PALLADIUM INTERNATIONAL has floated a tender for Software Developer Consultancy. The project location is USA and the tender is closing on 10 Dec 2018. The tender notice number is , while the TOT Ref Number is 28841792. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Expired Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Software Developer Consultancy

Deadline : 10 Dec 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 28841792

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFFATM)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : PALLADIUM INTERNATIONAL
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20004 Tel +1 202 775 9680
USA
URL :http://www.palladium.com/

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Software Developer Consultancy for MEASURE Guatemala.

Purpose of Role
The consultant will support the development of a logistics monitoring and control information system for the Global Fund prime recipient, INCAP (Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá), and its sub- recipients. This will include determining INCAP-s current information needs, desired functionalities and user requirements for the logistics monitoring and control information system and to select, develop, and implement the technological solution to house the new system. The logistics monitoring and control information system will be one of the four sub-systems of the HIV health information system (HIS) to be developed under this activity for INCAP. The consultant will work under the supervision of a lead software developer as part of a team to support the system design and implementation process. S/he will work with the MEASURE Evaluation/Palladium Activity Lead and Data Use Advisor as well as the ME ASURE Evaluation/UNC consultant and Palladium consultant on the ground.

Responsibilities
* Serve as systems developer as part of a software development team and work directly with INCAP, INCAP-s sub-recipients, the Global Fund, DHIS-2 software development team, MEASURE Evaluation, and Palladium to develop a logistics monitoring and control information system in line with user needs and reporting requirements. As a member of the team, s/he will implement the steps detailed below:

· Planning: determination of the scope of the system as well as resources, cost, and time required to develop the system

· System analysis and requirements: assessment with the PR and SRs to define the functional requirements of the system and a system analysis to ensure that the new system meets end user needs (includes requirements gathering)

· System design: defining the necessary specifications, features, and operations that will satisfy the functionality requirements of the proposed system, as well as the information needs of end users

· Development: the start of production, installation, and change

· Integration and testing: quality assurance to determine if the proposed design meets the initial scope and user needs, repeated testing to check for errors and bugs, and verification and validation of the system

· Implementation: the actual installation of the newly-developed system

* Support the effort to conduct semi-structured interviews with INCAP and SRs (in-person and virtually as necessary) to determine system requirements to inform the system design and select a solution most fitting for the environment and user needs.
* Support the development and design the main procedures and requirements of the logistics monitoring and control information system, including the development of standard operating procedures (with information flows), primary records, programming tables (primary records and dashboards), a variable dictionary, and quality control (data and services).
* Support the creation of software documentation (operations and maintenance instructions) to ensure that INCAP can fine tune the system as they wish following activity close.
* Support the transition of the logistics monitoring and control system to the INCAP server following the integration and testing phase.
* Work with Palladium team to develop a training curriculum that includes catered materials for INCAP and sub-recipients on how to use the logistics monitoring and control information system, including system access, functionality, data entry, data quality verification, dashboard development, and report and data extraction, among other things.
* Support the implementation of the training curriculum (workshop and on-the-job training) with INCAP and sub-recipients.
* Duration Nov 2018-March 2019. Part time during this 5-month period.

Minimum education and experience required
* Must be able to read, write and speak Spanish and English;
* 5 years of professional experience in software development and system design, particularly in logistics management information systems (LMIS) and related solutions;
* Comfortable using and working in different programming languages such as C#, Python, Java, JavaScript, HTML5, LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and Clojure;
* Experience performing systems analysis for systems that cross multiple components and impact multiple systems;
* Experience with front- and back-end web-based applications and familiar with various web service technologies;
* Experience working with open source platforms and enterprise database solutions such as the District Health Information System-2 (DHIS-2) software, OpenLMIS, and others;
* Knowledge of the Guatemala health system and experience working with the Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social (MSPAS) and the Programa Nacional de Prevención y Control de ITS, VIH y SIDA (PNS).
* Demonstrated experience in facilitating meetings and or trainings with broad groups of stakeholders
* Ability to obtain the active participation of stakeholders, manage expectations, as well as plan and coordinate tasks with others;
* Ability to work independently and multi-task on a number of activities with minimal supervision;
* Willingness to work with a team of US-based staff in a challenging environment with short deadlines

Interested? Please submit your CV through the Palladium International Careers Page (http://www.palladium.com/jobs).

Applications close on December 15, 2018.

Only successful applicants will be contacted.

Documents

 Tender Notice