Website Developer - GADRRRES
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Description
The Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector (GADRRRES) is a multi-stakeholder mechanism composed of UN agencies, international organizations and international and regional networks working to ensure that duty-bearers are able to:
- Protect learners and education workers from death, injury, and harm in schools.
- Plan for educational continuity in the face of all expected hazards and threats.
- Safeguard education sector investments.
- Strengthen risk reduction and resilience through education.
GADRRRES is currently looking for a website developer to update and redesign its website (https://gadrrres.net). It is worth to be noted that the GADRRRES website is relatively small (around twenty (20) pages) and does not have complex functionality.
Expectations
- Promote GADRRRES as a referent on school safety in the context of disaster risk reduction
- Provide information on GADRRRES functioning (i.e., GADRRRES Members) and activities (i.e., Working Groups) along with concrete case studies
- Provide knowledge base for members, WISS countries and other stakeholders through various tools (i.e., virtual library, international and regional events, CoP Safe Children, Safe Schools, YouTube channel, social media, newsletter)
- Encourage stakeholders to become members/affiliates
- Encourage countries to sign up to the Worldwide Initiative for Safe Schools
Essential duties
- Undertake the WordPress transfer of the GADRRRES website from Craft CMS
- Add plugins as needed
- Find the ghost pages / identify the broken links and reactivate them (as needed)
- Propose a new design layout and set it up
- Propose a revised organisation of the resources and news sections, and set them up
- Support GADRRRES with the development of new pages and the update of existing ones
- Ensure the GADRRRES website is operational
- Provide training on WordPress use
Required qualifications
- Associate degree in computer science or a related field
- Proven working experience in web development
- Familiar with WordPress and Craft CMS
- Problem solving skills
- Strong organizational skills to deal with multiple tasks within the constraint of timeline
- Ability to work remotely
Starting date
- June 2021