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Complete Description:
OCTO’s Web Maintenance Team is responsible for maintaining the web standards and publishing processes for District of Columbia government's public web portal at DC.gov. The portal provides District residents, businesses and other interested parties with access to online District government information and services. The team manages website content publication workflow; provides editorial and standards oversight for all content, troubleshoots issues responds to emergency situations that require immediate public notification; and assists and advises other District projects in integrating new content into the DC.Gov web portal.
The Web Maintenance Team is currently completing a project to migrate all District agency websites from DC.Gov’s legacy content management system (OpenText) to a Drupal platform. The migration includes converting the websites to a new look and feel that has already been developed by OCTO. One agency website remains, the DC Public School System. This migration is expected to be handled on an expedited basis.
Transition activities include managing agency client expectations, explaining technical concepts to non-technical people, assisting the agency with developing a new information architecture, content preparation, content migration, agency site editorial review, photo and graphic resizing, agency site launch, etc. The candidate will work with a business analyst on the development of the site architecture. The candidate will follow universal content management principles as well as District of Columbia web standards throughout content migration efforts. It is the candidate’s responsibility to become familiar with District of Columbia terminology, District services and the agencies that provide such services. Some fact finding and research is required.
This particular migration for DCPS is expected to last approximately 3-5 months depending on the final size of the new site..
Expertise with Drupal is required. Although the principal role is that of a web editor, strong analytical skills, as well as the ability to work with others are contemplated as part of this position.
Behavior Characteristics:
Able to work in a challending environment, with changing priorities and assignments. Multi-task on multiple web migration projects. Detail oriented. Organized. Work collaboratively with large team. Can explain technical processes to non-technical individ
Skills:
|
Skill |
Required / Desired |
Amount |
of Experience |
Expertise Rating |
|
Oral and written communciation |
Required |
10 |
Years |
3 - Expert |
|
MS Windows, Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop |
Required |
10 |
Years |
3 - Expert |
|
Web production, including content creation, editing, and publishing |
Required |
10 |
Years |
3 - Expert |
|
Web content management, including site maintenance |
Required |
10 |
Years |
3 - Expert |
|
Section 508 accessibility and plan language knowledge |
Required |
7 |
Years |
3 - Expert |
|
Commercial off the shelf content management systems |
Required |
7 |
Years |
3 - Expert |
|
Client relations and tasks management related to content migration |
Required |
4 |
Years |
3 - Expert |
|
Web content migration |
Required |
3 |
Years |
3 - Expert |
|
Photo editing, tagging and captioning |
Required |
3 |
Years |
2 - Proficient |
|
Drupal |
Required |
3 |
Years |
3 - Expert |
|
Knowledge of government operations |
Nice to have |
2 |
Years |
2 - Proficient |
Software required for the job includes Windows and Photoshop. Will your laptop have this software?
