Consultancy opportunity in Geneva, Switzerland

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Consultancy opportunity in Geneva, Switzerland

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Do you fancy working in Geneva, Switzerland for at least 6 months? The skiing is wonderful and if you don't ski, the fondue is just as good. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is looking for a consultancy for an initial period of 6 months starting as soon as possible. The terms of reference for this position are as follows:

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Refworld consultancy on www.unhcr.org

Deliverable: The consultant will, under the guidance of the Electronic Publishing Unit (EPU), develop, test and implement scripts as part of the Refworld (www.refworld.org) section of www.unhcr.org. These scripts will include an upgrade to the Content Management System for Refworld, search engine
optimizations including implementation of a thesaurus search, spell check and various other search and index enhancements, implementation of a new concept design for Refworld, restructuring of several front end functionalities and features and thereafter the consultant will implement further features on Refworld in consultation with the Division of International Protection Services (DIPS). All new features as requested by DIPS will be fully documented by the consultant as part of the deliverables.

Scope: The scope of this consultancy (i.e. the software application) will be provided by the consultant by means of a technical specification detailing the
scripts to be written.

Duration: This consultancy contract is for an initial period of 6 months.

Qualifications: The development tasks as outlined above will be overseen by a UNHCR staff member. The consultant must have scripting experience in Vortex, experience with Texis databases and knowledge of SQL in order to be able to successfully complete this contract.

Materials: All computer hardware and software necessary for the successful completion of this contract will be provided by UNHCR.

Location: This consultancy will take place at UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.

If interested, please send your resumé/CV to Mr Alwyn Greer, greer@unhcr.org

Thank you.
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