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Ad title:
Back-end Developer for National Spatial Data Infrastructure
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National Agency of Public Registry
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Published: 13 August
/ Deadline: 27 August
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National Agency of Public Registry is pleased to announce an opening for the position of Back-end Developer for National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
Country: Georgia
Project Name: Georgia Resilient Agriculture, Irrigation and Land Project (GRAIL)
Project No: P175629
Loan No. 9504-GE
Reference No. GRAIL/CS/IC/29-01
Government of Georgia and the World Bank jointly developed a new investment project in Georgia`s rural sector - Georgia Resilient Agriculture, Irrigation, and Land (GRAIL) Project. The total cost of the Project is 138, 600 mil EURO which is equally split (50/50) between IBRD and the State budget of the Government of Georgia.
The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to: (a) improve irrigation, and drainage services, and agricultural production in project areas, and (b) strengthen national irrigation and land management institutional capacity for climate resilient planning.
The primary beneficiaries of the Project comprise farmers and agricultural enterprises across the project targeted regions. Overall, the rural population will benefit from enhanced services provided by land management, irrigation services, and agricultural support. In the public sector, the Project will support institutional strengthening of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (MEPA), including Georgian Amelioration (GA), the National Environment Agency (NEA), Rural Development Agency (RDA), and National Agency for Sustainable Land Management and Land Use Monitoring (LMA).
The Project will enhance land administration service delivery and support building digital infrastructure by enhancing National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR)`s information technology systems, development of e-services and further support NAPR`s effort in operationalizing of National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).
Project has a strong focus on climate resilience and rural livelihoods through a holistic and integrated approach. It will include the following components:
Component 1: Resilient Irrigated Agriculture, divided into three sub-components: 1) Subcomponent 1.1: Irrigation & Drainage Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Modernization; 2) Subcomponent 1.2: Irrigated agriculture and value chain development; and 3) Subcomponent 1.3: Improved Performance of Irrigation Service Delivery.
Component 2: Improved Land Management Capacity, comprising of two sub-components: 1) Subcomponent 2.1: Strengthening of agricultural land management and monitoring; and 2) Subcomponent 2.2: Enhancement of the land administration service delivery and building digital governance infrastructure.
Component 3: Project Management, which will finance two Project Implementation Units that will be responsible for project management: One Project Implementing Unit (PIU) is established within MEPA, which is responsible for management of Component 1 and Subcomponent 2.1. The second PIU is established within the NAPR, the Project Implementing Entity and will be responsible for implementation of Subcomponents 2.2 and 3.2.
Sub-component 2.2 - Enhancing land administration service delivery and building digital governance infrastructure by:
enhancing NAPR`s information technology systems, particularly the IPRS by focusing on upgrading of the core cadastre and registration systems, development of selected e-services through innovative technologies to further improve NAPR customers` experience; and
Designing, developing, and deploying of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure by NAPR in collaboration with other institutional stakeholders including by focusing on capacity building, training, knowledge sharing and incorporating best international practices.
The Back-End developer will cooperate with system architects and a team of software developers to develop and maintain NSDI-related software solutions.
Scope of Work and Responsibilities:
** Participates in enhancing and development of the development of the NSDI IT infrastructure with particular focus on development of the NSDI Geoportal, Metadata Catalogue, Metadata editor/validator and Map viewer. Developer may be also assigned to the other GRAIL related IT projects in the capacity of the Back-end Developer as necessary.
** Participates in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging.
** Maintains and manages existing applications by fixing bugs, adding new features, and updating design elements.
** Gathers and address technical and design requirements.
** Liaises with developers, designers, Business analysts, Product owners, and system administrators to identify new features.
** Works on the tasks set by the system architect/lead/senior programmer and their implementation;
** Familiarizes with the given task, and provides appropriate corrections and recommendations within the scope of its functions;
** Writes clean, reusable code, and libraries to develop functional software applications.
** Manages and optimize scalable distributed systems.
** Performs Unit, and Automated tests to optimize performance, and ensure business needs are met for regression testing.
** Collaborates with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
** Follows with internal technology standards.
** Provides an approximate estimate of the terms of realization of the set goals;
** Provides troubleshooting support, by assisting with technical support if problems are found in the software operations;
** Provides training and support to junior developers and lower-ranking programmers of the NAPR IT department;
** Ensures information security, including protection of personal data, within its competence;
** Develops and updates necessary software documentation to facilitate system maintenance and upgrade.
** Ensures compliance with instructions and assignments of the System Architect;
** Hands over the full source codes including all developed libraries and other items related to the carried out assignment to the NAPR IT Department.
Requirements and skills:
** A university degree in Information Technologies or a related field is preferred.
** Minimum 5 years of proven work experience as a Back-end developer.
** In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development, and deployment).
** Hands-on experience with technologies:
1. Relational database management system (RDBMS) Oracle PL/SQL and other Oracle DB features such as triggers, packages, database links and other.
2. Server-side programming language/technology: PHP or Node.js/JavaScript.
3. Good understanding of Web platform transfer protocol HTTP principles and standards.
** Proficiency in using Git for version control.
** Familiarity with Agile software development and modern deployment tools
** Familiarity with Linux basics.
** Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript, and CSS).
** Excellent analytical and time management skills.
** Proficiency in problem-solving and making decisions.
** Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude.
Duration
Duration of the assignment is 12 months
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 3.14 "Conflict of Interest" of the World Bank`s Guidelines: World Bank`s "Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrower, July 2016, revised November 2017, revised August 2018 and revised November 2020", setting forth the World Bank`s policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment: The consultant shall not receive any remuneration in connection with the assignment except as provided in the contract. The consultant and its affiliates shall not engage in consulting or other activities that conflict with the interest of the client under the contract. The contract shall include provisions limiting future engagement of the consultant for other services resulting from or directly related to the firm`s consulting services in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 3.16, 3.17 and 3.18 of the Guidelines.
An individual consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in World Bank`s Guidelines: World Bank`s "Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrower, July 2016, revised November 2017, revised August 2018, revised November 2020 and revised September 2023", "Selection of Individual Consultants".
Interested consultants may obtain further information by email: grail@napr.gov.ge
CVs of candidates in English language must be submitted electronically to the address below grail@napr.gov.ge not later than August 27, 2025.
Please include the title of the announced position in subject line of the email.
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