Consultant on IT programming and development

Result of Service The service of the consultant will contribute to improve the management of the Trade Facilitation reforms and increase coordination and transparency in the daily work of members of the National Trade Facilitation Committees.

Work Location Home-based

Expected duration 05.12.22 to 28.04.23

Duties and Responsibilities Under the supervision of the project manager of the below mentioned UNCTAD project and the overall supervision of the Chief of the Trade Facilitation Section, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics of UNCTAD, the consultant will work in the framework of the following UNCTAD projects: - TLAL on "Accelerate Trade Facilitation", financed by Her Majesty Revenue and Customs – UK Customs, and - TJBO on "Pacific Regional Integration Support Preogramme (IMPACT)" – financed by the EU.

The overall objective of the programme is to help developing countries boost trade by cutting red tape to ensure a better recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by digitalizing the coordination and monitoring of trade facilitation reforms.

The funds will enable UNCTAD to build on its engagement with national trade facilitation committees, providing a suite of digital tools, such as UNCTAD Reform Tracker and learning products to promote reforms.

In this context, the consultant will be dedicated to the further enhancement of new features for the UNCTAD Reform Tracker for National Trade Facilitation Committees (reformtracker.org).

1) To develop and program new functionalities on the Reform Tracker in the beneficiary countries under the selected projects:

• Statistics Dashboard UNCTAD admins
• Gantt chart
• Notifications for early warning mechanism
• Expand all functionality
• What's new functionality
• Download center
• Creation of a new English country profiles for Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga, PNG, Fiji, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, Grenada and Dominica.

2) Ongoing corrective maintenance of the Reform Tracker

Qualifications/special skills Advanced university degree, Master, in IT sciences or related. At least 7 years of relevant experience in IT development Experience working in the development of IT tools for Least Developed Countries is a plus. Experience in programming and coding of project management and monitoring tools is a plus.

Proven excellent knowledge of the Following IT tools and functionalities Node.js, React.js, xpress.js, Node.js, Database MongoDB, Jenkins, Docker Swarm is required

Languages Fluency oral and written in English and French is required. Knowledge in Spanish and Portuguese is a plus.

No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.