Sr. Lead, Back End Developer

Leadership and Management: 

• Lead, manage and reinforce web development governance policies for all regional offices 

• Lead ongoing technical web optimization projects 

• Lead Regional teams through their back-end web development and ensure the resource technology processes are adhered to.  

Strategy & Knowledge Development & Implementation: 

• Alongside Global Director, Resource Technology, develop plan to maintain highly functional technical performance across all owned platforms. 

• Implement back-end web development efficiently and effectively. 

• Optimize web properties within web guidelines and implement across all resource technology platforms 

Networking & Partnership:  

• Work with various agencies on all IJM web property needs by stewarding positive relationship with outside entities  

Policies and Procedures: 

• Regularly maintain digital standards and policies within the Web Governance 

• Own the digital development process for all regional offices, and any other regional or global staff stakeholders 

• Responsible for ensuring templates and modules across web properties are up-to-date and correct in collaboration with the global marketing team 

• Establish and maintain website directory structures within an enterprise content management system. 

Communication: 

• Communicate with project stakeholders on web development timelines and execution. 

• Communicate any changes to web development standards and policies to all regional offices. 

• Participate in various meetings by presenting on web development trends. 

Training and Development: 

• Train any and all staff that will be stakeholders with various resource technology platforms. 

• Administrator of the CMS, including training and granting/maintaining permissions of other users and authors 

Research and Program Management: 

• Utilizes various content management systems platforms (ie Craft, Bizzabo, Funraise) requiring the translation of business needs, processing into functional specifications 

• In collaboration with digital marketing team, implement 'A/B' testing, usability testing, and other testing as needed. 

Documentation, Reporting & Data Management: 

• Record and use analytics data to inform strategy. 

• Create and distribute regular performance analysis and reports on digital platform functionality. 

Events and Logistics: 

• Assist cross-platform digital projects for the organization around events, publications, and other key moments 

General tasks: 

• Participate in interviews for new resource technology staff 

• Routinely participate in resource technology strategy development conversations 

Qualifications:   

Education & Experience  

• Bachelor’s degree required  

• 10+ years’ experience in web development and coding  

• 4+ years’ experience with Salesforce suite of products  

• Previous experience with Craft CMS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, and Google analytics  

• Knowledge of responsive design, web standards and best practice  

• Strong and proven ability to code responsive webpages and emails that are optimized for mobile, tablet, and desktop  

• Proven understanding of cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility issues and experience working through them 

Technical Competencies  

• Craft CMS  

• PHP  

• HTML, CSS and JavaScript/jQuery  

• Google Suite  

• Working knowledge of SQL and ampscript  

• Expert knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Experience with Adobe Suite is a plus 

Non-Technical Competencies  

• Mature Christian faith  

• Strong analytical skills  

• Collaborative  

• Ever-curious  

• Detail-oriented  

• Service-oriented  

• Ability to maintain own schedule and highly efficient  

• Detail-oriented – the person in this role is the last line of defense making sure tracking and links are correct and all copy is typo-free and brand compliant before digital deliverables go live to constituents 

Application Process:   

Upload Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith* in one PDF document.  

*What is a statement of faith?  
A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into the cover letter or submitted as a separate document and should include, at a minimum, a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer, study, etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship.  

What does IJM have to offer?  

• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision benefits  

• Monthly commuter and parking benefits in the DC metro area  

• Retirement benefit options   

• Paid leave starting at 23 days  

• 12 holidays (plus early release the day prior)  

• Daily, quarterly, and annual community spiritual formation  

• Robust staff care resources  

IJM holds strict safeguarding principles and a zero tolerance to violations of the Safeguarding Policy, Protection against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Policy, and Code of Ethics. Candidate selection is based on technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring criteria subject to assessing the candidate’s value congruence and thorough background, police clearance, and reference check processes.  

At IJM, we’re committed to building a diverse workforce through fair and equitable employment practices. IJM encourages people of any race, color, age, sex, marital status or political ideology to apply for employment. While we welcome everyone into this work, we truly believe that the work we are doing is God’s work, not our own, and practice spiritual disciplines together daily. That’s why we legally require under SEC. 2000e-1 [Section702] of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that all employees practice a mature orthodox Christian faith, as defined by the Apostles’ Creed.  

IJM requires a background check, police clearance and thorough review of references with an employment offer and/or employment contract.  

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