Python Web Developer (Volunteer) at United Nations Volunteers (UNV)

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.