Director of Web Development

Sustainable Seattle is a nonprofit organization that advances individual, neighborhood, city, and regional sustainability through strategic partnerships, shared learning, and multi-stakeholder actions. Founded in 1991 in the spirit of the Rio Convention on Development and the Environment, Sustainable Seattle is thought to be the first “Sustainable Community” organization, where today there are hundreds of sustainable state, county, city, and community organizations.

We issued our first set of community indicators for sustainability in 1993, and won an award in 1996 from the United Nations for “Excellence in Indicators Best Performance” for our second indicators report.  Sustainable Seattle has given rise to leaders in the sustainability field, including major consultants, policy makers and business leaders.

Sustainable Seattle has 3 program areas: Emerging People, Projects and Ideas, Community Connections and Indicators into Actions. Our major projects within these programs include B-Sustainable.org and Dream a Sound Future Competition. B-sustainable.org is our fourth iteration of indicators. It was designed to shift the field of sustainability in terms of users and its process. Dream a Sound Future is a design competition inviting our community to create the blueprint for a sustainable future.

Position Overview:

Sustainable Seattle is seeking a Director of Web Development. This is an excellent opportunity to boost your professional stature, demonstrate your capacity and build meaningful relationships in the sustainability arena.  This is a volunteer position.

We are looking for a professional with the technical skills, dedication, vision and interpersonal capacity to grow the opportunity into a paid position. You will assist in the maintenance and upkeep of B-Sustainable.org and the Sustainable Seattle website

Responsibilities:

Solution Development and Delivery:

• Designs, codes and tests technical solutions.
• Understands technical and functional design requirements.
• Assists in  conceptual framework design.
• Identifies system deficiencies and recommends solutions.

Content Management Systems (CMS):

• Understands advanced CMS concepts.
• Demonstrates proficiency with CMS design.
• Possesses demonstrated work experience with at least one content management system.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Plone programming language highly desirable.
• Understands client server and internet systems architectures.

Project Execution:

• Assists in development deadlines and schedules.
• Understands fundamentals of quality control.
• Experience in project management and tracking progress.
• Prioritizes multiple tasks effectively.
• Follows through with commitments.

Qualifications:

• Passionate about sustainability.
• Familiar with, or can easily become familiar with, B-Sustainable.org and the Sustainable Seattle website.
• Able to work independently and with a variety of people and achieve results.
• Encourages others to make innovative contributions and embrace new ideas.
• Proactively initiates, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with others.
• Recognizes the strengths and weaknesses of each team member.