Local IT Consultants/Experts
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Vacancy
Note: This is a consultancy assignment.
One of key areas of the Democratic Governance Section (DGS), fight against corruption, encompasses providing assistance to all levels of authorities in development of measures, which seek to prevent corruption and enhance transparency. In line with its mandate and relevant OSCE commitments, DGS has contributed to the fight against corruption by supporting the development, adoption, and promotion of anti-corruption regulations, and by improving co-ordination between governmental bodies in implementing these regulations. To tackle corruption at the local level, in July 2018 the Mission piloted a project in 20 Local Self-Governance Units (LGUs), focusing on identifying spaces for corruption in their provision of support to CSOs. As a result, the report was developed in summer 2019 and it included the findings of the project and practical recommendations on how to close the gaps. Key recommendations include a need for comprehensive changes in how LGUs support CSOs, including improved record-keeping, more transparent funding procedures, and clear guidelines on monitoring and evaluation of allocated funds. In July 2019, DGS presented the report findings to municipal representatives involved in the initiative. Besides findings, DGS presented possible outlook of web application which reflects on recommendations and offered it to LGUs.
IT experts will develop web application; develop interfaces for different required pages, develop corresponding user accounts and interfaces for the website administrators and secured access to the website and user management. Once completed, the Mission will purchase internet space, Swildcard SSl, domain, static IP address while IT experts will configure and install a web application. Following completion of this task, nine LGUs will test the application while necessary changes will be introduced at the beginning of 2020.
The IT experts will report to the HDD Director, through NPO Governance Development (NPO GD).
Tasks and Responsibilities
Objective
To contribute to application of recommendations indicated in the Assessment of the Spaces for Corruption in the Provision of Support to CSOs at the Local Level though web application development to be used by nine LGUs.
Tasks and Deliverables:
1. Developing FileMaker web-application platform;
2. Developing of interfaces for different pages including but not limited to:
a. "Baza podataka organizacija civilnog društva" – homepage with search functionality and the grid storing the results with filtering functionality,
b. "Detalji OCD" - "Skupštine OCD i rukovodna struktura" – dynamic page with tabs for presenting Assembly and Management information in grids with filtering functionality,
c. "Detalji OCD" - "Ciljevi i aktivnosti" - dynamic page with tabs for presenting Goals and Activities information in grid with filtering functionality,
d. "Detalji OCD" - "Finansijska i nefinansijksa podrška JTD" – dynamic page with tabs for presenting financial and non-financial information in separate grids with filtering functionality,
e. "Detalji OCD" - "Kontakt podaci"- dynamic page with tabs for presenting contact details,
f. "Program podrške JLS" - "Detalji o podršci jedinice lokalne samouprave" - dynamic page with grids displaying financial and non-financial information for the selected year. Grid with filtering functionality. Column “Jedinstveni kod OCD” is used to navigate to the specific transaction,
g. "Tekuci projekti" - "Detalji o poršci JLS"- dynamic page with grids displaying financial and non-financial information for the selected year based on ongoing projects. Grid with filtering functionality. Column “Jedinstveni kod OCD” is used to navigate to the specific transaction,
h. "Zakoni i propisi JLS" – is a dynamic drop-down menu with the links to electronic documents stored on municipality’s website or on local storage(web-application’s storage);
3. Creating a content management system for data publishing and updating with multiple levels (access/permissions) and roles;
4. Developing secured access to the website and user management;
5. Developing of automatic web statistics tools;
6. Providing support to LGUs throughout the process, including development of a toolkit for use of the methodology;
7. Training for DGS focal points.
Necessary Qualifications
- Bachelor or university degree in legal, electrical and/or software engineering;
- At least one year of experience in IT sector;
- Expertise in developing Filemaker databases;
- Ability to coherently streamline group work during development of the database;
- Good knowledge of the public institutions in BiH;
- Ability to efficiently allocate time when working in multi-structured services.
Remuneration Package
Each consultant will be paid 5,250.00 BAM in total for 21 working days (250 BAM per working day) of their engagement upon delivery of the requested services.
How To Apply
This position is open to citizens and permanent residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina only.
If you wish to apply for this position, please use the OSCE's online application link found under http://www.osce.org/employment.
Please note that offline applications submitted via email, fax, or mail will not be considered.
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