UNDP Jobs - 56485- International Consultant

International Consultant - Software Development Expert

Location :

Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Jun-2015

Application Deadline :

22-May-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

16 weeks

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

16 weeks

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

Tanzania has held four credible general elections since the reintroduction of multi-party politics in 1992. Citizens and the government are eager to maintain this track record and to further strengthen democratic practice in Tanzania. Looking to the 2015 general election, government has undertaken early and comprehensive preparations for the electoral processes. Since receipt of official requests for UN assistance to the election cycle leading to the 2015 general election from the National Election Commission (NEC) and Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC), a UN Needs Assessment Mission recommended the development of a project in support of the national efforts.

In addition, in 2015 the United Republic of Tanzania will likely conduct a first national referendum on a new constitution. The EMBs and other stakeholders in preparing for these critical events have requested the assistance of UNDP to provide technical support to the preparation and execution of this referendum.

To this end, the Democratic Empowerment Project (DEP) is a four year (2013-2016) UNDP, United Nations (UN) One Fund and other donor-funded project with the overall aim of contributing to Tanzania’s United Nations Development Assistance Plan’s (UNDAP’s) Outcome 7: i.e. “Key institutions of democracy, (i.e. EMBs, etc.) effectively implement their election and political functions”. UN Women and UNESCO are implementing partners in a One UN Country Team context.

Project Objectives

The project seeks to promote democracy and contribute to the realization of the following four objectives:

Capacity of the key democratic institutions enhanced to support and promote legal and institutional reform in the context of the on-going constitutional reform process and beyond;
Capacity of the EMBs to conduct credible elections enhanced through strategic, technical and operational support and improved EMB engagement with stakeholders (i.e. political parties, civil society organisations, and the media) to foster a democratic environment;
Inclusive participation in elections and politics enhanced through the empowerment of women, youth and people with disabilities (PWDs);
National peace infrastructure enhanced to mitigate and prevent election-related conflicts.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide API/SDK based data capture and storage interface routines from the DMR repeater and store this date in the SQL Server database. The data captured would include but not limited to GPS and voice transmissions;
Provide real time interactive mapping of handheld and mobile GPS positioning after key press from the captured data stored in SQL Server via ASP.NET SignalR;
Provide captured audio storage and playback functionality;
Provide application architecture specifications and structure as per supplied specifications using ASP.NET MVC;
Provide secure user and administrative login structure using ASP.Net Identity;
Provide ongoing knowledge transfer of all applied technologies to TFP software development staff;
Ensure that all developed source code, including any and all prior versions, is to be stored on the TPF development servers and/or workstations and accessible in the original format by the Manager of the TFP Software Development Unit and that a copy of the same source code in digital format be handed over to the DEP upon completion of contract.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Strategic technical and intellectual skills in the substantive area with global dynamic perspectives;
Leadership, innovation, facilitation, advocacy and coordination skills;
Ability to engage with UNDP and NEC and ZEC strategic partners;
Entrepreneurial abilities and ability to work in an independent manner;
Ability to work effectively in a team, with good relationship management skills ;
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a highly complex organization context;
Ability to maintain high standards despite pressing deadlines;
Excellent communication (both oral and written) and partnership building skills with people and multi-dimension partners;
Excellent writing skills, especially in the preparation of official documents and reports;
Good knowledge of Tanzania’s environmental and socio-political context;
Understanding of all ICT issues.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or a Technical Diploma.

Experience:

At least 4 years of practical, directly relevant experience in API/SDK, ASP.NET MVC, Identity and SignalR, JavaScript and JQuery software development;
Significant expertise in API data device interfacing: (in excess of 4 years) practical experience of assessing, developing and delivering large scale MVC web based software systems is essential;
Experience coordinating modifications to software is desirable;
Previous experience of working with police departments is desirable;
The consultant should have good cross-cultural communication and interpersonal skills, and proven ability to work sensitively with local counterparts in the police, at national levels;
Work experience in Africa will be an asset.

Language:

A high level of written and spoken English is essential;
Strong report writing and presentation skills in English desirable;
Ability to speak Swahili is an asset.

How to submit proposals:

Proposals should be submitted to icprocurement.tz@undp.org e-mail address not later than Friday, 22 May 2015;
Applicants should download the application documents from the following link: http://we.tl/5oyqoimTwx;
Applicants should separate technical and financial proposals;
Applications with no financial offer or missing P11 form and CV or the required documents for the technical evaluation will not be considered for evaluation;
Applications without submitting a financial offer instead of other format will not be considered due to the ease comparison of the received offers;
All necessary information for this post (TOR, Deliverables, Target dates, etc. are presented in the ICPN) therefore applicant must download it from the website as mentioned above;
Do not send CV only to the Email account mentioned above without Cover Letter and Methodology (if requested) as it will be considered as incomplete application;
The documents are available in PDF and MS Word (the TOR, ICPN, IC Conditions and P11) download them from the following link: http://we.tl/5oyqoimTwx. This is the only format available and it will not be provided in other formats;
Each email should be less than 8MB; emails over this size will not be received to the above mentioned account.