IT Developer Intern

Position: Developer Intern

Duration: May– December 2018

Location : Dakar, Senegal

(This is a remote internship opportunity)

EPIC-Africa is a social enterprise start-up working to make it easier for African civil society organizations (CSOs) to connect with the resources they need to enable them to do the work that they do- solving many of the continent’s most difficult challenges.

To this end, EPIC-Africa is building an online platform to transform the way that the African civil society ecosystem connects, interacts and learns. We envision this platform becoming a dynamic philanthropy market-place, where different participants in the ecosystem come to offer and procure services, resources and information. The platform will make it easier for individuals and institutions to find and fund African CSOs, making the platform the “go-to” place for publicizing funding opportunities, jobs and consultancies, networking events, learning events, topical issues affecting the sector, new research, etc. Underlying the platform will be a regularly updated index of African civil society organizations that will map and rank civil society organizations across the entire continent, across multiple sectors and indicators. The index will result in CSO excellence awards to put a spotlight on organizations that not only demonstrate excellence in terms of impact they achieve but also in terms of how they do their work.

Job Purpose:

To provide technology related advice to EPIC-Africa during the beta testing phase of the index by the doing the following:

• Become the point of contact with the technical team building the platform and the developer creating the second stage for data analysis.
• Manage and maintain our website.
• During the user testing phase of the platform help provide technical support to test-users and provide backup support and training for co-founders for these sessions.
• Troubleshooting during the time the platform is live from October for December 2018.
• Provide advice on technological matters and conduct other technical support related duties.

Qualifications:

We are looking for smart, curious, creative, and energetic people, who share our passion for technology, social justice and change in Africa. Other qualifications include:

• Software developer background.
• Good problem-solving, research and analytical skills.
• Bilingual, English/French a plus.
• Recent graduates or masters students majoring in statistics, data science or related fields preferred but we will consider juniors and seniors with demonstrated outstanding performance in these fields.

Compensation:

This is an unpaid position. EPIC-Africa is looking for a self funded intern who can cover all expenses including airfare, health insurance, housing, local transportation, etc. Exceptional candidates who can only work remotely will be considered on a case by case basis. We are happy to explore with the student how this internship can count for college credit.

How to apply:

To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter to admin(a)epic-africa.org by June 27th 2018.

Job Type: Internship