Position Title:Web Application Developer
Location: Philadelphia, PA 19107 (Onsite)
Duration: 5 Months
Job Description:
The design and implementation of a new WordPress website using WordPress core capabilities, Elementor, and established third-party plugins, with a focus on accessibility, usability, and long-term maintainability for the Public Health Division within a local government public health department. This project will involve building new site architecture, configuring required functionality such as search, file sharing, analytics, and mobile responsiveness, and supporting the migration of content from existing sites. The engagement will consist of Discovery, Documentation, and Development.
Key Responsibilities:
• Build new features and reusable components of WordPress theme and plugin creation, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Work closely with a cross-functional team to ensure deliverables meet design, content and UX standards for branding and imagery for the site’s overall look and feel
• Collaboration with UX/UI Content Manager to ensure functionality of front-end development
• Collaborate with non-technical colleagues on new features, ensuring a good technical fit.
• Ability to adhere to the Organization’s Managed WordPress Guidelines
• Ensure the solutions you create meet web standard best practices, and accessibility guidelines.
• Address bug fixes as needed and consider the maintainability of code.
• Keeping site and plugins up-to-date, regular maintenance or Support Content Manager in additional development solutions after UX testing is completed.
• Build reusable, testable, and efficient code. Develop the building blocks of a website capable of handling the below listed functions.
• Main page banner.
• Meets WCAG AA Standards with potentially additional accessibility features
• Full site live by April 2026
• Search functionality across website
• File sharing capability of Mobile browsing capabilities of Google Analytics integration
• Maintenance or Monthly maintenance to include technical support, minor updates, monitoring of plugins/themes/WordPress and act as liaison between WP engine and the internal team.
Required Skills and experience:
• Excellent communicator: Articulate jargon to general audiences (e.g., [Internal] departments and the public), explain the logic behind design decisions, craft compelling narratives about product work, write and speak clearly, and cultivate effective communication among team members.
• Relationship-builder: Work with a variety of people and personalities, listen and ask questions to identify new design opportunities, and cultivate strong relationships to ensure seamless collaboration and continued project support. Be responsive through different stages and maintain communication to address any emergent issues.
• Curious: Practice active listening, ask questions to get to the root of a problem, be open to receiving/giving constructive feedback, and have a sincere interest in learning new skills or growing old ones.
• 3+ years of experience in systems analysis, programming, and design
• BA/BS in Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent knowledge acquired by work experience and training.
• Understanding of design principles
• Familiar with accessibility principles
• Flexibility to troubleshoot front-end concerns
• Experience in using translation frameworks
• Familiar with performance, scalability, security, and testing applications.
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns.
• Extensive coding knowledge in HTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP.
Highly Desired/Preferred:
• Compassionate: Turn empathy into actionable solutions that address people’s real needs with integrity.
• Self-directed. Given broad direction, you can prioritize your work and allocate your time and resources effectively. Just as important, you know when to ask for help and aren’t afraid to do so.
• Systems-thinker. You can envision how a particular feature may affect other.
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