REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
“Recruitment of Senior SharePoint Developer”
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Corporate IT Services Department (CHIS)
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: (+225) 27 20 26 22 61/ (+225) 27 20 26 25 83
- The African Development Bank hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: Senior SharePoint Developer.
- The Bank is engaging in the implementation of its Digital Strategy and various Bank Units are collaborating to help automate business processes in creative yet effective and efficient manner. Among one of those initiatives is the SANKOFA Programme, which is being implemented in close collaboration with the General Secretariat (PSEG), the Corporate Services and Human Resources Complex (CHVP) and implementing units. The programme needs to be scaled up in order to accelerate implementation Bank-wide. One core component of the Programme consists of implementing collaboration features tightly linked with archiving and records management capabilities. The collaboration features are implemented using Sharepoint platform. The consultant will be involved in the implementation and rollout of the collaboration application. The objective of this consultancy will be to provide technical consulting services in the area of SharePoint and Front-end development for the Sankofa Programme, amongst others. The consultant may also be involved in training and support activities. The consultant duties will include the following:
- Develop software solutions by studying requirements analysis and information needs; conferring with stakeholders and IT Management; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes.
- Implement application development requirements, with a constant focus on coordinating business efficiencies through the activities of application development.
- Design, develop and maintain key components of the software suite using SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server Platform, as well as other front-end HTML5 components.
- Implement of SharePoint-based workflows.
- Implement of Business Intelligence dashboards
- Implement SharePoint integration with other systems, especially IBM Filenet.
- Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.
- Coordinate and participate in system unit testing, and integration testing with promoting good practice and code standard.
- Participate to user trainings.
- Required skills and qualifications:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in computer science, software development.
- Minimum of five (05) years’ experience in supporting and maintaining SharePoint in an enterprise environment.
- Experience with SharePoint required; experience with Sharepoint Online desirable
- SharePoint Professional Certification is desirable (e.g. MCSD, MCSE and MCP).
- Mastering of .NET technology (C#, VB.Net), MVC
- Mastering of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and JavaScript Frameworks (JQuery, AngularJS, ReactJS), REST Web Services, OData,
- Experience with Power Apps and Power Automate desirable
- Experience with Power BI
- Experience with Office 365 and Azure Information Protection (AIP)
- Experience in Mobile Apps development
- Experience in Enterprise Content Management platforms is a plus (IBM Filenet preferably or other similar platforms).
- Experience in Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) is a plus
- Advanced UI Design Skills
- Experience in using Azure DevOps and/or Microsoft Team Foundation Services and GIT is also plus.
- Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- SQL knowledge and experience
- Experience of working with the Agile methodologies.
- Skills in SAP and SharePoint Integration is a plus
- Proven track record to work to strict business deadlines.
- Self-management and strong organization skills
- The Corporate Information Technology Services Department (CHIS) invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (CV, documents, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.).
- The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedures shall be in conformity with the Bank’s procedures for the acquisition of consulting services funded by the administrative or capital expenditure. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist.
- The duration of services is six (06) months, and the estimated starting date is 01 July 2021.
- Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: from 08:00 to 17:00 hours, Abidjan Local Time.
- Expressions of interest must be received by email at the address below no later than Tuesday, 25 May 2021 at 17:00 hours, Abidjan local time and specifically mentioning “Recruitment of Senior SharePoint Developer”. For the attention of: IT Recruitment Team African Development Bank
Corporate IT Services Department (CHIS) Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, CÔTE d’IVOIRE
Tel : (+225) 27 20 26 22 61
Email : [email protected]
- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHORT LIST
A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end the request of expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria on the basis of their updated resume.
| Level of education in general |
20% |
| Educational level compared to the field of mission |
20% |
| Years of experience in general |
20% |
| Number of years of experience relevant to the mission |
40% |