Full-stack Developer

Organizational Context

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives in emergencies and building pathways to peace and prosperity. WFP champions diversity and inclusion, fostering a high-performing workforce committed to its values and mission of assisting those affected by conflict, disasters, and climate change.

Job Purpose

The Full-stack Developer will be instrumental in advancing the School Meals Coalition's Data and Monitoring Initiative (DMI), hosted by WFP. This role focuses on enhancing the SMC Global Database, a critical tool for improving the availability, accessibility, and use of data on national school meal programs worldwide. The developer will contribute to the software development of the database, including front-end improvements and back-end development, ensuring data security and facilitating data analysis. The objective is to support evidence-based decision-making and actions for school-aged children by strengthening the global data architecture and promoting government ownership of data.

Responsibilities

The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking a Full-stack Developer for an 11-month consultancy role in Rome, Italy, to support the School Meals Coalition's Data & Monitoring Initiative (DMI). This initiative aims to enhance the collection, accessibility, and utilization of data on national school meal programs globally, fostering evidence-based decision-making. The developer will be instrumental in advancing the WFP's Global Database on School Meals and developing a new data architecture that empowers national governments in data reporting. Key responsibilities include assisting with data integration, processing, dashboard creation, and visualizations. The role also involves deploying and maintaining the SMC Database and its underlying data layers, supporting infrastructure, and contributing to the harmonization of development tools and patterns. The developer will ensure code maintenance, system management through automation, and effective deployment strategies, while also performing other required duties. Deliverables include further development of the database's back-end and front-end, proposing user interface improvements, contributing to database infrastructure maintenance and security, and conducting data analysis.

Work Experience

Requires at least 4 years of experience in an IT-related field, with a specific focus on React, Python, and AWS technologies.

Skills

Full-stack development, Front-end development, Data visualization, Data integration, Database management, AWS, Python, React, Software development, System management, Code maintenance, Data analysis, Infrastructure maintenance

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