The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) is an intergovernmental institution owned and managed by its member states, for building capacities in the generation and application of user-relevant early warning. RIMES evolved from the efforts of countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, to establish a regional early warning system within a multi-hazard framework.

RIMES strives to address gaps in the end-to-end early warning information value chain through technical support, strategic partnership, and capacity building at all levels. RIMES assists its member countries in establishing and maintaining early warning systems within a multi-hazard framework according to their unique needs. It also provides expertise to build regional platforms for data sharing, risk communication, and research efforts from a multi-hazard perspective encompassing climatic, seismic, oceanic and hydro-meteorological domains.

The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) is an intergovernmental institution owned and managed by its member states, for building capacities in the generation and application of user-relevant early warning. RIMES evolved from the efforts of countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, to establish a regional early warning system within a multi-hazard framework. …

Full Stack Developer – Agriculture DSS - Nepal

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION)

Thailand
Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South Asia (CARE) Project
Loan No./ Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA-D6220

Assignment Title: Individual Consultant – Full Stack Developer – Agriculture DSS - Nepal
Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan TH-RIMES-378535-CS-INDV)

The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) has received/has applied for financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South Asia (CARE) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (the Services) include an individual consultant – Full Stack Developer – Agriculture DSS - Nepal who is to support the CARE Component 1 Nepal Team in completing the climate-informed DSS for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD).

The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES)
2nd Floor, Outreach Building,
Asian Institute of Technology Campus,
Klong Nung, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120
Thailand

The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) now invites eligible individual consultant (Consultants) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide CV demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:

Knowledge

At least Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science,
Management Information Systems, or other related fields

Experience

Minimum experience of 5 years in software development, with proven track record in full system development; experience in Al and ML-enabled systems development preferred but not required
Minimum of 3 years of experience in developing geospatial data analytics/visualization applications
Demonstrable experience in developing REST APIs and microservices architectures
Demonstrable experience in working with geospatial datasets and timeseries datasets
Demonstrable experience in using Angular and React JS, with strong knowledge of Javascript, HTML, and/or CSS
Demonstrable experience in working with multidimensional scientific datasets including NetCDF and HDF5, preferably in Python
Having DevOps experience is an advantage

Skills and abilities

Backend: Competence in using Python (Django), Node (Express), or PHP (Laravel)
Frontend: Competence in using Angular/any other framework based on JS
Database: Competence in using MySQL/PostgreSQL
OS: Competence in using Linux
Competence in GIS data processing libraries (e.g. GDAL, OGR, GeoPandas, Rasterio); GIS feed formats (e.g. transit, real-time feeds, KML, GeoJSON, and WFS); GIS APIs (e.g. routing, traffic, OGC, WMS, WFS WCS; interactive web maps using Leaflet or Mapbox; and geospatial web development libraries in Python such as Flask, Django, and GeoDjangoGIS
Strong written and verbal command of Nepali and English

Personal qualities

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; demonstrated ability to plan and organize work independently; excellent interpersonal and communication skills; high commitment to responsibility and work quality; ability to work effectively and efficiently independently and/or within a multi-cultural team; openness/receptiveness to critique for enhancing outputs.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the individual consultants method set out in the Procurement Regulations and to be specifically set out in the Request for Expressions of Interest (REoI).

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