Web Specialist

Web Specialist

Internews Earth Journalism Network

This is a part-time position working around 10 days per month, and candidates should be based in Asia.

Overview

Established in 2004, the Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is Internews’ flagship environmental program, working to improve the quality and quantity of environmental reporting. EJN has trained thousands of journalists worldwide to report more effectively on a wide variety of environmental issues, including climate change, biodiversity, wildlife trafficking, energy transition, and the management of oceans and coastal resources. It currently has more than 25,000 members worldwide.

With funding from the Sweden International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the EJN Asia Pacific project is EJN’s largest project. It aims to boost environmental coverage in the region, which in turn contributes to greater accountability and sustainable development in relation to the environment and climate in Asia and the Pacific. Building on EJN’s past work and Internews’ extensive network in Asia, the project strengthens the capacity of reporters, media outlets, journalism networks and civil society organizations to cover environment and natural resource management issues; disseminate news and information to the most vulnerable communities; and amplify the voices of women and marginalized groups who are most at risk. The project implements a suite of activities that include training programs, fellowships for journalists to participate in global environmental conferences such as the UNFCCC Climate Change COP, organizational and story grants, development of local and regional GeoJournalism websites, and support for regional content coordinators who work with local journalists to generate high quality socio-environmental coverage. EJN Asia-Pacific will be implemented until December 2026.

About this Position:

Working closely with Internews’ Web Manager and EJN’s editorial teams, The Web Specialist will support EJN by maintaining its Geojournalism websites (Wordpress) and providing technical support to editors of its Earthjournalism.net website (Drupal).

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Technical maintenance of EJN’s Geojournalism Wordpress websites (currently 3).

• Monitoring security and performance
• Running and testing updates
• Coordinating with Internews’ webhosting team
• Improving architecture and workflows where needed

Technical support to the Geojournalism editorial teams

• Troubleshooting and bug fixing
• Designing and developing special content (e.g. maps, custom CSS)
• Support with reporting and analytics (e.g. Google Analytics)

Technical support to the Earthjournalism.net editorial team

• Assisting with first line support for Drupal CMS issues (assistance and bug testing)
• Quality assurance of work by the 3rd party developer
• Designing and developing special content (maps, special pages, forms, custom CSS)
• Coordinating with the website’s content editors, the technical manager and the 3rd party developer
• Support with reporting and analytics (e.g. CMS exports, Google Analytics)

-Using standard tools to communicate and to track work (MS Teams, Gitlab, version control)

-Working in a mixed team of technical and non-technical colleagues.

-Documenting work and helping to improve documentation for existing architectures and workflows.

-Completing program expense reporting in a timely and detailed manner.

-Providing support for other EJN projects, as needed.

-Being able to work flexible hours and with team members operating in different time zones.

-Understanding of and demonstrated commitment to upholding Internews’ Core Values.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Information technology or Information management-related fields is preferred.
• Experience in prototyping, mockup design, visual and graphic design.
• At least 3 years of experience in developing and maintaining Wordpress websites.
• Experience in custom web development, including PHP, HTML, Javascript, CSS, Git.
• Experience of Drupal development or administration is a plus.
• Experience of developing maps using Mapbox is a plus.
• Knowledge of web and social media analytics.
• Experience of working in a team on technical projects.
• Ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical partners.
• Fluency in verbal and written English. Additional Asian language skills is a plus.
• Experience in media development and environmental projects is a plus.

Vacancy Timeframe:

Deadline for Applications: 24 February 2025