Vacancy - Web Developer
BiD Network seeks a web developer with webmaster skills who can create, deploy and manage web applications that interact with the community website and other online services.
Vacancy: Web Developer
The BiD Network Foundation operates the world’s largest international investor matchmaking and business plan competition for SMEs in developing countries. It does this online focussed on emerging markets through its 24,000+ member community www.bidnetwork.org and with seven national competitions in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The website is both a transaction platform and online community. It is the key asset of the Foundation.
About the job:
BiD Network seeks a software engineer with webmaster skills who can create, deploy and manage web applications that interact with the community website and other online services. These applications are developed in-house in our office in Amsterdam or in close cooperation with a 3rd party.
We are currently creating a workflow system to manage the business plan assessment (based on Ruby on Rails), and a Management Information System (MIS). Future projects may include integration of our CRM system (ACT!), supporting offline forms to submit new business plans via email or low bandwidth internet connections. Meanwhile we are developing a strategy to build an auction system where investors can bid to invest in our businesses.
The community website itself is based on PHP, Smarty and wiki, and is built and maintained by Mediamatic Lab. It offers realtime interfaces and nightly full database dumps to integrate with the applications mentioned above.
Managing the technical parts of our website and other applications will remain about a third of the work. For more information, see www.bidnetwork.org
Tasks:
- Implement, deploy and manage web applications that interface with our community or other online services (50%)
- Manage the bidnetwork.org online community with our supplier Mediamatic Lab (20%)
- Assist in the redesign of a new bidnetwork.org (10%)
- Improve the community, improve interaction, assist in cross-media campaigns & mailings (10%)
- All of the BiD Network employees also spend a few hours a week assessing new business plans from entrepreneurs worldwide (10%).
Know-how:
- HBO or WO level of education
- At least 3 years experience in object oriented programming for the web using, preferably: Ruby on Rails, PHP/Smarty or Java
- Experience in managing (community) websites
- Web: HTML, CSS, Javascript
- Database: MySQL, standard database reporting tools, MIS/CRM experience
- Servers: Linux, Windows
- Languages: English (preferably also Dutch & Spanish)
We offer:
- A technical job at a fixed location in the centre of Amsterdam
- An opportunity to help making a difference for developing countries
- Flexible working hours
- A daily lunch in our offices
Procedure:
Apply for this job before January 5th, 2009. Please indicate your availability (such as period of notice with a current employer) and, if possible, references.
Apply per email to .
Direct questions to , tel: 020-7555009.
