Consultancy: Senior Full Stack Developer, Office of Innovation, Learning Innovation Hub, Helsinki, Finland, 12 Months, Remote

<p><span>UNICEF has a 70-year history of innovating for children. We believe that new approaches, partnerships and technologies that support realizing children’s rights are critical to improving their lives.</span></p> <p><span>The <strong>Office of Innovation</strong> is a creative, interactive, and agile team in UNICEF. We sit at a unique intersection, where an organization that works on huge global issues meets the start-up thinking, the technology, and the partners that turn this energy into scalable solutions.</span></p> <p><span><strong>For every child...innovate</strong></span></p> <p><span>UNICEF’s Office of Innovation is driving transformative solutions for global education challenges. We are developing <strong>The Learning Cabinet</strong>—a pioneering web platform that connects decision-makers in education particularly in the Global South with curated list of EdTech tools tailored to their unique contexts. By providing a vetted list the safest, most impactful and scalable tools together with personalized recommendations, the education decision-makers will be empowered to address the learning crisis more efficiently. To achieve this vision, we seek a <strong>full time Senior Full-Stack Developer</strong> to build the future of EdTech discovery. </span></p> <p><span>The <strong>Learning Innovation Hub</strong> within OOI has recently been established in Helsinki with the mission to radically transform education around the world by making it a wonderful adventure for every child. The Hub contributes to UNICEF’s Reimagine Education initiative and has the bold ambition to become a global “home for the architects of the future of learning” and help solve the learning crisis as well as imagine and develop alternative learning futures for all children. </span></p> <p><span><strong>How can you make a difference? </strong></span></p> <p><span>As a Senior Full-Stack Developer, you will lead the expansion of the Learning Cabinet platform, incorporating new features that will revolutionize how educational decision-makers and partners find and compare EdTech solutions. Your expertise will shape the future of global education by ensuring personalized access to tools that drive positive learning outcomes for children worldwide. </span></p> <p><span><strong>Your main responsibilities will be:</strong> </span></p> <p><span>You'll join a tight-knit, agile team of passionate professionals working remotely to enhance the Learning Cabinet platform. Collaborate closely with an experienced senior developer, a UX/UI designer, and a product manager. Your role extends beyond coding; you'll actively contribute to brainstorming and shaping the most effective solutions for our users. We thrive in an open environment where ideas flow freely, decisions are made swiftly, and iterations happen rapidly. Expect active communication, shared enthusiasm, and a dose of fun along the way. </span></p> <p><span>To further develop an existing Learning Cabinet platform with the following new features: </span></p> <p><span><strong>User Account Creation &amp; Onboarding:</strong> </span></p> <p><span>Expand the user account system to include education decision-makers. Create a personalized onboarding flow and profile pages for managing user preferences. </span></p> <p><span><strong>User-Flagging System for Incorrect Information:</strong> </span></p> <p><span>Enable users to flag incorrect information on EdTech tool pages, with a review process to ensure prompt correction and maintain information quality. </span></p> <p><span><strong>EdTech Tool Page Iterations:</strong> </span></p> <p><span>Enhance EdTech tool pages based on user feedback, continually improving design and functionality for better user experience and relevance. </span></p> <p><span><strong>Develop Content Features:</strong> </span></p> <p><span>Build key content features, including a resource center and a system for submitting and posting calls for proposals (CfPs).  </span></p> <p><span><span><em><strong>Please find attached the full ToR (Terms of Reference) with related information:</strong></em></span>  <a href="https://secure.dc7.pageuppeople.com/apply/TransferRichTextFile.ashx?sData=UFUtVjMt_aJa45InUrF9GOqgIKAojHMzq6ukYT-kh785HDTsZN0jmCJS9uBX1oGL_kTKTQY14mU7TJ3eCJAHB5qErjADLF6IY49kAFGh8Mb4aGemV2wUQ4YSVVLlBGzGYmQOIujDmnB2SuDOIc6C5J_UcHQ-4w%7e%7e">IC TOR Learning Cabinet Senior Web Developer (2).pdf</a></span></p> <p><span><strong>To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…</strong></span></p> <p><span><strong>Required qualifications</strong>:</span></p> <ul> <li><span>Over eight (8) years of professional hands-on coding experience with Drupal as a full-stack (back-end and front-end) developer. </span></li> <li><span>At least ten (10) years of professional hands-on coding experience with PHP, hooks, SQL, performance optimization, continuous integration (Travis, Jenkins...etc.), HTML/JavaScript/Twig/AJAX/React and working with 3rd party libraries such as electri