UNDP Jobs - 48264- Re-advertisement - Consultant: Web Designer/Progra

Re-advertisement - Consultant: Web Designer/Programmer

Location :

Home--Based and New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

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

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

6 months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

6 months

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

Applicants who previously applied need not re-apply.

Recognizing far-reaching impacts of extractive activities, UNDP has adopted a Strategy for Supporting Sustainable and Equitable Management of the Extractive Industries. Through the Strategy, UNDP helps countries to reduce the risks and realize the benefits of resource extraction By working with governments, the private sector, civil society, academia, local communities and other affected groups, UNDP’s mission is to ensure that natural wealth is used to improve people’s lives.

UNDP has joined the World Bank through the World Bank Institute (WBI) as a co-convener of GOXI, Governance of Extractive Industries network, one of the largest such networks of professionals and practitioners with interest in extractive industries issues. UNDP and the World Bank are among the key global players actively working to promote sustainable extractive sector governance for development. The goal of this partnership is to develop GOXI into one of the top trusted sources of knowledge, expertise and hubs for knowledge exchange on extractive industry governance and sustainable development. The primary means of facilitating knowledge exchange and learning between members of the GOXI community (GOXIans) has included: face-to-face meetings, learning events, seminars and the online presence through www.goxi.org, GOXI’s portal.

To provide a reference guide of a country’s extractive industry to a wide range of audiences UNDP’s Team on Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development (EI Team) is creating extractive industry and development profiles of countries. The country profiles provide an instant and comprehensive overview of the extractive industry and development trends in countries.

Duties and Responsibilities

Objective:

This consultancy will support UNDP and WBI’s joint efforts to improve services offered to GOXI members, open up possibilities for further functionalities of the GOXI portal, specifically:

Design and develop interactive visualization of extractive industry and development data to a user-friendly website using prepared data sets;
Design and develop a mobile application, with design and visualization customized to suit mobile platforms;
Provide technical support in procuring a content management system to be hosted and accessed through the GOXI platform, as well as in other related tasks.

Scope of work:

On design and develop interactive visualization of extractive industry and development data to a user-friendly website:

Develop a structure for clickable maps and visualizations and link it to spreadsheets or publicly available databases taking into consideration updates to the website as new data become available;
Implement testing and quality assurance;
Ensure compliance of website across various platforms and browsers on both Mac and PC;
Work closely with the Extractive Industry team to ensure that information content and design are cohesive with the website production.

On design and develop a mobile application

Deliver across the entire app life cycle including concept, design, build, deploy, test, release and support;
Integrate user interface with backend database, services and existing website.

Technical support in procuring a content management system, as well as in other related tasks;

Research different content management system options and provide technical support of procurement of a content management system that best meets the needs of GOXI members;
Manage the implementation process of the content management system;
Manage video recording and do limited video-editing and dissemination of sponsored or relevant events;
Other tasks as may be required.

Deliverables:

Interactive website of the extractive industry and development country profiles with search functions and possibility to view data aggregated by region, development status classifications as well as by commodities. Country profiles will include various types of content including text, graphs, and maps.

Performance of the website is ensured in all connection speeds;
All pages of the website are accessible;
Country profiles are easily downloadable;
Updated database created containing required data with function to populate when new data become available.

Mobile application for extractive industry country profiles (supporting content including text, graphs, and maps) usable across different operating systems carruing search functions to respond to query and filter data by country, income/development group, mineral group etc.

Performance of app optimized across different platforms and development environments.

Content management system is procured and integrated with the GOXI platform.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrate integrity by modeling the UN values and ethical standards;
Demonstrate professional competence and mastery of subject matter;
Display cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Functional Competencies:

Ability to work collaboratively in a team structure in a multicultural environment;
Able to work independently; and
Possessing excellent interpersonal skills;
Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills in Enlish.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related area.

Experience

At least five years of professional experience in web based systems and database design and implementation, website design and usability, excellent debugging and optimization skills;
Demonstrated experience in customizing content management systems, experience with developing interactive apps for iOS, Android and Windows environments;
Skills in using GIS and in video editing.

Language

Excellent knowledge of English, other UN languages would be an asset.

Evaluation method:

The Individual Consultant will be evaluated based on the following methodology: Cumulative analysis. The financial
proposal will account for 30% of the total evaluation score and technical 70%.

Technical criteria: weight 70%

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related area; 15%;
At least five years of professional experience in web based systems and database design and implementation, website design and usability, excellent debugging and optimization skills; 15%;
Demonstrated experience in customizing content management systems, experience with developing interactive apps for iOS, Android and Windows environments; 15%;
Skills in using GIS and in video editing; 5%;
Excellent knowledge of English, other languages an asset; 5%;
Ability to work collaboratively in a team structure in a multicultural environment; excellent communications skills; 5%
Previous work experience with UN/UNDP is desired; 10%.

Financial criteria: weight 30%.

Note:

Interested candidates are requested to submit CV, daily quote and portfolio with application.