The SOS Children\u2019s Villages Canada Scholarship will provide full university scholarships to youth (18-19 years old) currently in their last year of the International Baccalaureate Diploma program offered at the SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College (SOS-HGIC) in Tema, Ghana. This scholarship program will empower youth to pursue post-secondary education through prominent universities across Africa.<\/p>\n
The SOS-HGIC seeks to recruit a web developer to manage the WISE portal. This portal, made accessible to HGIC students, allows the scholarship administrator to interactively manage information related to scholarship (scholarship applications, scholarship recipients\u2019 profiles and progress, document sharing, financial tracking, etc.).<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Web Developer<\/strong><\/p>\n The web developer will be reporting to the SOS-HGIC principal and work closely with a project manager from SOS Children\u2019s Villages Canada and a small and agile remote WISE Team. This position is based in Ghana and is a one-year contract, part-time, with the possibility of an extension. In 1990, the President of SOS-KDI Mr. Helmut Kutin established the SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College in Tema, Ghana, as a center for academic excellence. The Mission of SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College is to provide a school of academic excellence for students from SOS Children\u2019s Villages from all over Africa, together with students from the host country, Ghana, in a spirit of Pan-Africanism and an awareness of the social needs of society.<\/p>\n The SOS-HGIC brings together almost 360 secondary school students from more than 12 African nations. The school offers both an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (for children aged 11-16) and an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (for children aged 16-19). More information can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.soshgic.edu.gh\/<\/p>\n Main Responsibilities include:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Work with a remote team to design features to be implemented into the WISE Portal Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Bachelor\u2019s Degree in computer science or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.<\/p>\n Further consideration will be given to candidates that possess:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Real-time software development experience. Required Technical Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Ruby on Rails \/ a MVC framework Additional Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to work and complete tasks in a highly independent environment. Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Tesano, Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n If you are interested in this position, please send your motivation letter and curriculum vitae:<\/p>\n secretary_to_princip@soshgic.edu.gh<\/strong><\/p>\n This job description outlines only the general scope of activity and the basic tasks and responsibilities associated with this position. It may be supplemented with a more detailed definition of tasks, responsibilities, and involvement in processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The SOS Children\u2019s Villages Canada Scholarship will provide full university scholarships to youth (18-19 years old) currently in their last year of the International Baccalaureate Diploma program offered at the…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-fUb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAbout the SOS-HGIC<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Design both the front-end user interface and the back-end architecture of new features and improvements
\n\u2022 Perform maintenance on existing features within the platform
\n\u2022 Write maintainable and testable code<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Native mobile app development (Android or iOS)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Javascript (with React, Vue or Angular as an asset)
\n\u2022 HTML, CSS \/ SCSS
\n\u2022 Relational Databases \u2013 MySQL, PostgreSQL
\n\u2022 Cloud Server Management (AWS, Azure, Digital Ocean, etc.)
\n\u2022 Experience with Git \/ any VCS
\n\u2022 Ability to design and implement both front end interfaces and backend architectures and APIs
\n\u2022 Experience with using and designing REST APIs
\n\u2022 Knowledge of AWS Lambda, EC2, RDS, Heroku, Elasticsearch, Node.js, Express, or Django will be considered a plus.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Able to prioritize your own tasks to complete the most important issues before working on the low hanging fruit.
\n\u2022 Above-average communication and organizational skills.
\n\u2022 Extensive knowledge of MS Office applications.
\n\u2022 Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
\n\u2022 Cultural and gender sensitivity.
\n\u2022 Strong sense of initiative.
\n\u2022 Flexibility, and ability to work in a team as well as independently.
\n\u2022 Willingness to sign HGIC\u2019s Code of Conduct and to pass a background check.<\/p>\n