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  • Posted: Nov 9, 2021
    Deadline: Not specified
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    The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development.
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    Python Web Developer (Volunteer)

    Type: Online
    For how many hours per week will the volunteer be required? 6 - 10
    Number of Assignment: 3
    Duration: 12 weeks
    Host Entity: Noble Missions for Change Initiative
    Description of Assignment Title: Re-structure a web platform built with Python
    Sustainable Development Goal: Quality Education

    Context

    • The platform was designed to recruit experienced working professionals to teach subjects that are missing in community schools.
    • This is in a bid to bridge the teachers' gap that exists in low resource community schools. This assignment is to redesign the platform to meet the current demands created by the Cpvid19 pandemic.
    • The volunteers would work on making changes to both frontend and backend, and more importantly, incorporate live teaching features into the platform.

    Task description

    • We are in need of online volunteers to help re-structure our web platform built with Python.
    • The web platform was designed to recruit working professionals as volunteer teachers in low resource community schools. It was working fine until the COVID19 pandemic happened and we now have a strong need to re-structure the platform so that volunteers can teach virtually instead of going to the school physically.
    • The online volunteers will help in adding a new feature to the platform that allows the volunteer teachers to teach from anywhere in the world.

    Required experience

    • A Degree in IT or a related field is considered an asset but not required.
    • The volunteers must have experience in full-stack web development using Python.
    • Candidates are encouraged to include examples of their previous work in the application.

    Languages:

    • English, Level: Working knowledge, Required.

    Method of Application

    Inclusivity Statement

    • Please attach (or point us to) a short writing sample of yours in your application.
    • United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals.
    • We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics.
    • As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
    Interested and qualified? Go to United Nations Volunteers (UNV) on app.unv.org to apply

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