UNDP Jobs - 48316- WEB Server Consultant - Innovation Technology Expe

WEB Server Consultant - Innovation Technology Expert

Location :

Home-based

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

02-Aug-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Estimated August 2014 – December 2014

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Approximately 90 working days

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

The RBEC Regional Centre is a regional hub focusing on providing policy and programmatic support to UNDP activities in the Europe and Central Asia. Throughout UNDP´s programmatic focus areas, it assists Country Offices in development and implementation of initiatives and at the regional level, it conceptualizes and implements activities in partnership with a wide range of partners.

The structure of the Regional Centre is composed of policy/programme teams consisting of specialists and advisors that work cross-thematically and issues-based through Development Solutions Teams in support of country and regional level activities and supported by the Operations Team.

Under the supervision of the Team Leader, Knowledge and Innovation and in close collaboration with members of the Team, the Innovation technology expert contributes to the work of the Team in the area of knowledge and innovation, web development, data visualization, formulates concepts, implements and evaluates initiatives and activities in the respective area of work. S/he provides support and advice to knowledge and innovation activities of the UNDP Country Offices in the RBEC region and supports activities of the Team through provision of technical expertise. The team is proactively promoting rapid prototyping and agile development methodologies and advocating for the use of open source solutions as a matter of preference.

The Innovation technology expert works collaboratively with Teams in the Regional Centre, and Country Offices contributing to initiatives activities through Development Solutions Teams (DST) and other collaborative work modalities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Web systems management / Innovation team support (70%)

Manage the migration of Web servers from Bratislava to Istanbul;
Overall maintenance of locally hosted web servers and services based on Apache (Windows) and ColdFusion webs. Keeping all internal/external systems in operational mode;
Maintain and administer internal and external web applications provided by team, it mainly includes custom Wordpress blogging platform and other systems developed/established by the team;
Develop new online systems or new features of current systems;
Proactively suggest new applications to improve Team’s productivity and implement them;
Provide end-user and administrative support to the clients of the Team’s web applications.

Advisory services (20%)

Provide support to the UNDP Country offices and country-level initiatives to adopt innovative technologies for development work. This entails, among others: researching technical options that meet Country Offices’s needs; advise on the implementation of technology solutions: drafting and reviewing TORs for technical assignments; keeping abreast of technology trends and solutions that can be applicable to UNDP work;
Administers and supports Really Simple Reporting platform;
Provide rapid prototyping services for the technical aspects of UNDP work in the region.

Networking (10%)

Maintain the network of potential consultants experienced in application innovative technologies, such as data visualization, web development, mobile applications development, data mining, usability testing, etc.

Expected outputs /Deliverables:

Innovation technology expert, within the scope of his/her responsibility, will be expected to:

Successfully complete the migration of web services from Bratislava to Istanbul;
Develop prototypes for new innovative tools for the UNDP RBEC Regional office;
Complete the transformation of former Online services to new platforms.

Specific deliverables will be agreed upon with the Supervisor at the beginning of each month, in writing. Payments will be made once a month upon submitted satisfactory progress report against deliverables and approved timesheet submission providing details of time spent on respective deliverables, their timely execution and acceptance by the Supervisor (Regional ICT Specialist).

Competencies

Conceptual innovation in the provision of technical expertise;
Rapid prototyping and evaluating;
Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities;
Adaptation and application of knowledge/innovation in different context;
Client orientation.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Bachelor degree in computer related or a similar technical discipline science (Master degree in this fields would be an asset).

Experience:

Minimum 3 years of experience in the field of innovative technologies implementation, web development, data visualization or similar;
Experience in developing and maintaining modern web/mobile applications;
Experience in work with usability principles for user interfaces is an asset;
Experience in HTML/CSS/JS is required;
Experience in programming in PHP is required;
Experience in programming in ColdFusion is an asset;
Strong experience with rapid prototyping methodology is required;
Experience in digital design is an asset;
Experience in handling a variety of internal business clients is an asset.

Language skills:

Proficiency in the English language, written and oral
Knowledge of Europe and Central Asia region languages, especially Russian, would be an asset

Evaluation of Applicants:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ qualifications and financial proposal.

The award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical (P11 desk reviews and interviews) and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Only those individual consultants who obtained at least 70% of points in each of the steps of the process will be considered for financial proposal evaluation.

Technical Criteria - 70% of total evaluation – max. 70 points:

Criteria A – Previous experience in data visualization or data art (max points: 10);
Criteria B – Previous experience with programming in ColdFusion (max points: 20);
Criteria C – Previous experience in rapid prototyping (max points: 20);
Criteria D – Previous web server management (max points: 10);
Criteria E – interviews Communication skills (max points: 5);
Criteria F – interviews Client orientation (max points: 5).

Financial Criteria - 30% of total evaluation – max. 30 points.

Application procedures:

Qualified candidates are requested to apply online via this website. The application should contain:

Cover letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the advertised position. Please paste the letter into the "Resume and Motivation" section of the electronic application;
Filled P11 form including past experience in similar projects and contact details of referees (blank form can be downloaded from http://europeandcis.undp.org/files/hrforms/P11_modified_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc) please upload the P11 instead of your CV;
Financial Proposal* - specifying a total lump sum amount in USD for the tasks specified in this announcement. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (number of anticipated working daysand any other possible costs);
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials.

*Please note that the financial proposal is all-inclusive and shall take into account various expenses incurred by the consultant/contractor during the contract period (e.g. fee, health insurance and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services...).

Payments will be made only upon confirmation of UNDP on delivering on the contract obligations in a satisfactory manner.

Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under dss.un.org.

General Terms and conditions as well as other related documents can be found under: http://on.undp.org/t7fJs.

Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply.
Due to large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.