Technical ICT Consultant at Unilever

In consultation with relevant officials in the Department of Basic Education’s IT and ECD Directorates develop and implement a capacity development programme for officials on the ECDmobi App with the related manuals and support materials that will ensure embedded long terms capacity beyond the consultancy.

Direct technical and strategic support to assist in the coordination of migrating, full integration and management of the P.L.A.Y. online in-service training to the relevant IT platform(s) of the Department of Basic Education with particular focus on:

• prepare biweekly status report on the key indicators related to the migration
• ensure that all functional requirement documents are available
• build the Virtual Machine container (Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS
• install Nginx, Postgres, Rabbitmq, Memcache and Python
• install Firewall and Port Access
• SSH and FTP configuration
• point DNS of https://playsa.org/ to server
• SSL certificate generation
• mailbox setup and MX records
• set up and configure ElasticSearch and Kibana
• run backup and recovery policy
• configure Python and Postgres Database
• install and configure Django Framework
• test run PLAY on test environment
• add pop-up message to warn users that registration and certificates are free when they register
• install on production environment
• quality Assure the entire system and server
• ensure that there are no interruptions on the functionality of the platform is experienced in the process of the migration
• manage the platform after completion of the migration, including all back-end related work
• monitor monthly subscription of the platform

In consultation with relevant officials in the Department of Basic Education’s IT and ECD Directorates, Cotlands and UNICEF in relation to the P.L.A.Y. online in-service training:

• develop and implement a capacity development programme for officials to ensure that all relevant training related completed for the Department of Basic Education
• develop and/or adapt related manuals and support materials that will ensure P.L.A.Y. online in-service training is embedded that will ensure long term capacity beyond the consultancy.
• Any other responsibility not mentioned above in relation to the achievement of the goal and objectives related to this assignment

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• Strong programming and app development background
• A Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Sciences (Programming, Analysis, IT Security, Web Development)
• Minimum of five years professional work experience in programming, computer systems analysis
• Fluent in JavaScript, Python, HTML, Java, SQL, C#
• Good skills in MsOffice and related programmes
• Writing skills
• Mobile apps development experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Willingness to travel and a valid driver’s license
• Proactive and energetic approach to work
• Ability and commitment to work under tight timeframes 
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset