Application Deadline : 31 Jan 2013
Applications are invited from the eligible candidates for the post of ICT Associate (Software Developer) at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Duration of initial contract will be one year and the job location is Nairobi, Kenya. Fluency in oral and written English is essential for the job.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Develop and implement software systems and applications in line with user requirements to achieve organizational objectives.
- Document detailed system and other functional specifications and user documentation for major systems.
- Maintains, upgrades or enhances existing user systems; troubleshoots and provides continuing user support, to include resolving difficult problems, advising on the use of new techniques
- Researches, analyzes and evaluates new technologies and makes recommendations for their deployment.
- Organizes and performs unit and integrated testing, designing and utilizing test bases; assists users in acceptance testing.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Secondary education with specialized certification in information systems or related field with a solid experience in software design, development and deployment of complex systems, Computer Science or the equivalent
- 6 years of relevant experience in software design, object-oriented design and implementation techniques; thorough understanding of design patterns and their application in software development;
- Proven experience in designing web-based applications using ASP, ASP.NET, VB.NET;
- Client side coding: Mastery of cascading Style Sheets (CSS), XHTL, DHTML, Java scripts (Ajax & Jquery), HTML templates;
- Proven experience in design and implementation of web applications in open source technologies and specifically PHP/MYSQL/PostgreSQL
- System integration with MS office applications templates
- Proficient with Database; MYSQL, MSSQL, MS Access databases;
- Knowledge of W3C standards such as XHTML, accessibility standards, content sharing standards such as RSS/RDF and Open Archives Initiative;
- Proficiency in the use of web protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, WSFTP, SSL, SOCS and FTP;
- Experience with Apache web servers, Internet Information Server (IIS);
- Experience with Macromedia Dreamweaver, Notepad++, Macromedia Fireworks, visual studio, Adobe Photoshop and front page, C SS-P, C SS 2.0 and ColdFusion;
- Previous experience in projects involving humanitarian funding systems will be an asset
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in oral and written English is essential.
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