UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering a Web Application Developer position within the UNHCR Somalia, Protection Unit.
The Web developer will lead the improvement of the Protection and Return Monitoring Network (PRMN) System. A UNHCR-led in partnership with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) trend analysis project uniquely designed to monitor, document and reports on protection challenges and displacements, including returns of populations across Somalia.
UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. We are in over 125 countries, using our expertise to protect and care for millions.
- Title: Web Application Developer
- Duty Station: Working from Home
- Duration: 6 months, with possibility to extend
- Contract Type: Individual Contractor
- Closing date of application: 9 September 2021
- Start date: 1 October 2021
Organizational context
In 2006, UNHCR and NRC implemented two separate monitoring tools: (i) the Population Movement Tracking (PMT) and (ii) the Protection Monitoring Network (PMN). However, to maximize effectiveness, the two projects (PMN and PMT) were merged in 2016 as the PRMN.
The PRMN project is an online data management system managed by NRC for UNHCR, with functional oversight by UNHCR. NRC engages national NGO partners across Somalia to monitor protection incidents and population movements including spontaneous returns, undertake emergency protection responses and provide reports and analysis to UNHCR for further dissemination and use by the humanitarian community.
Based on the user experiences and recommendations from the PRMN evaluation report and the IDP working group roadmap, the PRMN platform need improvement to be more agile and adapt to new requirements and information needs even in the absence of a developer. The overall objective is to make the portal more user friendly, efficient and effective tool for data collection, processing, analysis, and reporting.
The position
We are seeking a dynamic and proactive team player, with strong knowledge and experience in web application development to take part in improving one of the flagship platforms of UNHCR Somalia. The incumbent will liaise with UNHCR and NRC technical team and ensure proper communication throughout the whole development and maintenance phases.
The incumbent will maintain the code repository and use online tracking tools to report bugs and development requests. Issues will be tracked and prioritized during regular project management meetings.
Duties and responsibilities
- Take part in a full web development lifecycle.
- Develop the web pages according to new business requirement specifications by incorporating content management system approach.
- Create / Modify the web pages’ style and layout according to the changes in the schema
- Develop reporting feature for Flash Reports and Summary Dashboards
- Make the site more user-friendly by using CSS and Javascript
- Analyze the PRMN platform activity and provide actionable recommendations around improving site and user experience
- Write procedures for data warehouse to support Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) framework.
- Add new functionalities to analyze and comparing data through business intelligence approach.
- Perform other related duties as required
Essential minimum qualifications and professional experience required
The ideal candidate will have the below qualifications, skills and experience.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and or master’s degree in Computer Science, Software or Computer Engineering.
- Candidate must have completed at least five or more web application projects.
Skills:
- Strong skills in any PHP framework (Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter)
- Strong knowledge of MySQL database and experience of writing complex SQL queries
- Knowledge of the software development life cycle
- Excellence in spoken and written English
- Strong communication and facilitation skills
- High level time management skills with ability to meet crucial deadlines.
- Ability to write technical documentation
Experience:
- At least 5 years’ experience in software and web development
- Demonstrated experience in using front-end technologies, CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, JavaScript and PHP scripting language
- Experience using version control software such as Git (e.g., GitHub, Gitlab, Bitbucket).
- Experience in a humanitarian or international organization is an asset.
- Familiarity or experience working in an agile environment.
- Experience in the UN/UNHCR is an asset
Location
The successful candidate will be expected to work remotely from home arrangement for a period of initial 6 months with a possibility for extension subject to availability of funding.
Conditions
The web developer position is for six (6) months with a possibility for extension. The proposed start date is 1st October 2021. It is a full-time role with working hours starting from 8.30am to 5pm, Sunday to Thursday (40 hours per week).
How to apply
To learn more and apply, please visit https://bit.ly/3yj1Gsx
The UNHCR workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. UNHCR seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Please note that UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing, training or any other fees).
Closing date: 9 September 2021