REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
“JUNIOR WORKFLOW DEVELOPER”
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, CÔTE d’IVOIRE
Corporate IT Services Department (CHIS)
E-mail : IT_Recruitment@afdb.org
Telephone : (+225) 20 26 22 61/ (+225) 20 26 25 83
Expressions of interest are being requested for JUNIOR WORKFLOW DEVELOPER
Brief description of the Assignment :
As part of the Private Sector Support Department (PINS), the Strategy and Transaction Support Division (PINS1) is responsible for preparing strategies, policies, guidelines, and analytical tools relevant to the private sector development; it also ensures global client management and undertakes specialized assignments for the Regions and the Sectors. It also provides ad hoc advice on transaction bankability and structuring, finance and economic modelling and technical assistance for Private Sector operations.
The Junior Workflow Developer will closely work with Investment Analytics and Modelling Team (IAMT) within PINS1 division and under the technical supervision of Corporate Human Information System (CHIS) Department. Its primary responsibility is to perform analysis, design, development, unit testing and documentation for workflow automation solutions.
The objective of the mission is to assist the division on the automation of workflow system related to project appraisal activities in order to record internal IAMT activities and to track the interactions between investment officers and analysts. The mission will also cover the implementation of the Knowledge Financial Metrics DB, the Covenant system and workflow related to the newly technical investment committee (TIC) of the bank.
Department issuing the request : Corporate Information Technology Services (CHIS)
Place of assignment : Abidjan /Cote d’Ivoire
Duration of the assignment : 12 months
Tentative Date of commencement : 15 March 2020.
Detailed Terms of reference for the assignment : The TOR is in annex 1 below
Deadline for applications : 21 February 2020 at 17h00 Abidjan local time.
Applications to be submitted by email to : IT_Recruitment@AFDB.ORG
Any questions and requests for clarifications may be sent to: IT_Recruitment@AFDB.ORG
Please attach updated Curriculum Vitae on the basis of the template below:
MODEL CURRICULUM VITAE – AFDB BAD PDF
ANNEX 1: TERMS OF REFRENCE
Recruitment of a Junior Workflow Developer
- BACKGROUND :
The role of the Bank’s Non-Sovereign Operations and Private Sector Support Department (PINS) is to promote private sector in Regional Member Countries (RMCs), ensuring that it plays a central role in laying the foundations in the development role of the Bank, in line with the Bank’s 10 Year Strategy and HI 5 initiatives.
As part of the Private Sector Support Department, the Strategy and Transaction Support Division (PINS1) is responsible for preparing strategies, policies, guidelines, and analytical tools relevant to the private sector development; it also ensures global client management and undertakes specialized assignments for the Regions and the Sectors. It also provides ad hoc advice on transaction bankability and structuring, finance and economic modelling and technical assistance for Private Sector operations.
The junior workflow developer will closely work with Investment Analytics and Modelling Team (IAMT) within PINS1 division and under the technical supervision of Corporate Human Information System (CHIS) Department. Its primary responsibility is to perform analysis, design, development, unit testing and documentation for workflow automation solutions.
- OBJECTIVE :
The objective of the mission is to assist the division on the automation of workflow system related to project appraisal activities in order to record internal IAMT activities and to track the interactions between investment officers and analysts. The mission will also cover the implementation of the Knowledge Financial Metrics DB, the Covenant system and workflow related to the newly technical investment committee (TIC) of the bank.
- SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT :
The consultant responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following :
- Analyse the business requirements to determine optimal technical solutions ;
- Assist in the design workflow solutions that describe the business processes of the NSO ecosystem including IAMT by using BPMN1 2.0 principles; (iii) Implement these designed workflows using Bank internal application development tools (databases, application development frameworks and languages) ;
- Plan and perform User Acceptance Test (UAT) to ensure that the solutions meet the expectations ;
- Write user guide and provide training to ensure proper use of the applications by the Business Process Model and Notation analysts and Investment Officers.
- PROFILE OF THE CONSULTANT :
- At least Master / Engineering degree in computer science, software development or related business fields and/or equivalent work experience ;
- Between 2 and 4 years’ experience in application development.
A solid experience on these frameworks and languages :
- Groovy/Grails, J2EE ;
- Object-Oriented programming in the Java language ;
- HTML, CSS, and JS framework such as bootstrap, foundation, jQuery ;
- Experience in using one of the following IDEs 2 : IntelliJ, Spring Tool Suite, Eclipse, NetBeans ;
- Good understanding of workflow principles and BPMN ;
- Good verbal and written communication skills in French or English ;
- Experience in International Institution will be highly regarded ;
- Ability to work constructively in a team environment as well as independently ;
- Practical knowledge of a workflow tool will be a plus;
- DURATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT :
The contract is expected for 12 months;
- LOCATION :
The work will be carried out at the Bank Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
- REPORTING :
The consultant will work under the technical supervision of the Corporate Information Technology (CHIS) Department.
- REMUNERATION :
The consultant will receive a monthly lump sum rate based on his/her experience. No additional benefits or per diem will be paid. The individual consultant is responsible for his/her own health insurance and own accommodation costs.
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