Web Development Expert

Result of Service The Consultant will deliver and hand over the CITES.ORG systems set out below — built to be maintained by CITES editors without ongoing developer support — improve the website’s design and enquiry handling, and keep CITES.ORG secure, up to date and supported throughout the contract. Work Location HOME BASED Expected duration 14 Months Duties and Responsibilities The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between states. It aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival (www.cites.org). The CITES Secretariat is administered by UN Environment and is located at the Geneva duty station. This assignment is part of the CITES Secretariat's implementation of the programme of work of the CITES Parties. The consultant will undertake tasks related to the delivery, maintenance, improvement and support of CITES.ORG systems required by Conference of the Parties (CoP) mandates and Secretariat priorities — including Party submission and review facilities with searchable publication, public registers and a captive-bred trade review tracker, a unified register management system with self-service, automation, website design improvements, a guided-enquiry support system, and routine maintenance and enhancements — over an initial 12-month period. The work requires specialist Drupal web development skills — configuration-first development, role-based access control, searchable registers and self-service workflows, data import/integration, and site maintenance — that are not available in-house within the required timeframe. Delivering it under one contract, on a shared set of reusable building blocks, keeps the systems consistent, avoids duplicated effort, and provides continuity of web development support to the Secretariat. Under the overall supervision of the CITES Secretary-General and the direct supervision of the Information Systems Officer, Outreach and Projects Unit, the Consultant will perform the following tasks, grouped by workstream. • Workstream A — Party submission and review mechanism (Decisions 20.159(b), 20.149, 20.160): Design, build and hand over a reusable, access-controlled facility for Parties to submit information and for the Secretariat to review, moderate and publish it, with searchable publication. Delivers the shared building blocks reused by other workstreams. • Workstream B — Decisions 20.136–139 web pages and register (Decision 20.137): Build and publish the two thematic sections (diagnostic samples; musical instruments) with official t