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.