Consultant Senior Local Drupal Developer - TCIS (EOI) at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

African Development Bank Group (AfDB) - Established in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

The Corporate Information Technology Services Department (TCIS) invites applications for the position below:

Job Title: Expression of Interest for Individual Consultant: Senior Local Drupal Developer - TCIS

Location: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Job Description

• The main objective of the assignment will be to provide technical assistance in the development, pages, and sections design, maintenance, and support of African Energy Portal (AEP), a Drupal-based portal, managed by the Power, Energy, Climate, and Green Growth (PEVP) Complex of the Bank.
• The consultant will be required to gather and analyze requirements, program all or selected components of the actual portal, propose pages and section design, document components, and applications.
• The selected Individual Consultant will be a mobile application developer that will design and create the mobile app as well as implement web services on the portal to be linked to the application

Responsibilities
The consultant’ duties will include the following:

• Anticipate the department requirements, implement additional feedback and data gathering mechanisms where required.
• Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to provide interfaces to new and existing portal modules and advise the department on technical matters relating to such interfaces.
• Assist in the implementation of SharePoint Online for Document Management and projects, which includes feature configuration, data migration, and training
• Liaise with the department on all aspects of application creation, from fundamental principles to implementation details.
• Provide guidance and assistance to the department staff in any aspect of program design, creation, testing, and documentation.
• Train and ensure proper knowledge transfer to the department staff
• Provide full documentation, all source codes, and all development artifacts upon completion of the assignment.
• Help improve the Portal Search Engine Optimization (SEO), particularly with the use of Google Adwords

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Software Development.
• Must be a citizen of AfDB member countries permanently residing in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, at the time of the application.
• Must hold at least a Master's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Software Development.
• Must possess at least five (5) years of experience in web and mobile application development, including graphics, layout, scripting, programming, etc. with the following skills:
  • Expertise in Drupal (Module Development and Theming)
  • Expertise in web services using Drupal
  • Practical experience in HTML5 tools, JavaScript, CSS, SQL, graphics creation, multimedia creation.
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint
  • Strong knowledge of mobile applications deployment
  • Solid understanding of navigation and GUI for maximizing usability.
  • Strong knowledge of image manipulation software (Photoshop)
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Good knowledge of guidelines for website accessibility

Application Closing Date
8th February, 2023. at 16:00 hours, Abidjan local time.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Expressions of interest by email at the address below and specifically mentioning “Recruitment of Senior Local Drupal Developer”.

For the attention of: IT Recruitment Team
African Development Bank,
Corporate IT Services Department (TCIS),
Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387,
Abidjan, CÔTE d'IVOIRE.
Email : IT_Recruitment@AFDB.ORG

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Establishment of the Shortlist
A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end the request of expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria on the basis of their updated resume:

• Level of education in general 20%
• Educational level compared to the field of mission 20%
• Years of experience in general 20%
• Number of years of experience relevant to the mission 40%

Note

• The Corporate Information Technology Services Department (TCIS) invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services.
• Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (documents, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.).
• The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedures shall be in conformity with the Bank’s procedures for the acquisition of consulting services funded by the administrative or capital expenditure.
• Interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist.
• The duration of services is 06 months and the estimated starting date is 20 February 2023.
• Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: from 08:00 to 17:00 hours, Abidjan Local Time.
• Expressions of interest must be received by email at the address above no later than Wednesday, 08 February 2023 at 16:00 hours, Abidjan local time and specifically mentioning “Recruitment of Senior Local Drupal Developer”.