
Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. Our focus is on open data, aligned metrics and strong regulation, to help powerful organisations stop nature-related impacts and realise opportunities for positive action.
Global Canopy (GC) is seeking to contract a full stack developer to start the development of the GC Assessment Platform. This will be a new system to replace two legacy tools currently used by the Corporate Performance programme to conduct and manage the assessments that form the foundation of our Forest 500, Forest IQ and related data products. The platform will be used for the full assessment lifecycle: methodology setup, data entry, internal review, company engagement, and data export.
The contractor will work on the development of the platform as the main developer, but within a small team that is working on related projects. There is a product requirements document (PRD), an Asana project defining the features and user stories that need to be implemented, and a software requirements specification (SRS) providing more technical detail. The developer will work using our preferred tech stack, re-using modules and patterns from existing work wherever possible.
Context: We are seeking to address accumulated technical debt and improve usability and performance by replacing two key tools used by the Corporate Performance programme:
The collection and review of data on companies and financial institutions is an integral part of the work of the CP programme. This work is carried out by researchers using the Original Data collection tool. This is a website that internal users log into to input assessment data, compare it with data from past assessments, and perform some basic data quality checks. Multiple different sets of assessments are run through this internally-used website every year, including those for Forest 500, Floresta 250 and Forest IQ.
The comment platform is an externally-facing website that allows assessed entities (companies and financial institutions) to view their Forest 500, Forest 500 Finance and Floresta 250 assessments before the assessments are made public. If they disagree with any of the findings, assessed entities can comment on them on an indicator by indicator basis. Global Canopy then reviews these comments, if necessary updates the indicator answers, and then responds. Currently it is a 2 step conversation, i.e. assessed entities can make one comment and GC can respond once. This comment process is an important quality control and engagement step.
The functionality of these two tools will be amalgamated into a single Assessment Platform as described by our PRD and SRS.
You will be responsible for starting the implementation of the Assessment Platform. You will cover the whole spectrum of development: infrastructure creation, backend and frontend. Our tech stack is as follows:
The developer will be embedded within the existing team at Global Canopy, and will liaise closely with our Data Systems Lead and Full Stack Developers. The specific scopes and priorities will be defined as the work progresses in an agile fashion.
Our budget allows for a maximum of £500 per day including VAT for 66 days, expected to be worked at 4-5 days per week. (Note that for applicants based outside the UK, the £500 maximum includes the reverse VAT charges we would be subject to, so is equivalent to £400 per day.) Due to the close collaboration with existing team members required, applicants must be within 2 hours of UK time. We would like this work to start as soon as possible. There is the possibility for extension if we are successful with further funding applications.
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Expressions of interest will be considered as they are received, and we will run a rolling interview process, so early application is encouraged. There will be a single one-hour interview with our Data Systems Lead and other tech team members.
By submitting your application, you consent to us holding your data in line with our policies. GC is under no obligation to engage anyone as a result of this search. Individual contracts will be negotiated when we initiate the work.
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