Position: Web Applications Developer
Engagement Period: 2 Months
Application Deadline: Wednesday, 29th February 2012
Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya
Wanted: Immediately
Our client's projects and programmes have accumulated vast amounts of
information that is stored in various formats, ranging from printed/photocopied
papers, elementary MS Excel sheets and enterprise-grade relational database
systems.Engagement Period: 2 Months
Application Deadline: Wednesday, 29th February 2012
Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya
Wanted: Immediately
The client intends to enhance its Form Management Tool (FMT), a web-based tool used to design generic forms for data collection. It is envisaged that the tool will have inbuilt data analysis and charting/graphing capabilities in order to add value to the data collection and processing exercises.
Reporting to the Information Management Advisor, the web applications developer will work closely with all team members where their roles have a bearing on this work.
Summary of Key Functions
- Enhance
the feature set of the FMT
- Assist
in the preparation and updating of user guides/manuals and technical
manuals for the FMT
- Liaise
with the ICT unit on the technical requirements for the development and
deployment of the FMT in the Nairobi office and in the field offices
- Participate
in the organizing of training sessions/seminars for field staff on the FMT
Deliverables
- Fully
developed and deployed Form Management Tool (FMT)
- Deployment
kit for installing and updating the client version of FMT on field laptops
- User
and technical manuals for the FMT
Education and Experience Required
- Bachelor’s
degree, preferably in Computer Science or any related fields, with over
three years experience developing database-driven web applications
Proven ability to:
- develop
web pages using HTML/HTML5
- style
web pages using CSS3
- program
client-side functionality using Javascript, Ajax and jQuery
- use
integrated development editors (IDEs) such as Eclipse, Netbeans, Notepad++
etc
Demonstrated advanced knowledge of:
- web
programming using PHP and CodeIgniter framework
- current
web application development technologies and concepts
- using
relational databases such as PostGRESQL (enterpriseDB) and MySQL
- database
administration tools such as (phpMyadmin, pgMyAdmin, Mysql Workbench, Toad
for MySQL etc)
Practical experience in:
- open
-source development concepts
- application
development work in a team environment, with emphasis on delivery of
assignments on schedule with a minimum of supervision, and effective
integration of contributions to overall team results
Competencies:
- Systematic
and efficient approach to work assignments.
- Good
judgment and problem-solving ability.
- Ability
to work under pressure.
- Ability
to work extra hours to meet deadlines.
- Extreme
attention to details.
Only candidates the meet the minimum required qualifications will be contacted.