Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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About us
Cohere is an international NGO of 50+ employees registered in Uganda, Kenya, and the United Kingdom that specializes in building holistic partnerships with Refugee-Led Organisations (RLO) in refugee-hosting areas. Currently, we operate in 5 different locations across East Africa and have partnered with more than 40 RLOs. We support RLOs in strengthening their professional capacity, establishing social enterprises and accessing resources to implement, sustain and scale-out humanitarian response activities. With our RLO partners, we aim to support refugees to lead fulfilled and dignified lives and transform the humanitarian and development sectors towards more community-led responses.
We are recruiting for a new position at Cohere, for a frontend developer. To play a major role in developing Reframe, a platform that aims to increase the visibility and funding flows to refugee led organizations globally. Reframe aims to empower these refugee-led organizations with the right tools to communicate, collaborate and report to their partners on what they are doing to transform their respective communities. The ideal candidate for this role have the following skills and qualifications:

Reframe Front End Software Developer – Required Skills & Qualifications
1. Experience with modern Frontend Frameworks/Libraries (Angular, VueJS or React).
2. Strong understanding of JavaScript (ES6), its quirks, and workarounds
3. Expert in web mark-up, including HTML5, CSS3
4. Familiarity with CSS preprocessors and frameworks (SASS, Tailwind CSS, or Bootstrap)
5. Be experienced with graphic design applications (e.g., Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD)
6. Understand the principles of SEO
7. Familiarity with front-end build tools, such as Webpack and/or Gulp.js
8. Good understanding of browser rendering behavior and performance
9. Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, and partial page updates
10. Clear understanding of HTTP(S) and the Internet Protocol Suite
11. Familiar with Linux and Containers
12. Aware of Performance and Security topics on web development
13. Experienced with version control technologies (Git)
14. Personal skills
15. Eager to work in team environment and share knowledge
16. Likes problem analysis and solving
17. Enthusiast and an interested in technologies and innovation
18. Solution oriented and proactive attitude
19. Attention to detail

The following skills are not “required” but will make your profile stand out.
1. Familiar with common design patterns and anti-patterns
2. Experience with Database systems (MySQL, NoSql databases)
3. 3+ years of experience
4. Front End Software Developer – Academic & trades qualifications
5. Academic background in IT or equivalent
6. Proficiency in English
7. Relevant years of experience

What we offer
1. Working in an international team of visionary and motivated individuals
2. Opportunities for personal and professional growth
3. Health insurance
4. Participating in extensive national and international networks within the humanitarian and development sector
5. 25 days of annual leave
6. flexi-working


Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Job application procedure

Please be sure that the application includes:
A CV of 2 pages maximum
One or more relevant work samples that demonstrate your past work.
Your answers to this form Front end software application.
Please note that only the CVs of short-listed candidates will be considered and therefore we ask you to include the most relevant information from your CV in the application form. Please respond specifically to the criteria outlined about

If you are interested in applying for more than one position advertised by Cohere, please do so separately following the instructions in the relevant job application.
The deadline for submitting the online form and your CV along with some relevant samples of work is 28th February 2023 at midnight (EAT) to jobs@wearecohere.org . As the selection of applicants will be conducted on a rolling basis, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.


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