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

The African Development Bank Group (AFDB) is a regional multilateral development finance institution established in 1963 with a mandate to further the economic development and social progress of African countries, individually and collectively. The Bank has approximately over 2000 staff members, who have been recruited from a wide geographic area only limited by membership in the Bank. There are currently 80 different nationalities from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas represented within the Bank, making the institution multicultural in every sense of the word. The Bank has two official languages: English and French. It co-operates with an extensive network of international development partners.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Expressions of Interest: Senior Local Drupal Developer - TCIS

Location: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
Consultant type: Individual Consultant
Job family: Information Technology
Department issuing the request: IT Department
Duration of the assignment: 06 months
Tentative Date of commencement: 15 June 2023

Brief Description of the Assignment

• The main objective of the consultancy will be to provide technical assistance and knowledge in the development of web 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.

Objective

• The main objective will be to provide technical assistance and knowledge in the development of web 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.

Scope of the Services
The consultant's duties will be as follows:

• The design, creation, testing, implementation, and support of Country Pages and Projects and Investments subpages as well as other portal sections, systems, and mobile application.
• The site and mobile application designs of the AEP from client specifications as well as related maintenance.
• Integrate the portal with other technologies
• Support the team working on the Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI), especially in the design and follow up of the online questionnaire.
• Making recommendations towards the development of new web and mobile capabilities or reuse of existing ones.
• Provide peer-to-peer Quality Assurance of web and mobile developments to development standards and requirements specifications
• Use appropriate tools to make finished web and mobile material available on a web server.
• Maintain familiarity with a substantial range of relevant web sites, mobile applications and participates in significant discussions on developments in tools and technology and use the knowledge to advise the department of current/future trends and to anticipate any necessary changes to standards in the employing organization.
• 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/Sankofa 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.

Deliverables
The following is the list of expected deliverables during the assignment:

• System and program tests
• System and program documentation
• Well-designed Browser-based and mobile application pages
• Browser-based systems with excellent usability and responsiveness
• Creation and integration of dynamic infographics for countries, regionals, and general energy data.
• Browser-based systems with good visitor frequency profile
• Users empowered through workflow automation
• Improved SEO

In particular, the deliverables will include:

• Country and Regional Pages, and Portal Sections development, management and maintenance
• The enhanced development of the projects and investment section of the AEP
• The maintenance of the Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) web-based data collection system (ERI), developed within the AEP
• Development of a mobile application related to ERI (iOS, and Android mobile devices)
• Development of a mobile app connected to the AEP Country profiles (iOS iPhone, IPad, and Android mobile devices) using HTML, CSS, Javascript and RESTful web services

Duration

• The assignment duration is 06 months from the date of signing the contract. The commencement date is expected for 15 June 2023.

Location

• The work will be carried out at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

Reporting

• The consultant will report to the Chief of Business Solution Development.

Profile of the Local Consultant

• 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 or 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.

Remuneration

• The consultant will receive a monthly lump sum rate based on his/her experience. No additional benefits or per diem will be paid. The individual consultant is responsible for his/her health insurance and accommodation costs.

Application Closing Date
17th May, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to the "IT Recruitment Team" via: IT_Recruitment@AFDB.ORG using the Title as the subject of the email.

Click here for more information

Click here for the Job Description (PDF)

Note: Any questions and requests for clarifications may be sent to the "IT Recruitment Team" through the email above.

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.

• General qualification and suitability for the assignment (30%)
• Experience related to the assignment (40%)
• Experience with international development agencies or commercial banks (20%)
• Language capacity (5%)
• Experience in the region (5%)