News

16 August 2016

On 1 July 2016, Umoja achieved another milestone by deploying the Services Delivery (SD) functionality to 23 peacekeeping missions, special political missions and DFS offices in Headquarters. 

12 August 2016

REMINDER TO ALL UMOJA USERS ON THE NEW USER ACCESS PROVISIONING (UAP) PROCESS

04 August 2016

Dear colleagues,

The Umoja Team and OHRM have been working diligently to make improvements to the Time Management module, in particular enhancements to Leave requests. 

Changes to Leave requests effective as of 1 August 2016
Uncertified Sick Leave can now be claimed under two leave types:

29 July 2016

NEW/UPDATED JOB AIDS

22 July 2016

REQUESTING ACCESS TO UMOJA IS GETTING EASIER

We are pleased to announce that on Monday 25 July 2016, Umoja will launch a new User Access Provisioning
application.

21 July 2016

We are pleased to announce that on 25 July 2016, the Umoja User Access Provisioning (UAP) process will be enhanced with more automated features.

The new UAP application will expedite the process of requesting and granting access to Umoja. User Access will be processed directly in the Umoja portal, automating the workflow process and replacing all paper requests and signatures.

19 July 2016

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) hosted its second Umoja Townhall meeting this past 14 June 2016. The Townhall focused on C5 Deployment activities and was attended by more than 300 national staff members.

12 July 2016

In anticipation of the Umoja Extension 1 (UE1) Cluster 5 deployment, the Kuwait Joint Support Office (KJSO) has been educating its national staff about the changes coming with Umoja. One of the main structures in place to help ensure staff embrace Umoja is the close collaboration between KJSO’s UE1 Deployment Team and the DFS Umoja Project Management Office in UNHQ.

23 June 2016

The Umoja Post-Implementation Review (UPIR) Task Force was created following the largest deployments of Umoja last year. The Task Force, comprised of staff members from various duty stations, meets by video-teleconference twice a month to discuss production issues.  A typical agenda covers the progress on Task Force actions, which is reported by each Process Owner.