REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, CÔTE d’IVOIRE

Corporate IT Services Department (CHIS)

E-mail: IT_Recruitment@afdb.org

Telephone: (+225) 20 26 22 61/ (+225) 20 26 25 83

1. The African Development Bank hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: “Senior Drupal Developer” ;
2. The main objective of the consultancy is to provide technical assistance in the development, maintenance, and support of Drupal-based applications, as well as other web applications developed by the Department. The consultant will be required to gather and analyze requirements, program all or selected components of web applications, and document components and applications.

The consultant’s duties will include the following :

• The design, creation, testing, implementation and support of complex browser-based pages, systems and mobile applications ;

• Site and mobile application designs from client specifications ;

• Integrate web applications with other technologies ;

• 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 ;

• Anticipate client/user requirements, implement additional feedback and data gathering mechanisms where required ;

• Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to provide interfaces to new and existing applications and advise clients/users and developers on technical matters relating to such interfaces ;

• Liaise with clients/users on all aspects of application creation, from fundamental principles to implementation details ;

• Provide guidance and assistance to Bank staff in any aspect of program design, creation, testing and documentation ;

• Train and ensure proper knowledge transfer to Bank staff ;

• Provide full documentation, all source codes, and all development artifacts upon completion of the assignment.

3. Essential skills/Competencies :

• At least Master degree in computer science, software development ;
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in web and mobile application development including graphics, layout, scripting, programming, etc ;
• 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 ;
• 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 about guidelines for website accessibility.

4. The Corporate Information Technology Services Department (CHIS) invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (CV, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.) ;
5. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedures shall be in conformity with the Bank’s procedures for the acquisition of consulting services funded by the administrative or capital expenditure. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist ;
6. The estimated duration of services is six (06) months and the estimated starting date is 15 October 2019 ;
7. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: from 08:00 to 17:00 hours, Abidjan Local Time ;
8. Expressions of interest must be received by email at the address below no later than Friday, 20 September 2019 at 17:00 hours, Abidjan local time and specifically mentioning “Senior Drupal Developer”.

For the attention of : IT Recruitment Team African Development Bank

Corporate IT Services Department (CHIS) Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, CÔTE d’IVOIRE

Tel: (+225) 20 26 22 61

Email : IT_Recruitment@AFDB.ORG

9. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHORT LIST

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.