ICT Senior Associate (Consultant - Website Design and Development)

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development. UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us
UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization
UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Background Information – Philippines

UNOPS Philippines was established in early 2016 to support, develop and oversee UNOPS' growing portfolio of programmes and projects in the Philippines. The office currently provides implementation services to a range of projects where we work very closely with development partners, the Government and the Supreme Court focusing on the Governance/Justice, health and infrastructure sector.

The office is based in Manila, Philippines with a project site in the Guiuan area.

UNOPS Philippines is in the process of expanding its area of engagement in cooperation with its development partners and is looking for qualified and committed experts.

Project Background Information – GOJUST II

The Justice Sector Reform Programme: Governance in Justice II (GOJUST II) aims to strengthen the Rule of Law through a two-pronged approach by combining improved administration of justice and enhanced promotion and protection of human rights.  GOJUST II will build on the experiences and lessons learnt from the work done in the previous GOJUST programme and previous EU-Philippines Justice Support Programmes in the sector.

UNOPS will support the implementation of GOJUST II by providing logistical support (organisation of activities i.e. training, workshops, seminars, study tours, etc.) and procurement of necessary equipment. In order to deliver the project requirements, UNOPS KHOC is establishing a Project Management Support Unit (PMSU) based in Manila, Philippines, that will include both international and local as well as specialist experts within their respective fields.  

Background Information – Job Specific 

To better raise public awareness of the work of GOJUST, the project will redesign its website to create a more user-friendly, attractive design, as well as interactive features. The website will serve the anchor for all content for GOJUST and will be the primary public facing platform for the project. The GOJUST website is currently hosted and maintained by a contracted vendor and would require revamp, redesign and changes.

The project, therefore, needs the services of a competent and professional Website Design and Development Consultant that will provide technical input and support to the UNOPS Communications Officer so that expected results are achieved. The Website Design and Development Consultant will also work closely with UNOPS staff in the design, requirements, development, testing and implementation, and delivery of the GOJUST II website. 

• Setting up a new hosting account;
• Setting up a content management system, including its integration;
• Setting up security and firewall protections;
• Managing the migration of content from the old site to the new;
• And supporting any domain issues (e.g. renewing the domain)

• Ensure the production server is secure; 
• Conduct a final checking of the site on the production server;
• Launch the site;
• Ensure there is no interruption for the public from the old GOJUST website to the new GOJUST website. 

• Uploading of website to hosting company 
• Ensuring required plugins 
• Training of staff

• A minimum of Secondary School certification is required.
• Higher degree (Bachelor's or Master's) in other related fields is considered as an asset and may substitute for some years of relevant work experience.

• Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience in web design and  development;
• Solid professional experience in building websites in the Philippines is an asset; 
• Solid experience in UI and UX development is an asset; 
• Thorough functional knowledge and experience in coding is desirable;
• Experience in or knowledge of Search Engine Optimization is an asset.
• Experience in working with a range of stakeholders is an asset; 
• Excellent creative/design skills, and creative approach to communications is an advantage.
• Excellent communication and coordination; skills and ability to work in a team to achieve objectives is desirable.

• Contract type: Local Individual Contract Agreement (LICA) 
• Contract level: LICA 7/ ICS 7
• Contract duration: 15 June to 25 July 2021. 40 working days, Lump Sum Contract
• Duty station: Home-based

https://www.unops.org/english/Opportunities/job-opportunities/what-we-offer/Pages/Individual-Contractor-Agreements.aspx 

NOTE: 

• The selection of the candidate will be done through a desk review process. 
• The incumbent shall perform in this role as a Retainer and must start 15 Jun 2021 (TBC) if selected.

• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.