REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Recruitment of two SharePoint Developers

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

 

 

  1. The African Development Bank hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: Two SharePoint Developers ; 
  1. The objective will be to provide consulting services in the area of SharePoint Development, Support and Maintenance of the developed Solutions. 

The consultants’ duties will include the following : 

  • Develop SharePoint / Dot.Net 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 classic ASP, SAP, Microsoft .Net and SharePoint Server 2013 up to the latest version ;
  • Implementation of SharePoint-based workflows as well as development of Business Intelligence dashboards ;
  • Documents and demonstrates 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.
  1. Required skills and qualifications :
    • Master’s degree or equivalent in computer science, software development ;
    • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in supporting and maintaining SharePoint in an enterprise environment ;
    • 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 in using Visual Studio ;
    • Experience in SharePoint Designer Workflows and event handler services ;
    • Experience with Power Automate and Power Apps is a plus ;
    • Experience with Power BI ;
    • Experience building Microsoft .Net Mobile Application with Xamarin is a plus ;
    • Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills ;
    • SQL knowledge and experience plus ;
    • Experience in using Azure DevOps and/or Microsoft Team Foundation Services and GIT is also plus ;
    • Experience of working with the AGILE methodology ;
    • Proven Development skills in SAP and SharePoint Integration tools such as Talend Studio, Data Services or other ETL tools ;
    • Experience with Open Sources Content Management System such as Drupal, WordPress, Alfresco is a plus ;
    • Proven track record to work to strict business deadlines ;
    • Self-management and strong organization skills ;
    • Demonstrated experience in the Migration of SharePoint, from on premises to SharePoint Online.
  1. 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 (documents, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.) ; 
  1. 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 ; 
  1. The duration of services is 12 months and the estimated starting date is 15 April 2021 ; 
  1. 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 ; 
  1. Expressions of interest must be received by email at the address below no later than Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 17:00 hours, Abidjan local time and specifically mentioning “Recruitment of two SharePoint Developers”. 

For the attention of : IT Recruitment Team African Development Bank 

Corporate IT Services Department (CIMM) Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, CÔTE d’IVOIRE 

Tel : (+225) 27 20 26 22 61

Email : [email protected]

  1. 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%