Committee for Children is on a mission to ensure that children everywhere can thrive. Since 1979, we’ve championed the cause of educating the whole child through advocacy, leadership in the field, and programs in social-emotional learning (SEL) and child safety.
In our pursuit of positively transforming the social-emotional well-being of 100 million children annually by 2028, Committee for Children is looking for an experienced Web Development Manager to join our Seattle-based team. (The majority of our staff is currently working remotely throughout Washington state due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
As the Web Development Manager, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of the organization’s digital marketing presence. This role serves as a crucial link between marketing and the company’s product engineering team to ensure there are necessary alignments and processes. You will partner with marketing and the Creative Director to translate visions into technology solutions with a robust and engaging user experience, all while meeting defined goals. Additionally, you will manage and mentor a small team of direct reports and contractors.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the organization’s online marketing presence through a combination of hands-on code development and delegation of work
- Develop (hands-on) highly interactive web applications utilizing JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, JSON, and React, and integrating RESTful APIs and external web services, all while ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop
- Develop (hands-on) effective solutions for our WordPress site
- Ensure good UX best practices are utilized and maintained throughout the marketing web presence
- Advocate solutions that prioritize good UX, utilizing UX best practices and methodologies, and communicate these solutions to both stakeholders and team members
- Deliver on daily web requests as well as strategic initiatives
- Proactively identify improvement opportunities, develop plans of record, and work toward the highest quality and scalability of available platform and technologies
- Work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to foster consultative and collaborative relationships to improve website effectiveness
- Manage and mentor a small team (one to three direct reports), including ongoing development
- Hire and onboard necessary web resources as needed
- Help develop processes and schedules for digital projects with regular communication to ensure project needs are met
- Translate functional and nonfunctional requirements into systems requirements
- Provide direction on architecture, application design, and code reviews, validating user actions on the client side and providing responsive feedback
- Collaborate with the team to create a vision and ideas, build compelling online experiences, and translate design patterns into application architectures
- Communicate and work directly with development teams and provide clear, concise directions on solutions delivery that includes reusable, testable, and efficient code
- Continuously identify areas of improvement in both new application designs and rebuild of dated applications
Qualifications
- 7+ years’ experience as a software engineer, web developer, or similar role
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information technology highly preferred
- 5+ years of experience with strong proficiency with SPA JavaScript, Node.js, and related modern web application frameworks with a good understanding of server-side accessibility and security compliance
- 3+ years of managerial experience
- 3+ years of software development experience with background in PHP and front-end technologies with full stack development
- 2+ years’ experience with React practices and creating self-contained, reusable, testable modules and components
- Extensive experience with JSON, XML, RESTful Web Services, and services integration with React mobile-responsive apps
- Experience with modern web user interface design and UX principles
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Expert knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
- Proficient understanding of code-versioning tools such as Git
- Ability to translate responsive design into application architectures
- Strong knowledge of integrating multiple sources following fundamental design principles for a scalable application
- Proficient in documenting code
- Effective communicator skilled at modifying communication style based on audience
- Skilled at defining scope of work and delegating work to appropriate resources
- Strong ability to motivate, mentor, and guide direct reports with a focus on their growth and professional development
- Skilled at proactively assessing future workload and resource needs
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends if required (not common)
Organization-Wide Essential Functions
- Demonstrate a customer service focus
- Demonstrate a commitment to CFC values
- Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing growth and development and willingness to actively participate in organization-wide learning, including a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance of set work schedule
Working Environment
- Open office environment with frequent computer use (please note that CFC staff are working from home until further notice due to the pandemic)
About Committee for Children
For more than 40 years, Committee for Children has been helping children learn, grow, and thrive by teaching them how to understand emotions, build meaningful relationships, and resolve conflicts. We believe that if you make a positive impact on enough children through social-emotional learning, then the ripples will help a family, a school, a community, and ultimately, the world. We call it the Empathy Effect, and it’s what we’ve worked toward since 1979. We believe that successfully ensuring the safety and well-being of all children will require the involvement of our greatest thinkers. That’s why we bring together diverse opinions and viewpoints—from educators, philanthropists, community activists, scientists and researchers, private-sector executives, and behavioral specialists. Come join the effort. And let’s grow kinder together.
We have excellent employee tenure because we take great care of our most valued assets—our employees. This role will offer some amazing opportunities to add value, contribute, and make a difference while enjoying new challenges, a collaborative and diverse team, professional development opportunities, and work-life balance. Committee for Children offers competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and retirement with employer match. We also offer subsidies for commuting, wellness, and staff development.
Committee for Children is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to cultivating a workplace in which diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, without regard to race, color, age, disability, gender, marital status, national origin, genetics, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, political affiliation, gender identity, veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.