrastructure.


• Perform routine inspections and provide preventive maintenance.

Coordination

• Liaise with building managers, contractors, and ICT colleagues.


• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and regulations.


• Design and install buildings’ telecommunications infrastructure for voice, data and video systems.


• Execute work on LAN wiring (voice and data) projects and tasks that involve internal structured cabling and fibre optic splicing and connectivity.


• Install polyvinyl chloride (PVC) trunking, voice, and data outlets, boxes, and faceplates, and perform finishing work, including identification, testing, and labelling.


• Cable management and labelling of patch cords in the racks and at users’ workstations.


• Perform routine maintenance on voice and data outlets and boxes.


• Troubleshoot, isolate, and repair damaged or cut fibre ring cables and uplinks. Grounding, Bonding, and Lightning Protection.


• Periodically taking resistance measurements and keeping records of all grounding installations at the UN campus base and remote sites, and confirming if they are within the acceptable grounding resistance of <5 ohms.


• Prepare grounding earth pits (1 m x 1 m x 1 m) at the installation whose resistivity is below standard. Redo the grounding and bond them to the rest of the grounding network.


• Install discharge points in over 300 manholes throughout the UN campus and remote sites by hammering standard 10-foot solid copper ground rods deep into the earth.


• Interconnect all ground electrode systems (bond together the ground rods with a bare copper wire for all ICT network installations.


• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor, including functional areas such as uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and battery bank replacement support, rigging and point-to-multipoint (PMP) installation support, and physical security camera maintenance support.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required. At least one (1) year of experience in ICT infrastructure is required.


• Hands-on experience, with working knowledge of structured ICT cabling, optical fibre splicing, grounding, bonding, and lightning protection, or other related fields, is required.


• Skill/knowledge to use an optical fibre splicing machine and other local area network (LAN) installation tools is required.


• Familiarity with using the Microsoft 365 productivity suite and office equipment to facilitate documentation of the tasks and reports is desirable. Experience working in the United Nations Peacekeeping field operations or similar International Organisations environment is desirable.


• A Technical certification in ICT, Electrical Engineering, or related fields is desirable. A valid rigger’s certificate is desirable.


• Practical training or completion of a vocational skills development programme through a vocational training institution is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required; knowledge of French is desirable.

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join the United Nations in the aforementioned capacity should apply online at the online portal link below.

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Deadline: 23rd July 2025