REACH Ethiopia is a legal entity established as a local non-governmental organization under the law of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia by proclamation no. 1113/2019, licensed and bearing Certificate No: 3020 from Ethiopian Authority for Civil Society Organizations. REACH Ethiopia invites interested individuals, with the experience of website development to overtake the following responsibilities.

We are looking for a skilled website developer who will be responsible for developing and/or designing website for our organization. S/he will be working alongside our team (Software Engineer and IT Specialist and System Administrator) of our staff in creating, maintaining, and updating our website. S/he will report to both the Planning and M&E Director and Software Engineer.

Functional Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall development process of websites and ensures that all work contributed is in line with functional specifications.
• Designing user interactions and building the front-end of the REACH public site through appealing visual and responsive technical design.
• Meet regularly with business stakeholders and management to understand and refine business and functional requirements and determine project scopes and specifications
• Perform UI designs and coding, creating reusable objects and templates, wireframes for web pages and email templates; manage maintenance, updates, expansions, and scaling of each design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases, web servers, applications, and other IT elements required for the effective functioning of the developed and maintained websites.
• Write technical documentation as required.
• Work quickly and carefully to complete small edits requested by customers, develop plans for completing larger projects, collaborate with colleagues, and suggest new solutions to improve existing websites
• Perform any other relevant activities as assigned by the supervisor.

Deliverables

• Proposed start: September 01, 2022
• Deliverable: Organizational Website with user’s manual.

Type of Contract: Short term, for two months

Number required: 01

Education, Experience, Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in web design, multimedia design, or related field
• At least three (3) years of relevant work experience in building responsive data-driven websites using PHP, HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, Javascript/jQuery/AJAX/JSON and MySQL to support advanced features and have consistent style across platforms and browsers
• Working knowledge of web user interface design (UI)
• Proficiency with content management systems such as WordPress and Drupal
• Experience in Wordpress is required for being able to upgrade existing website or migrate current data
• Dedication to create innovative and sophisticated designs
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Amharic is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing and using modern web development workflows and operations using git, including GitHub