Intern

Organization: UNDP Yemen, through Stars Orbit Consultants and Management Development (SOC). VA No. VA26/74 Position Title: International Consultant - Senior Technical Advisor (Fintech Sandbox) Duty Station: Home-based National or International Consultancy: International Duration: 7 Months Number of Required Positions: 1 Vacancy Date of Issue: 20 May 2026 Vacancy Closure Date: 26 May 2026 Expected Starting Date: 01 June 2026 To review the full job description, please click on the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15aBnrqSYSjbhPhC-AsHnTEHDvcAAPl08/view?usp=sharing Academic Qualifications Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Finance, Financial Law, Economics, or a closely related field. Minimum years of relevant work experience Minimum 5 years of international experience in digital finance, fintech regulation, payment systems, software architecture, or financial technology platforms. Strong experience in designing or implementing enterprise or government platforms involving workflows, user management, reporting systems, and secure access control is required. Experience advising central banks, financial regulators, or regulated financial institutions is highly desirable. Strong technical background in assessing IT infrastructure requirements for financial systems and supporting central banks in vendor oversight (portals, servers, SoftPOS, QR standards). Experience with legacy-to-modern system integration, data migration, or interoperability between institutional systems is an advantage. Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and providing day-to-day technical direction to local consultants or developers is required. Strong ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into system architecture, data models, and functional platform designs. Experience designing and reviewing digital platforms with user management, workflow automation, role-based access control, and audit trails. Solid understanding of API-based integration and interoperability between systems (e.g. payments, core banking, portals, and external services). Experience working with databases, data structuring, and reporting layers, including performance considerations and data integrity in transactional systems. Ability to assess and guide vendor technical outputs across system design, development, testing, and deployment phases. Practical experience with legacy system environments and their integration with modern platforms. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in complex, multi-stakeholder technical environments. Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including central bank counterparts. Experience delivering hands-on technical guidance and knowledge transfer to institutional teams. Experience working on financial systems, microfinance platforms, insurance systems, or public-sector digital infrastructure is an advantage. Required Language(s) Fluent in English. Working knowledge of Arabic is a significant advantage given the working context with CBY.