Scaling UpNutrition (SUN) ,IT Consultant/Specialist Website Design, Development and Maintenance

Assessment
Specialist

aided schools in Rwanda by the end of Grade
3. Specifically, Soma Umenye will target all children in Grades 1-3
attending public and government-aided schools nationwide and ensure that at
least 70 percent of students are able to read grade-level text with fluency and
comprehension by the end of Grade 3.

• Support
  MINEDUC and Rwanda Education Board (REB) to develop assessment systems
  that measure progress against the new competency based curriculum in
  literacy both in the classroom and national level.
• Support
  REB, University of Rwanda College of Education (URCE), and teacher
  training college (TTC) staff to develop literacy/writing assessment items
  for classroom assessment. Support REB to create guidelines for writing and
  validating appropriate early grade reading items.
• Support
  REB to develop P1 fluency standards and review draft P2-P3 standards,
  using past literacy assessments and literacy benchmark assessments to
  identify needed Kinyarwanda fluency for children’s reading comprehension.
• Support
  REB to develop and implement a plan for national assessment of early grade
  reading that will continue after the end of the Soma Umenye Activity.
  Support the training of enumerators needed to conduct a national
  assessment of early grade reading.
• Work
  with MINEDUC, URCE, and the TTCs to promote equity in literacy outcomes
  among boys, girls, and children with special needs.
• Leverage
  M&E data collected (likely on an ongoing basis) to inform adjustments
  in the project’s approach and ensure continued improvement in student
  reading outcomes.

• Master’s
  degree and 6 years of experience or Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of
  experience in the education sector.
• Familiarity
  with scientifically based reading research preferred.
• Demonstrated
  experience assessing P1-P3 students’ early grade reading performance, and
  training teachers in how to use such assessment methods in the classroom.
• Experience
  promoting equity in learning outcomes among boys, girls, and children with
  special needs.
• Demonstrated
  exemplary diplomatic, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Written
  and spoken proficiency in English.

• Interactive
  and appealing web design: Web Designs are very subjective,
  we expect the hired IT Specialist/consultant to show-case their best
  elements in delivering a best suited web design options(at least 3 themes
  / designs to choose from using WordPress).
• :
  Secured & Authenticated Web Access should be secured in accordance
  with current best practices. The design of the solution should adhere to
  security best practices, for example: passwords should not be stored in
  plain-text, all form data should be validated, all user input should be
  sanitized, user interactions and activities should be logged etc.
• Content
  Management:
  Who uploaded – Date of upload – File Format etc., creation of new relevant
  page (if required), Mouse Over description on File Name (compatible to
  major OS and Browser) image uploaded should be uploaded with mandatory
  keywords / tags / fields (will be decided later) – for internal Search
  Indexing. The solution should allow authorizedpersonnel to edit and update
  the website including the ability to create, remove, edit and publish
  content. – Comply with the SUN colour coding.
• Site
  news/Trending now content blocks: The web solution will provide
  content/screen areas containing: • Calendar • Upcoming events • Latest
  news/Site news • Trending topics
• Site
  Statistics/Management Reports: The solution should provide
  authorised users with a number of relevant reports, for example site
  usage, key interests within the collaborative spaces and other relevant
  statistical data.
• Our
  Blog:
  Intranet should be capable of having Blog(s), with different themes /
  designs (at-least 3 themes / designs to choose from).
• Social
  Network Integration:  create and integrates our
  social media pages on the Web page like twitter, facebook, flicker, etc.
• :
  A draft policy or a report could be uploaded with an option of
  sharing  via other social media networks
• The
  solution should provide users with the ability to search for and locate
  content based on keywords and key phrases. Search should not be limited to
  articles, pages or other forms of content-administrator created posts but
  should also include user-generated content found within the community
  areas. the search engine must be friendly, standard and advanced
• Member
  Profile& our partners space
• Intranet
  Usage analysis monthly report.  Who accessed it; What document is
  uploaded; Frequency of Intranet, pages accessed; (With other standard
  Usage Analysis features)
• Archive
  panel:
  Customized and automated Archival of documents, articles, data, video,etc..
• Calendar,
  Events, Reminders: Specific authorized users should
  have the ability to create and administer events and event details. Other
  users should be able to search for and find events based on specific
  criteria.
• Mass
  Email/Messaging:
  Design and implement email system linked to the website.
• Spam
  Control:
  The solution should provide an automated challenge system that reduces the
  number of spam comments/posts that either need moderation or slip through
  filtering mechanisms.

• Your
  Profile or CV
• Understanding
  of the Scope of Work; Expert knowledge in HTML, CSS, JavaScript WordPress
  etc.
• Proposed
  Methodology / Approach and detailed Timeline with Deliverables;
• Details
  of SEO strategy and training of SUN Alliance personnel in how to go about
  creating and managing content; Analytics and website monitoring report
  capabilities;
• Sample(s)
  of similar work-done (please list active web address);
• Hosting
  Service (if you provide such services).
• Having
  an experience working with NGOs especially it is a plus.