Position Summary

The development of  the CEN website are divided into technical, content and design roles and activities. The Website Editor/Coordinator role is to coordinate these activities and to work closely with the marketing staff to ensure the site meets our overall marketing needs, as well as to maintain consistent editorial, graphic design, and website management policies.

Please note that this is not primarily a technical position. Due to the need to coordinate closely with the Board and Director, we are looking for someone located in the Seattle or Bellingham, WA area.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure the website meets our organizational needs and provides a consistant message;
• Work with the Website Content Lead to prioritize, coordinate and edit the work of many content contributors who work directly on the site pages;
• Ensure that the content of the site reflects the policies of the enterprise, is consistent with local appropriate use policies, and does not contain material that violates copyright laws;
• Oversee the strategy to drive traffic to the site;
• Oversee the monitoring and analysis of website usage statistics; and
• Recommend and implement changes to improve usability and effectiveness.

• Creative (i.e. able to come up with interesting solutions to the site’s needs)
• Ability to develop and communicate a vision;
• Ability to liaise effectively among technical, marketing and design/aesthetic team-members;
• Strong Collaboration skills;
• Meticulous about details;
• Possess a familiarity with HTML and CSS. Familiarity with PHP, MySQL, and Joomla (or a similar CMS system) is a bonus;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• Self-directed; and
• Organizational leadership experience desired, but not required.

You must be able to commit to a minimum average of 10 hours a month. This is a "virtual" team opportunity which may be performed from home or another location. We would like this person to be located in Western Washington in order to facilitated regular in person meetings.

Community Empowerment Network's (CEN) operations are nearly entirely driven by the efforts of volunteers (the only exception is our Field Manager in Santarém, Brazil, who is paid under contract). We are a small organization and so lines of responsibility sometimes overlap, but this provides a terrific opportunity for volunteers to take on a variety of responsibilities and to expand their skills. How Our Teams Work .

If you are interested, please send your resume and cover note to the volunteer coordinator.