Consultancy Opportunity with the AHA Centre: FULL STACK WEB DEVELOPER (2 positions)

FULL STACK WEB DEVELOPER

Duration                  : 6 months

BACKGROUND

The AHA Centre – ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management is an inter-governmental organisation established by 10 ASEAN Member States: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam, to facilitate cooperation and coordination among ASEAN Member States (AMS) and with the United Nations and international organisations for disaster management and emergency response in the region.

The AHA Centre was established on 17 November 2011 during the 19th ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia, through the signing of “the Agreement on the Establishment of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre)” by ASEAN Foreign Ministers, witnessed by all ASEAN Heads of State/Government. The AHA Centre’s office also houses the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), which serves as the central location in monitoring disasters and coordinating ASEAN’s collective response to disasters.

The AHA Centre’s ICT infrastructure was first constructed through the AHA Centre ICT Phase I project, which was initiated in 2011. It was then enhanced in 2013 with the implementation of the ICT Phase II project, aimed to connect ten AMS and the AHA Centre through IT systems and solutions. As a result, disaster-related information from AMS can now be shared in a real-time manner, and resulted in the strengthened cooperation and coordination among AMS and the AHA Centre. The ICT Phase III project began in February 2016 to ensure availability of the system to AMS and continuous operations of the AHA Centre. The ICT Phase IV project started in September 2018 to enhance the ICT operational capacity of the AHA Centre to enable the AHA Centre to further enhance its disaster monitoring and analysis capability and support a well-informed decision-making process. The ICT projects have been implemented with generous funding support of Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF).

One of the main activities in the ICT Phase IV Project is AHA Centre ICT platforms enhancement. The AHA Centre has various platforms and tools to monitor, share, and update situations on hazards and disasters in the region, including the ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADInet), Disaster Monitoring and Response System (DMRS), ASEAN Science-based Disaster Management Platform (ASDMP), and AHA Centre website. Data from those platforms should be seamlessly synchronised on a regular basis. Therefore, enhancement of those multiple platforms is needed.

To support this key activity, the AHA Centre is looking for a full-stack web developer to be responsible for producing scalable web platform from concept, development to deployment which helps create an integrated and interoperable ICT platform environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Conduct AHA Centre’s web-based multiple platforms assessments, analysis and recommendation;
2. Provide technical assistance to the website troubleshoot and improve current front-end and back-end applications and processes;
3. Build the front-end website architecture through appealing visual design;
4. Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications;
5. Work with end-users to determine system requirements and updates
6. Design excellent user interactions on web pages;
7. Design and develop effective APIs and ensure cross-platform optimisation;
8. Provide regular web platform security, protection and enhancement;
9. Program testing to ensure that developments are installed into the live system without causing disruption to end-users;
10. Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade the platform to ensure responsiveness and efficiency;
11. Create security and data protection settings;
12. Perform quality control on all products and deliverables to ensure product releases are fully documented, participate in the design of test plans;
13. Maintain technical documentation for new and existing applications;
14. Assist in other reasonable IT tasks as assigned by supervisor;
15. Comply with the AHA Centre’s rules and regulations.

REQUIREMENTS

Required Skills:

The consultant needs to have the following technical requirements:

1. Minimum bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming, or related field
2. Minimum 5-year experience in information technology, computer science or computer engineering
3. Strong understanding of the full-stack web development best practices, programming techniques and tools, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
4. Fluency or understanding of specific languages, such as Java, PHP, Python, or NodeJS, and ability to adhere to coding and documentation standards.
5. Experience building and maintaining many APIs and SDKs
6. Excellent knowledge of relational DBMS, SQL, Postgres
7. Proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Sass, Bootstrap and jQuery
8. Experience with responsive and adaptive design
9. Strong knowledge of SEO principles
10. Ability to work with a team of developers, communicating professionally and effectively to meet assigned deadlines
11. Analytical, fast, composed, logical and detail-oriented
12. Good command of English both in written and spoken

Prefered Skills:

Experience in the following skills will be an advantage:

1. Knowledge of SDLC, Agile/Scrum, Continuous Integration
2. Knowledge of WordPress CMS
3. Have worked with geospatial data and application
4. Have worked with ticketing and version control services, e.g. Jira, Bitbucket/Github (Git)

The interested consultant must provide sufficient information in the proposal to demonstrate compliance with the requirements in the ToR. The proposal shall include, as a minimum:

1. Letter of Interest;
2. Curriculum Vitae (CV) outlining relevant qualifications and experience;
3. Expected monthly fee;
4. A summarized description and brief examples of work on the previous specific project, if applicable.

All supporting documents and a completed AHA Centre Employment Application Form
(available at www.ahacentre.org/opportunities) can be sent via email to admin@ahacentre.org and cc ict@ahacentre.org by latest 26 April 2020.

The Selection Panel’s decision is final and only shortlisted candidates will be notified