Background
The ILO in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) through its EU funded project “Development of a Tripartite Framework for the Support and Protection of Ethiopian women Domestic Migrant Workers to the GCC States, Lebanon and Sudan” developed the “Ethiopian Migrants Data Management System (EMDMS)” in 2016. This decentralized migrant electronic registration software system record the whole migration process of Ethiopian labour migrants. To ensure the alignment of the system with the revised proclamation and signed BLAs and to decentralize the system to the region, the ILO in collaboration with MoLSA continued to work on the database management through the second phase project entitled “Improved labour migration governance to protect migrant workers and combat irregular migration in Ethiopia” funded by FCDO. The database has been decentralized in Amhara, Oromia, Tigray and SNNP regions and Addis Ababa City Administration and the alignment of the system has been finalized, however the regional system has not been operationalized. Even though the system has gone LIVE and is functional at the Federal level, some bugs are making it difficult for the system to function smoothly and at full capacity. It is critical to fix the bugs that arises from time to time to ensure that the system functions optimally. Moreover, MoLSA in house capacity has to be built to ensure that such bugs are fixed in timely manner and are capable to manage the software independently without any external support. The absence of in-house capacity in MoLSA coupled with the fact that the software developer cannot continuously do cleaning of the software and bug fixing and lack of proper software documentation per module compounded the need to require further support from software developer. To this end, the ILO in partnership with MoLSA would like to seek the service of a software developing company to provide the technical support. The required support comprises specific and time bound deliverables with the ultimate objective of ensuring the full and smooth functionality of the Ethiopian Migrant’s Database System both at Federal and Regional level through software update and bug fixing, developing and transferring of software documentation per module, transfer of knowledge by building MoLSA in-house capacity, and upgrading the software/system to ensure sustainability.
Objective
The overall objective of the technical support is to address the technical challenges the software is encountering through bug fixing, updating the system, manual development and technical training to MoLSA IT staff with the aim to ensure the full and smooth functioning of the system at both Federal and Regional level. More Specifically:
Scope of Work and Responsibilities
In supporting the Overseas Employment Directorate of MoLSA and the MoLSA IT Unit, the consulting firm will:
Minimum qualification & experience required for consulting firm and team experience
Qualification and Experience: The Project Manager, MSC in Project Management, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field of study, has a minimum of 5 years of relevant project management experience and has undertaken (as PM) at least 2 relevant and comparable assignment in the last 5 years
Qualification and Experience: At least two (2) System Developers, BSc in Computer Science, Information Science, or related field of study, have developed at least 2 comparable PHP-MYSQL web applications in the last 3 years.
Qualification and Experience: At least one (1) tester, BSc in Computer Science, Information Science, or related field of study and has 2 years of relevant and comparable experience
Qualification and Experience: At least 2 years’ experience in technical writing and training delivery
Timeline
The agreement will be valid for a period of two and half months (15 April – 31 June 2021).
Interested applicants should submit their letter of application, copy of credentials and a detailed technical and financial proposal (in a separate envelop) including applicants profile, proof of legal registration, copies of relevant credentials, and other supporting documents that show previous and similar work experience. Application should be hand delivery or regular post-mail to the below address.
ILO Country Office for Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan
PO Box 2788
UNECA Compound- Addis Ababa
Please note that we do not accept application through expert postal service such as DHL or EMS. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Deadline for submitting applications April 5th 2021.
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