Website Design and Tracker Development Consultant at Mercy Corps

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Contract

Details
With the current conflict dynamics and the several interventions by both International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGO's) and national Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO's) in the North East region, there is a need to develop a virtual platform and a tracker to help:

• Promote cross-organizational learning on peacebuilding interventions
• Share programming lessons
• Serve as a database of interventions by PSN members showing clearly different projects geographical sites, key stakeholders and intended outcomes
• Identify and share opportunities for greater coordination between PSN members operating in similar areas
• maintain a database of research, evaluations and analyses conducted by PSN members by updating on the platform
• Serve as a means of disseminating information and as a visibility strategy for outcomes of research and evaluations by sharing on PSN website.

Consultant Objectives:

• The Consultant is expected to develop and deploy a content management system website for activities of the client. The goal of this website is to provide the PSN with a web presence and to provide a repository for data generated and managed by the PSN. This site will thus be expected to carry dynamic web pages that can be easily updated by staff of the PSN.
• The consultant will be responsible for the theme design and development, site hosting and setup and the initial data upload.
• At the end of development and hosting, the consultant is expected to provide a training for the PSN on the usage of the site which will be supported by documentation and instruction manuals for the sight.

Consultant Activities
The Consultant will:

• The consultant will design a website with the following components.
• Design a User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) design based on best practices on the platform.
• Set up a Content Management System (CMS) on the domain to enable the PSN maintains the site without requiring a dedicated workstation or additional software.
• Content entry should include text and pictures for each page to be created with the initial set-up
• Brower testing to ensure that it works with modern browsers on laptops, desktops, and mobile phones.
• Make the site user friendly.
• Link site to PSN social media accounts.
• Train PSN staff on use of the site.

Consultant Deliverables:
The Consultant will:

• Website designed, developed and deployed with adequate security measures
• Provide login information
• Provide periodic website maintenance and backup.
• Write functional requirement documentation
• Design all graphics required for use on the site.

The Consultant will report to:

• PSN team comprising of the PSN Coordinator, MEL Officer and the two Co-chairs from Mercy Corps and International Alert.
• The Consultant will work closely with: PSN Coordinator and the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 3 - 5 years work experience.