Original job description
ABSCH/BCH Web Development Consultant
Job Opening
Job Opening ID: 285874
Job Network : -
Job Family : Environmental Affairs
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : MONTREAL
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Oct 6, 2026
Deadline : Oct 19, 2026
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Result of Service
Front-end development for the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House (ABSCH, https://absch.cbd.int) and the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH, https://bch.cbd.int) including: 1. Implementation of a registration form for Clearing-House API use for external users. 2. Integration of the new version (v2023) of KM API and removal of the legacy v2013 version. 3. Implementation of the record maintenance functionality. 4. Implementation of a new legal framework overview common format which provides an accessible and updatable subset of key information from the first national report. A draft legal framework overview record will be made available for each Party and pre-populated with relevant information from their first national reports. 5. Improvement of keywords and description for competent national authorities, ABS procedures, ABS measures and checkpoints including related changes to the search filters, indexing, API, and translation. 6. Implementation of dynamic interactive and visual reporting of published records that can be filtered (much like the search) to highlight statistics and trends at the national, regional and global level related to the published records (and key related framework indicators) and provide statistics to national users privately in the submission dashboard on the website traffic to their national records and country profiles.
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Additional Information
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Responsibilities
Develop and enhance the front end of the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House and Biosafety Clearing-House, including API registration, API version migration, record maintenance, and legal framework overview features. Improve search and record metadata, and build interactive reporting and statistics for public users and national users.
Requirements
The posting does not specify education, experience, or other formal qualifications. The work calls for web development capabilities, including front-end implementation, API integration, search and indexing improvements, and interactive data reporting.
Skills
- Front-End Development
- API Integration
- Web Development
- Form Development
- Record Management
- Search and Indexing
- Data Visualization
- Interactive Reporting
- Information Architecture
- Translation
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Categories
- Software
- Technology
- Environmental & Sustainability
- Government & Public Sector
- Consulting
Keywords
- Front-End Development
- Web Development
- Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House
- Biosafety Clearing-House
- Clearing-House API
- API Registration
- KM API
- API Version Migration
- Record Maintenance
- Legal Framework Overview
- National Reports
- ABS Procedures
- ABS Measures
- Checkpoints
- Search Filters
- Indexing
- Translation
- Interactive Reporting
- Data Visualization
- Statistics
- Trend Analysis
- Country Profiles
- Environmental Affairs
- United Nations Environment Programme
