ChildFund protects children’s well-being by strengthening relationships among children, parents, community members, local organizations, teachers and schools, governments and others. Together, we improve children’s lives – at every age, from infancy to young adulthood – with better nutrition, health, safety, education and skills so it’s possible for them to dream, achieve their potential and contribute to their communities.

WEBSITE OVERVIEW

• ChildFund is inviting proposals from reputable and qualified companies with a track record of success in developing websites.

SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

• Develop a working ChildFund Kenya website, on WordPress, prioritize user experience by creating a visually appealing website that’s easy for visitors to navigate and engage with.
• Mobile Optimization, make sure that the website is fully responsive and optimized for devices especially considering the growing use of smartphones for browsing.
• Ensure security all security aspects are embedded in website.
• Provide a prototype for user testing and acceptance before going live.
• Provide onsite training to the ChildFund staff and system administrators to perform content upload, system maintenance, and administration.
• Support and maintenance: Administrative and technical support, and quality control for a period of 3 months after the website is launched.
• Source code handover: Full source code including all developed libraries shall be handed over to the ChildFund Kenya IT and Communications staff.
• Prioritize user experience by creating a visually appealing website that’s easy for visitors to navigate and engage with.

Required skills and experience

The vendor should demonstrate and provide examples of previous experience in the performance of similar services as follows:

• Be a reputable firm with at least 5 years of prior experience designing visually appealing and navigation-friendly websites for NGOs;
• Familiarity and relevant experience in using different Content Management Systems (CMS), particularly WordPress.
• Have a broad knowledge of current web development technologies and design tools in the field, and new software and other web programming languages and programs including use of HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, Macromedia Flash, Java;
• Have excellent knowledge of recent trends in graphic design, websites, including online video publishing, and social media networking;
• Demonstrate the ability to create innovative and visually appealing web designs