Web Development Consultant for ABSCH/BCH

About the role

The consultant will provide front‑end development for the Access and Benefit‑Sharing Clearing‑House (ABSCH) and the Biosafety Clearing‑House (BCH). Working under the IT and Digital Transformation Unit, the role supports the implementation of functionality improvements identified by the ABS Clearing‑House Informal Advisory Committee.

Key responsibilities

• Implement a registration form for Clearing‑House API use for external users.
• Integrate the new version (v2023) of the KM API and retire the legacy version.
• Develop record maintenance functionality and automated reminders for Parties.
• Create a common format for legal framework overview records, pre‑populated from national reports.
• Enhance keywords, search filters, indexing, API and translation for ABS procedures and measures.
• Build dynamic, interactive visual reporting tools to highlight statistics and trends at national, regional and global levels.

Required profile

• University degree in Computer Science, ICT or a related field.
• Minimum two years of experience in web development or software engineering.
• Solid understanding of user experience (UX) and user interface design principles.
• Strong communication, teamwork, planning and client‑orientation competencies.

Required skills

• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript.
• Frameworks/libraries: Bootstrap, jQuery, AngularJS, Vue, React.
• REST API development and documentation (e.g., Swagger).
• Version control systems (e.g., Git).