Junior Web Developer

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Communications Division, Digital Strategy Section The UNEP Communication Division is migrating to an evolved AWS cloud environment that drives data transfer efficiency and better management of high peak performance times. In addition, it is also looking to drive transparency and impact of it’s key publications through integration of data tools to the corporate website.

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Web and Dev-ops lead, working closely with developers and web client team, the National UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Support the back-end development team to help migrate to docker based deployment workflows for all applications that UNEP manages;
• Work with dev-ops to migrate existing Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to provide better deployment experience to engineers;
• Support integration Gitlab repository with applications to provide developers with better tools for observability;
• Help in optimizing infrastructure usage to better manage expenditure.

Regular infrastructure maintenance and upgrades. - Support the AWS migration efforts; - Support the back-end team in the migration of unep.org to Elastic Search; - Provide support to the engineering and back end set of the publication page dashboard that displays key metrics.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to: - Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); - Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; - Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities; - Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; - Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; - Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local indi-viduals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Technological awareness Vision Professionalism Integrity Teamwork and respect for diversity Commitment to continuous learning Planning and organizing Communication Flexibility Genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement

analysis, design and development of web applications - Some understanding of containerization. Experience with container orchestration with Kubernates/Fargate is a plus - Experience with PHP/Nodejs is desired. A combination of either PHP/NodeJS and another language such as Python/Go/Rust is also acceptable - Proven experience with cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS, is desirable - Proven work experience with Linux - Experience with web applications - Working experience with data analytics and tools like Google Analytics, Data Studio are a plus - Interest in business intelligence is appreciated - Professional accountability and experience working in a team collaborative/ start up environment where different hats and tasks can be assumed

The Republic of Kenya is an equatorial nation on the coast of East Africa, neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Indian Ocean. Kenya has two levels of Government; National Government and 47 sub-national Governments called Counties. Counties are further divided into sub-counties. Kenya is a multi-party state with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Kenya’s population of more than 40 million is growing at an annual rate of 2.2%. The country’s GNP per capita estimated at purchasing power parity (PPP) is $975, and the GNP is growing at an average rate of 0.1% annually. More than 26% of Kenya’s people live below the international poverty line of $1 per day. Kenya’s main food crops are “maize, wheat, pulses, roots and tubers.” (FAO).

Nairobi is a modern metropolitan city where most basic goods and services, health facilities, public transport, telecommunication and banking services and educational facilities are readily available. The city is widely connected through its main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the smaller Wilson Airport. Air transport is also available to many up-country destinations. The city is home to some 3,000 UN personnel mainly attributed to the fact that it serves as the headquarters for both the UN HABITAT and UNEP.

The socio-economic and cultural background of the immediate society the UNV would be living and working in is diverse and prevailing security conditions at the place of assignment is modest. The topographic and climatic features of the assignment location is highland cool and warm tropical climate.