Office/Unit/Project Description

More than half of all livelihoods in India is primarily dependent on agriculture. A massive 54.6% of the total workforce is engaged in agricultural and allied sector activities and 57% of the rural households are directly dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. However, the agricultural sector is facing various challenges like small landholding, declining productivity, rising input costs, declining farm income, the adverse impact of climate change, and decline in the percentage share of workers engaged in the agriculture sector. Agricultural production shocks have huge social and financial repercussions, impacting rural income levels, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and poverty rates.

The Government of India’s flagship schemes Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and KCC/MISS have become important tools to strengthen the resilience of Indian farmers. The schemes ensure maximum benefits for the farmers by providing financial risk protection against natural calamities and catastrophic events including pests, climate uncertainties and environmental shocks. Apart from providing comprehensive risk coverage for the entire crop cycle, PMFBY also enables direct claim transfer into farmers’ accounts through e-remittance. Additionally, to address agrarian distress, Kisan Credit Card/ Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) was introduced by the Government of India to provide cheap and hassle-free credit for millions of farmers and to ensure continued investment into agriculture to bring in mechanisation, modernise agriculture practices and eventually enhance productivity.

UNDP’s Country Programme Document (2023-2027) intended outcome 2 states that “By 2027, people will benefit from and contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth through higher productivity, competitiveness and diversification in economic activities that create decent work, livelihoods, and income particularly for youth and women”. UNDP leverages its expertise in systems strengthening to support the Ministry of Agriculture through setting up of Central Program Management Unit (CPMU) for the implementation of PMFBY and KCC, to improve institutional and programme responsiveness, increase coverage and better access among marginalised and excluded farm households, offering innovative measures and support mechanisms for Agri-value chain financing, risk management and reduced crop loss for the rural population in India. The PMU will also focus on providing Capacity Building and Training support to participating state-level government departments involved in PMFBY and KCC and advancing the scheme among new states for improved uptake.

Duties and Responsibilities

DBA Analyst – Technical Support Unit will work under the overall guidance and supervision of the National Programme Director-TSU. S/He will ensure engagement of all direct stakeholders and delivery of project objectives, in coordination with the Joint Secretary & CEO, DoA&FW, MoA&FW when needed.

Install and maintain the performance of database servers.
Develop processes for optimizing database security.
Manage database access.
Performance tuning of database systems.
Install, upgrade, and manage database applications.
Diagnose and troubleshoot database errors.
Perform any other tasks consistent with the level of the post and/ or assigned by the Team Lead – IT & SAAS.

Competencies

Core competencies:

Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident

Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:

Information Management & Technology

Programming: Knowledge in programming concept, developing software program and management of application lifecycle. Knowledge of Oracle VCBS, Microsoft tools and equivalent an asset.
IT Service Delivery & Operations: Ability to deliver the IT products and services to customers at the right level of Quality and Costs, taking into account user experience. ISO 20000 knowledge. ITIL certification or similar desirable.
Configuration Management – Business analysis, requirements: Knowledge of configuration management changes, ability to manage and control the configuration change management process.
Applications Management: Ability to set-up, develop, support, and maintain applications. Expertise in Oracle Cloud, ServiceNow, SalesForce.com and Microsoft technology and assets.
User Experience and business analyst: Capacity to translate efficiently users needs in IT requirements around human-centred design

Business Management

Evaluation: Ability to make an independent judgment based on set criteria and benchmarks. Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.
Communication: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) of Technology in Computer Science, Computer Applications, Economics or closely related field is required.
A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

Up to 2 years (Master’s Degree) or 2 years (Bachelor’s Degree) of relevant experience in relevant role with Government project.
Working on scalable and high-performance web-based products and excellent hands-on experience and knowledge of working on Linux based server and MS-SQL is must.
Additional years of experience in relevant role and previous years as database administrator.
Additional years professional experience related to in database security, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards
Working on scalable and high-performance web-based products and excellent hands-on experience and knowledge of working on Linux based server and MS-SQL
Minimum 4 year of excellent hands-on experience with knowledge of working on Linux based platform and 2 years as database administrator
Strong command of SQL and SQL server tools.
Advanced knowledge of database security, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards
Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards.
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the organization.
Sound knowledge and experience in the field of IT systems design and development with capacity to function independently with minimum supervision.
Demonstrates substantive and technical knowledge to meet responsibilities and requirements of the post with excellence.
Possesses the capacity for strategic planning, result – based management and reporting.
Good communication skills.
Tailors and presents information to diverse audiences using a variety of communication delivery methods (e.g., written, electronic, oral, interpersonal) Documentation.
Good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations with people in a multi- cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
Demonstrated skills connecting with a wide range of stakeholders – insurance agencies, farmer organisations, state agencies etc.
Ability to participate and contribute consultative meetings at national and state level with partners and senior stakeholders to identify priorities and manage the timely delivery of project activities.
Reliable in delivering own parts of the work as part of a team effort
Demonstrates excellent work/project planning skills.
Is open to change and ability to manage complex, ever-changing environments
Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards.
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the organization.

Required Languages:

Excellent oral and writing skills in English and Hindi

Remuneration starting at INR (Annual) 14,35,933 / 1,19,661 INR (Monthly) as per the scale depending on qualifications and experience. The remuneration is excluding 8.33% pension amount paid over and above the salary.

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