Information Technology Technical Associate
The Academic Computing and Communications Center (ACCC) is seeking an IT Technical Associate (Word Press Developer). Under general supervision, this position will develop in WordPress including creating themes and plugins. Position requires a combination of programming skills (namely PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) and design aesthetics (understanding element arrangements on the screen). Responsible for adaptive design and an understanding of the web development processes, to include: architecture, development, and deployment.
The Academic Computing and Communications Center is an agile organization, with a collaborative and team centered environment that provides IT leadership, academic technology infrastructure and services at University of Illinois at Chicago. We excel at supporting 40,000 staff, faculty and students across a diverse and comprehensive university in the heart of Chicago. Our services include campus wide networking, teaching and learning, identity and access management, communications, research computing, IT security, application development, web services, compliance and more.
Key Responsibilities / Duties:
20% Design, install, configure, manage and maintain new features and functionality in WordPress.
20% Establish, document, and guide WordPress architecture.
20% Responsible for performance, availability, and technical aspects of the content management system.
20% Help formulate effective and responsive designs. Turn designs into a working theme and plugin. Include technical and user-facing documentation on customized themes.
10% Provide tier 2/3 client support by answering questions both verbally and in written form about WordPress. Work with unites/colleges to determine, document, and fulfill their business needs.
10% Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
Minimum Acceptable Qualifications Required:
- Bachelor Degree within Computer Science, Information Management or similar discipline.
- A minimum of 1 year IT Web Development which includes demonstrated experience in developing and/or modifying new and existing applications, including requirement analysis, design, code, test, debug, implementation and maintenance.
- Demonstrated experience with WordPress Architecture and PHP development.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications.
- Experience with debugging tools.
- Demonstrated experience understanding of code versioning
- Understanding of PHP back-end development
- Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML) CSS knowledge
- Agile/SCRUM methodology knowledge
To Apply: For fullest consideration, please complete an online application by clicking the Apply for Position button below.
Please complete all sections of the online application including providing your full work history, education, certifications and skills. Please upload all valid certifications and transcripts within the document section of your online application.
A degree is required, you must provide official transcripts.
Transcripts/Licenses/Certifications MUST be uploaded electronically to your online application through the "Documents" page on the Civil Service Employment Application (page 4). Be sure to select the appropriate document type before uploading the document.
If your educational institution provides electronic transcripts, please have them sent to hross@uic.edu
If your educational institution doesn’t provide electronic transcripts, they must mail the transcripts to:
University of Illinois at Chicago
Recruitment and Staffing
Human Resources Building Room 109
715 S. Wood Street M/C 862
Chicago IL 60612
Attn: CA0859 IT TECH ASC (Word Press Developer)
All civil service positions require an exam. The exam for this position is a Credentials Assessment. You will not be required to report in person for this exam.
Credential Assessment Exam Scoring Information:
You will not be required to report in person for this exam. The updated online application and all uploaded, relevant documents, such as a resume and/or college transcript will be used in the calculation of the exam score. These documents should be uploaded prior to the position close date.
When completing your online application, please be sure to provide detailed information about your job knowledge and specific duties and responsibilities, as your qualifications for any Civil Service position will be primarily determined based on what is contained in the application. Dates of employment and if employed on a full or part time basis (including number of hours per week) must be indicated for each position held. Additional consideration will be given to supporting documentation i.e. resume, transcripts, licenses, and certifications so please be sure to attach all applicable documents.
If an application and all applicable forms, transcripts, and supporting documents are not submitted by the close date, the applicant/employee will not be considered for this position and will be denied.
For fullest consideration, the above mentioned requirements must be submitted no later than Tuesday May 1, 2018.
We appreciate your interest in employment at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
This position requires Illinois residency within 180 days of the hire date.