Software Product Developer CLS* / Odoo ERP Consultant

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The Caribbean region comprises many Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that share common constraints and challenges in pursuing sustainable development. The region is increasingly exposed to climate-related risks such as rising sea levels, air and surface temperatures; tropical cyclones; and changing rainfall patterns. The Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada and Haiti rank among the 30 countries worldwide most affected by weather influenced disasters. In the last two years alone, three category V hurricanes – Maria, Irma and Dorian – have impacted multiple countries and territories across the Caribbean WFP’s Caribbean Emergency Preparedness & Response (EPR) strategy is designed to address identified gaps in response capacity, improve regional and national preparedness and strengthen systems to deliver rapid and appropriate assistance to shock affected populations has the digital transformation of the Supply Chain processes as a foundation of this strategy.

WFP is working closely with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the twenty Participating States to realise this vision. The digital transformation process is in progress; a modular end to end supply chain system has been defined, architecture and tools selected, database designed, and implementation commenced.

The WFP Caribbean provides logistics and technical support to Countries and Agencies in response to natural disasters. Staff are on standby to deploy anywhere in the Caribbean within 48hrs of any request. Applicants must be willing and able to work in conditions that can be challenging if deployed.

The first phase (stock visualisation and emergency logistics) of the CDEMA Logistics System (*CLS) is operational with the Participating States, and phase two (enterprise resource planning) has started. This assignment will support the handover of phase one, client support on rollout and implementation of phase two, the Odoo ERP and Warehouse Management System (WMS).

JOB PURPOSE

To contribute to the development of efficient and effective IT solutions, creating sound, innovative solutions that enable staff to deliver food assistance to beneficiaries, in line with WFP’s strategy.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Head of Supply Chain or their designated mandated representative(s), the Software Product Developer will:

• Support the development and implementation of modern integrated IT solutions that meet the WFP business needs in the Region.

• Support open-source software used in the project, such as OBS (training presentations), CLS (logistics software), Twilio (tracking IoT) and Odoo Community Version (ERP software)

• Perform the integration and the testing of new, enhanced, or fixed software code to ensure complete coverage of the code and adherence to customers’ technical specifications and WFP software guidelines.

• Support the implementation and integration of the Odoo ERP system with

• Installation and customizing of the Odoo ERP software within CLS.

• Configure and support the deployment of the Odoo ERP applications and business processes.

• Performs business process analysis, consultation with receiving partners, designs, implements, and deploys the Odoo ERP software accordingly.

• Create and maintain system related Odoo ERP documentation such as business, system, and functional requirements, process flows, status reports and configuration of dynamic spreadsheet reports and MS Power Bi reports.

• Solve different business interactions by recommending and implementing EDI software developed by third parties to integrate transactional data with Odoo ERP platforms, CLS, and other business applications in advanced logistics environments.

• Support CLS with programming in Python or PHP and JavaScript (React JS) to improve or add value to the existing CLS software system.

• Relational database management using IDE and direct SQL manipulation, user management, entity-relationship establishment and mapping.

• Web development and integration of CLS and Odoo with backend service of Odoo ERP.

• Web development and maintenance of CLS using the Laravel or Zend Framework, HTML, CSS, and XML to maintain the operations and any changes required by the customer.

• Troubleshooting and solving operational issues as they arise and document any problems, solutions, and changes to the software design.

• Provides support for Excel Macro (VBA scripting) and Microsoft Visual C# as requested or recommended.

• Manages the project Cloud Based servers, Linux servers and GitHub, as the project requires.

• Deploys to support regional training and emergency response activities as required/directed.

• Other tasks and responsibilities as required/directed.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT

• Product(s) Roadmap;
• IT solutions documentation;
• Implementation of Odoo ERP (CE or EE) with at least one end-user client.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in Computer Science, engineering or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience or trainings/courses.

Experience: Minimum of 3 years postgraduate, progressively responsible, job-related experience.

• Experience with multi-vendor project and delivery coordination and management.
• Experience deploying in enterprise production environments; and
• Experience with design and development team set-ups.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong customer empathy and a passion for building great user experiences across web and mobile devices; and
• Practical understanding of how to make a solution successful at scale across multiple locations, agencies and countries;
• In-depth knowledge and proficiency with mainstream software design & development technologies and methodologies, developing high-quality IT solutions, and Agile Scrum;
• Understanding of accessibility, security compliance, design principles behind a scalable IT solution, and the differences between delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform;
• Understanding of the differences between delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform;
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system and create database schemas that represent and support business processes;
• Ability to think creatively, strategically, and identify and resolve problems;

Additional Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills;
• Well organized and detail-oriented;
• Able to effectively coordinate multiple responsibilities simultaneously;
• Able to articulate complex concepts in non-technical language;
• Able to plan and organize work and communicate effectively;
• Values diversity in the workplace, particularly valuing respectfulness and inclusively leveraging everyone’s talents.

Reference Software:

https://cls-cdema.org/stocks/map ; https://www.odoo.com/ ; https://odoo-community.org/
https://obsproject.com/ ; https://www.twilio.com/ ; https://www.traccar.org/ ; https://x-road.global/

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

JOB TITLE: Software Product Developer CLS* / Odoo ERP

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultancy

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Bridgetown, Barbados

DURATION OF CONTRAT: 11 months

All applications received will be reviewed and go through a selection process to assess relevant experience and qualifications. Applicants who meet the selection criteria may be contacted for further interviews or assessments and to confirm their continued interest and availability.

WFP offers a competitive compensation package determined on the basis of the Terms of Reference and the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

The deadline to apply for this position is 30 June 2022 ( Atlantic Standard Time).

Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.