Women Friendly Initiative (WFI) Job Opportunity for a Consultant Web Developer
Women Friendly Initiative (WFI) is a national Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO) based in Abuja and involved in development activities
cutting across several states in Nigeria.
WFI maintains a website and
various social media platform such as Facebook, Twitter, You Tube
amongst others. These platforms serve as forum for raising awareness and
visibility for the organization.
We seek suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Consultant (Web Developer)
Purpose
Specifically, the aims of this consultancy will be to:
- Upgrade WFI website to accommodate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
on Adolescent and Youth Friendly Information, career development and
sexuality education.
- Develop interactive platform; real-time chat and blog
- Creation of viral videos for socIal media links to publicize the website and other projects as deemed necessary.
Task and Expected Results Deliverables:
- Site redesigned and re-structured
- Functionality improved on mobile devices
- Interactive features such as a blog, real-time chat developed and integrated into website
- Creation of "viral" videos for social media links
- Long-term web hosting options identified
- Security issues identified and addressed
Key Competences, Technical Background and Experience Required
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology
- At least three (3) year experience in both front-end and back-end
web development with strong understanding of WordPress, Drupal, Joomla
CMS, ReDot CMS and other web trends.
- Proficiency in HTML/5, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP, and knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator).
- Ability to provide site enhancements, debug and performance tune websites.
- Ability to edit images and respond to ad hoc web-design related tasks.
- Ability to work remotely and with minimum supervision.
- Experience with mobile-responsive and multilingual websites,
- Familiarity with SEO and site analytics.
- Ability to interpret and execute designs/wireframes Into modem,
clean and user-friendly web pages using well-written mark-up languages.
- Experience with secure website hosting, troubleshoot and upgrade. Knowledgeable about accessibility and security compliance.
Duration The consultancy is expected to take up to 3 months, to start on or around 1st August, 2015.
Duty Station
The consultant will work primarily off-site and will not have office
space in WFI. However regular communication is mandatory which may take
the form of face-to-face visits, email and/or telephone.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified individual candidates and/or organizations are requested to send their submissions to
[email protected] with the subject line
"Application for Web Developer Consultancy" Application must include:
- Cover letter stating why you are suitable for this assignment.
- Abudget quotation to undertake the assignment above, (in Naira)o. Application submitted without a budget will not be considered.
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Work portfolio of running websites previously designed (with links to any such, where applicable).
Note: File should not exceed MB limit attachments to single email
Application Deadline: 24 July, 2015