Web Developer

🌍 Remote, USA 🚀 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a Temporary Web Developer to support website development and digital accessibility initiatives. This position will assist with maintaining and improving university web properties built on WordPress, ensuring content meets institutional standards for usability and accessibility.

Responsibilities

Maintain and update university websites built in WordPress, including content updates, layout adjustments, and troubleshooting
Implement web design and development improvements to enhance usability, performance, and accessibility
Ensure websites follow digital accessibility best practices? (e.g., WCAG guidelines)
Conduct accessibility remediation for digital documents including PDFs, Word documents, and PowerPoint presentations
Work with staff to identify and resolve accessibility or functionality issues
Assist with testing and quality assurance across browsers and devices
Document processes or updates as needed

Skills

High School or General Educational Development diploma and six months of experience
Equivalent coursework in computer operations or information technology from a technical school or community college may be substituted for the required experience
Journey level requires an additional six months of education or experience
Advanced level requires an additional one year of education or experience
Working knowledge of digital accessibility standards or best practices
Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and basic web development principles
Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining websites using content management systems such as WordPress or CSS
Experience working in higher education or with large organizational websites which rely on teamwork and timely communications
Experience with educational digital mediums such as Learning Management Systems (Canvas) or Office 365

Benefits

Exclusive perks that include numerous retail and restaurant discounts
Savings on local child care centers
Special rates for performing arts events

Company Overview

The Carolina Population Center (CPC) is a community of outstanding scholars and professionals associated to create new knowledge about population size, structure, and processes of change. It was founded in 1966, and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.cpc.unc.edu.

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