Opening: Web Services Director, Council on Foundations

Position: Web Services Director
Organization: Council on Foundations
Location: Arlington, VA
Deadline: Open Until Filled

The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grant-making foundations and giving programs worldwide, providing sector-wide leadership, government relations and legal services, networking opportunities and other services to its members and to the general public for the purpose of improving and advancing organized philanthropy. Staff of the Council enjoy being at the very center of the world of philanthropy, with many opportunities to serve their communities through their work. 
 
Job Summary:
The Director of Web Services is tasked with ensuring that the Council’s Web site is a valuable messaging, marketing, educational, and informational tool for the Council’s broad audiences. The director’s creativity, technological skill, and understanding of social media produces a site that draws audiences and sets a standard for philanthropy.  The director maintains a leading, easily accessible site that meets visitors’ needs and adapts to their usage styles, as well as to Council site objectives. The director defines the overall Web communications strategy.

Essential Functions:

  • Update and maintain an informative, fresh, and easily accessible Web site that markets the Council and its offerings.
  • Identify and continually analyze site benchmarks; retool efforts as appropriate.
  • Collaborate with Council’s I/T department to ensure performance of shared technology and applications.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Maintain Web site that highlights Council’s mission, message, offerings and brand.
  • Ensure site serves all Council audiences, conducting research—as necessary—to ensure members’ needs are met.
  • Assure site accuracy, relevance, and visitor-friendly functionality.
  • Install leading Web technologies to successfully attract and engage visitors.
  • Identify measurements of success for varying aspects of site; retool site based on analysis of measurements.
  • Anticipate future site needs and keep site ahead of the curve.
  • Finish migration of old site to new site and coordinate movement of other Council Web sites onto main platfor.
  • Interface with I/T department on shared technology and common issues, including implementation of Web-based applications and tools to facilitate member relations.
  • Manage and professionally develop web content coordinator. 
  • Oversee outsourced Web vendor build, design, and update site.
  • Works well with other employees, functions as a team player and accepts constructive suggestions for improving job performance from supervisors and managers.
  • Maintains regular and consistent attendance.
  • Exercises discretion and independent judgment in the responsibilities associated with web design functions
  • Performs other reasonably related duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

  • Undergraduate degree required, preferably in web technology or similar field
  • Minimum eight years experience in Web management
  • Minimum five years experience in Web design
  • Minimum three years experience in social media

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Wide-ranging experience creating dynamic, interactive web sites that draw broad audiences
  • Experience conveying an organization’s message and offerings on the Web while leaving flexibility for changing announcements and outreach efforts
  • Experience managing corporate web sites
  • Proven track record successfully working against aggressive deadlines
  • Capacity to keep ahead of current trends and introduce appropriate new web technologies to Council and its membership
  • Ability to explain complicated Web functions and issues in everyday language
  • Familiarity marketing via web sites
  • Knowledge of content management systems and other technologies to build and operate web sites
  • Management/leadership skills
  • Solid writing skills

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. 
 
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and hear, use hands to keyboard and write. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.  The employee is required to travel out of town on occasion.
 
How to Apply:  Applications should include information which directly addresses how the applicant meets the minimum qualifications and summary of work.

Where to Apply:  Send resume and cover letter to: Council on Foundations, Human Resources Department, Ref. No. 495, 2121 Crystal Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA  22202 or email to:  employment@cof.org.