Information Development Officer

About the position:

GVC is developing an online platform to administrate beneficiaries’ data and referrals between GVC and other agencies. Also, other platforms available for other GVC projects and documents.

The Information Development Officer (IDO) will participate in the database structure design and will has to find best solution to develop an effective code in a reasonable period.

He/she will deal with and not limited to:

1. Login system based on user privileges.
2. Content Management System (CMS).
3. Database feed (Excel uploads).
4. PDF and Excel database exports.
5. Develop Android application works offline/online to submit surveys from field to platform.
6. Ensure database and codes security avoiding of any SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
7. Advanced use of Mail() function.
8. API’s.

This position reports to the Information Management Department Manager and does not have any line management responsibilities. The IM department is based in Zahle. The IDO will be working within the IM department, in close collaboration with IM department Manager.

Specific Objectives and Fields of Responsibility:

1. The IDO will be required to work on the development of the online platforms mainly creating, editing, updating and refactoring code written in PHP.
2. The IDO has to create user-friendly user interface (UI) in HTML5/Bootstrap for the platform.
3. Supporting the IM department with any IM related task delegated by the IM department Manager.

Personal profile:

Essential:

• Experiences in developing, testing, and deploying web-based applications in PHP (at least 5 years).
• Experiences in PHP even without using frameworks.
• Experiences in writing efficient SQL queries for MySQL & PhpMyAdmin.
• Proven experiences and deep understanding of the following:
  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • AJAX
  • JSON
  • RESTful APIs
  • jQuery
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • CSS3
  • Bootstrap
  • UI layout development
  • Responsive development
  • Mobile Apps development

Desirable:

• Experiences and understanding is an asset for the following:
  • Grails
  • AngularJS
  • NodeJS
  • Agile Scrum
  • GitHub
  • Working with iNGOs

Personal:

• Strong attention to detail, rigorous in self-testing code and delivering high quality work

• Ability to communicate effectively and work as part of a team.