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Req #: 242458

Department: DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

Posting Date: 01/08/2025

Closing Info: Closes On 01/15/2025

Salary: 65% of $9,500 - $9,967 per month

Limited Recruitment: Open to UW Employees only

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701_a11y.pdf)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine has an outstanding opportunity for a part-time 65% FTE Web Computing Specialist to design and maintain web sites for the Department of Pediatrics.

The Web Computing Specialist is the primary point of contact for unit departmental web needs. This position combines technical programming and back-end web-development skills with front-end information design, architecture, and technical writing. This position works closely with content providers to provide a website that meets the strategic needs of the unit.

This position is responsible for implementing, updating, and maintaining the Department of Pediatrics website. Hybrid position with two days per week on site minimum.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Website and Tool Building

• Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders, explore and recommend approaches to meet project needs, then design, develop, and revise websites and web applications to meet the needs of our internal staff and of end users.

• Identify, design, implement, and support new features and process improvements while prioritizing accessibility, usability, and content management best practices.

• Integrate internal and third-party web tools and applications as needed.

• Collaborate with department IT staff regarding server configuration, management, upgrades, and maintenance.

• Troubleshoot and respond to bugs and issues, including patching of software.

• Development experience with Drupal 7-10, including migration experience, site administration, theme building, twig templating, use of composer, module building, troubleshooting, and all necessary front-end and back-end development

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues on the back-end of the department website as well as our lab and initiative websites.Staff and End User Support

• Guide others in content generation, usability, and information architecture.

• Respond to support requests from units and provide appropriate and timely solutions.

• Advise departmental staff and faculty seeking support and direction in web development needs.

• Provide training to departmental contributors on using our Drupal framework and following best practices for authoring web content.

• Provide editorial review of content provided by colleagues.Validation and Testing

• Conduct thorough testing of user interfaces across multiple platforms to ensure all designs render correctly and systems function properly.

• Validate the technical feasibility of website designs, while also applying best practices in designing and testing for accessibility.

• Verify that websites comply with current UW and national policies including security, privacy and accessibility.

• Use google analytics to analyze and make decisions about content.

• Analyze usability, accessibility, feasibility.

• Provide reports to others about departmental site usage.

• As a valued member of the Communications team, participate in high-level discussions about department website needs.

• Purchase software as needed for website needs. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

• Two years of experience in User-centered development, interaction design, information design, and heuristic evaluation. Demonstrated expertise in building responsive and cross-platform compatible websites, applications, and database-backed tools using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, GIT on a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Experience with graphical design for the web, including familiarity with graphics software such as Photoshop.

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, and to respond appropriately to deadline pressures.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with federally funded biomedical research projects.

• Experience working in higher education and/or a large research institution.

• Experience with University of Washington-provided tools and resources such as Mailman, WordPress, Shibboleth.

• Knowledge of IT accessibility (WCAG 2.1, Level AA): familiarity with accessibility standards and best practices; experience testing for accessibility; and demonstrated ability to design content/applications with accessibility considerations

• Demonstrated expertise in organizing and writing content for the web, and ability to coach content editors

• Development experience with Drupal 7-10, including migration experience, site administration, theme building, twig templating, use of composer, module building, troubleshooting, and all necessary front-end and back-end development

• Experience with WordPress Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.