UNDP Jobs - 72123- Application Developer (Thai National Only)

Application Developer (Thai National Only)

Location :

Bangkok with no travel required, THAILAND

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

10-Aug-2017

Application Deadline :

03-Aug-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Up to 131 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

August 2017- 31 December 2017

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

Over the years, UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH) developed web-based applications for use in BRH and Country Offices. Business process automation is a key to enable BRH to meet its challenging delivery targets. With increased demand for software development, coupled with requirements for enhancing existing applications, a short-term contractor is required to develop the software.

The development platforms shall have the following characteristics:

On-premises .net and SharePoint applications
Cloud-based .net and SharePoint applications
SharePoint Online and SharePoint Add-in

Duties and Responsibilities

Objective:

The Application Developer will develop the application software based on the business requirements and scope of work described below.

Scope of Work:

The Developer will gather requirements, design, and develop application software based on the below scope of work.

Software Development

Enhancement of Service Centre on Demand (SCOD) application.
Enhancement of Asset Management/Tracking application.
Development of Account Provisioning System to replace current one.
Development of Internal Staff Movement to replace current one.

Application Migration to Cloud

Migration of SCOD (.net and SharePoint) to cloud-based platform.
Deployment of Asset Management application (SharePoint Add-in) on cloud-based platform.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables:

The Application Developer is expected to deliver the below products.

Enhancement of Service Centre on Demand (SCOD) application.
Enhancement of Asset Management/Tracking application.
Development of Account Provisioning System to replace current one.
Development of Internal Staff Movement to replace current one.
Migration of SCOD to cloud-based platform.
Deployment of Asset Management application on cloud-based platform.

Institutional Arrangement:

The above task will be supervised by ICT Manager. Weekly report on work progress will be required.

Duration of the Work: 5 June 2017- 31 December 2017 (Up to 131 working days).

Duty Station: Bangkok, Thailand. No travel required

Competencies

Be innovative and possess good problem solving skills;
A team-player and self-starter, able to work with minimum supervision, with sound judgment;
Willing to learn new development environments and technology;
Good communication and interpersonal skills and experience in working effectively in a multicultural environment;
Professionalism: flexibility to make ad-hoc changes as and when the need arises; ability to perform under stress; willingness to keep flexible working hours;

Required Skills and Experience

Educational Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Computer Science or related fields;

Experience:

Minimum 3 years web development experience;
Advanced proficient programming experience in C# .Net, JavaScript, and JQuery;
Good understanding of .Net Framework and XML Web Services;
Experience in application and webpart development on SharePoint will be an advantage;
Experience in managing DNS server, IIS web servers, and Active Directory;
Experience with designing and using SQL Server databases for web applications;
Advanced proficiency with HTML, including style sheets, templates, complex tables, and frames;

Language:

Fair command of written and spoken English;

Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments:

The contract will be based on Daily Fee.

Consultant shall quote an all-inclusive Daily Fee for the contract period. The term “all-inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, communications, consumables, etc.) that could be incurred by the IC in completing the assignment are already factored into the daily fee submitted in the proposal. If applicable, travel or daily allowance cost (if any work is to be done outside the IC’s duty station) should be identified separately. Payments shall be done on a monthly basis based on actual days worked, upon verification of completion of deliverables and approval by the IC’s supervisor of a Time Sheet indicating the days worked in the period. [Remove this paragraph if Lump sum is selected]

In general, UNDP shall not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources

In the event of unforeseeable travel not anticipated in this TOR, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and the Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

Travel costs shall be reimbursed at actual but not exceeding the quotation from UNDP approved travel agent. The provided living allowance will not be exceeding UNDP DSA rates. Repatriation travel cost from home to duty station in Bangkok and return shall not be covered by UNDP.

Evaluation Method and Criteria:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology;

Cumulative analysis

The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as a) responsive/compliant/acceptable; and b) having received the highest score out of set of weighted technical criteria (70%). and financial criteria (30%). Financial score shall be computed as a ratio of the proposal being evaluated and the lowest priced proposal received by UNDP for the assignment.

Technical Criteria for Evaluation (Maximum 70 points)

Criteria 1: Experience in similar and relevant skill or expertise
Criteria 2: Qualifications in terms of Education, Specialization & other relevant requirement
Criteria 3: Key Technical Skills relevant to project scope
Criteria 4: Availability

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70 points (70% of the total 100 technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Documentation required:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications. Please group them into one (1) single PDF document as the application only allows to upload maximum one document:

Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided in Annex II.
Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.
Technical proposal, including a) a brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment; and b) a methodology, on how they will approach and complete the assignment.
Financial proposal, as per template provided in Annex 2.

Incomplete proposals may not be considered.

Please click on the link below for documents related to this application:

http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=37378