Your new company Hays is working with the Northern Ireland Assembly to recruit a Web Content Manager.
The Web Content Manager oversees, manages and develops the content and content architecture of the main Assembly website and associated websites.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Project management and delivery - leading the development of a user-centred Assembly website, collaborating with colleagues across all levels of the organisation and with external stakeholders and users.
* Managing a team of two web publishers, including developing staff, planning, organising, prioritising, allocating, monitoring and evaluating the work of the team.
* Management of the Assembly website's content management system, including the publication of content, maintenance of templates, workflow paths and user access accounts.
* Management of other Assembly micro-sites - including design, maintenance, security, workflow paths and user access accounts.
* Management of content publishing to the Assembly's intranet - page layouts, templates, workflow paths and user access accounts.
* Conducting content audits across all websites to eliminate outdated, redundant and/or duplicate content.
* Analysing and applying analytics data and trends to identify and implement meaningful improvements to ensure our sites are responsive to user needs and deliver measurable outcomes.
* Exploiting the data held within the Assembly's content-rich Assembly Information Management System (AIMS).
* Developing relevant Search Engine Optimisation strategies for the Assembly's websites to optimise the keywords most likely to be searched for by our users ensuring they can more easily get to the content they need.
* Maintaining knowledge of legal and regulatory compliance matters, specifically ensuring adherence to Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 by conducting regular test plans to confirm compliance and/or to identify issues and then developing plans to resolve any problems.
* Working closely with staff throughout the Communications Office and across the Assembly Commission to ensure the overall effectiveness of content planning, delivery and implementation.
Requirements
* At least a Bachelor's Degree in any subject with significant web design/digital media components or a Bachelor's Degree in either Interactive Media, Computing or Information Technology (applicants must give full details on the application form of how the content of the course meets this requirement.)
* At least 2 years' experience in each of the areas outlined at a) - c) below:
* a) Leading and managing a web team
* b) Managing and administering enterprise level content management systems similar to Episerver and Umbraco: Managing and administering websites built using Word Press.
* c) Project management relevant to the development of websites including: Working with internal and external stakeholders and users on content creation and The development and improvement of website design, structure and functionality and carrying out user research and testing - developing and improving online user journeys.