Short Description:
Website Migration Editor/Analyst 7+ Years
Please submit all candidate before 6:00 PM on
February 24th, 2012.
Complete Description:
OCTO’s Web Maintenance Team is responsible for
maintaining the web standards and publishing
processes for District of Columbia government
web properties that make up the DC.Gov web
portal. The portal educates and informs District
residents and other interested parties to the
various policies, programs, services and systems
that constitute the District Government. The
team manages website content publication
workflow; provides editorial and standards
oversight for all content, troubleshoots minor
issues and responds to emergency situations that
require immediate public notification; and
assists and advises other District projects in
integrating new content into the DC.Gov web
portal.
The Web Maintenance Team is currently in the
middle of a project to migrate all District
agency websites from DC.Gov’s current content
management systems (DSF and OpenText) to a new
Drupal platform. This phase of the project
anticipates migrating approximately 50 websites
to this platform. Editors will be expected to
work on several agency websites concurrently.
The migration will include converting the
websites to a new look and feel that has already
been developed by OCTO. Transition activities
include managing agency client expectations,
explaining technical concepts to non-technical
people, assisting the agency with developing a
new information architecture, content
preparation, content migration, agency site
editorial review, photo and graphic resizing,
agency site launch, etc. The candidate will work
with a business analyst on the development of
the site architecture. The candidate will follow
universal content management principles as well
as District of Columbia web standards throughout
content migration efforts. It is the candidate’s
responsibility to become familiar with District
of Columbia terminology, District services and
the agencies that provide such services. Some
fact finding and research is required.
This phase of the project is expected to last
approximately 6-9 months.
Familiarity with Drupal or other similar Content
Management Systems and with website conversions
are highly desirable. Although the principal
role is that of a web editor, strong analytical
skills, as well as the ability to work with
others are contemplated as part of this
position.
Behavior Characteristics:
Capable with challenging work environment,
changing priorities and assignments. Multi-task
on multiple web migration projects. Detail
oriented. Organized. Work collaboratively with
large team. Can explain technical processes to
non-technical individuals.
Required /
Desired Skills
Skill
Required /
Desired
Amount of
Experience
Expertise
Rating
Oral and written
communication skills
Required
7 Years
3 - Expert
Web editing and copy
editing
Required
7 Years
3 - Expert
MS Office, Adobe
Acrobat and Adobe Photoshop
Required
7 Years
3 - Expert
Web production,
including editing, design, and graphics
tools
Required
4 Years
3 - Expert
Web content management,
including site maintenance processes
Required
4 Years
3 - Expert
Web programming
languages/tools (eg, HTML; CSS;
Javascript;)
Nice to have
4 Years
3 - Expert
Section 508
accessibility regulations and Plain
Language knowledge
Required
4 Years
3 - Expert
Commercial-off-the-shelf content
management system experience
Required
4 Years
3 - Expert
Client relations and
task management regarding web content
migration
Required
4 Years
3 - Expert
Web content migration
Required
3 Years
3 - Expert
Web requirements
gathering and documentation
Required
3 Years
3 - Expert
Photo editing,
captioning and tagging
Required
3 Years
3 - Expert
Drupal
Highly desired
1 Years
Knowledge of government
operations
Highly desired
1 Years
Questions For
Requirement
Question 1:
District policy is for contractors to supply
their own laptops for work. Do you have a
Windows laptop available for work?
Question 2:
Are you available for weekend and evening on
call duty shifts? (A rotating assignment among
team members.)
Question 3:
Are you available to work onsite during normal
business hours (8:30 AM-5:30 PM) and remotely
during non-business hours?
Question 4:
Please submit, with your application, a list of
examples of websites you have worked on as
either a content author, content editor, or
content migration specialist.
Question 5:
Please provide/attach before and after samples
of edited work with your application.
Question 6:
The District requires that you provide your own
cell or mobile phone for communication. Do you
have a phone that can be used for local calls?
Question 7:
Software required for the job includes Windows
Office and Photoshop (or comparable photo
editing tool.) Does your laptop include this
software?
