LMS Web Developer at AmeriCares

The LMS Web Developer will be responsible for the day-to-day management and improvement of the Americares Learning Management System, and own the learning experience for staff, partners, and vendors.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• You have a demonstrated experience working with WordPress and know how to connect plugins (specifically Gravity Form and Elementor).
• You have demonstrated project management experience, resulting in successful program or site launches.
• You can collaborate across diverse teams and vendors, bringing ideas and opinions to consensus and driving action.
• You have experience with Adobe Photoshop.
• You have experience with LearnDash LMS, or If-So and WooCommerce plugins (this would be a plus but is not a requirement).
• You have experience with Articulate 360.
• You have a strong commitment to upholding diversity, equity, and inclusion values within the organization and learning mechanisms.
• You have language fluency in at least one of our core languages: Spanish, Tagalog, Hindi, Kiswahili, Haitian Creole (this would be a plus but is not a requirement).
• You have US work authorization (required).

Description

Americares is currently authorized to support remote work employees in the following locations: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky. Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

Key Relationships:

• Reports to: Deputy SVP, IT and Facilities
• Direct Reports: None
• Assignment Type: Full-time

Compensation:

Our compensation philosophy is grounded in being competitive, equitable, and transparent.

Competitive: The salary range for this position is $72,600 to $92,400.

Equitable: We avoid negotiation within the ranges to create equity across our team, because we know that salary negotiations lead to poorer outcomes for individuals from non-dominant groups and underrepresented communities.

Transparent: We construct our salaries in such a way that staff can move through the range as they grow within their level. As such, most candidates will start at the midpoint of the range ($82,500), with some above or below the midpoint based on specific skill sets and experiences.

Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: a generous paid time off package of vacation, personal time, and sick time, approximately 15 holidays per year (in addition to a winter break holiday), medical insurance starting at $55 per month, dental insurance starting at $0 per month, vision insurance starting at $9 per month, a 401k retirement savings plans with 6% matching, disability & life insurance, paid parental leave, and access to an employee assistance program.

About Americares:

Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches 85 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies, and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.

About the position:

The LMS Web Developer will be responsible for the day-to-day management and improvement of the Americares Learning Management System, and own the learning experience for staff, partners, and vendors. This includes, but is not limited to, adding and editing new courses, managing users and resolving user issues, and developing a robust reporting mechanism to report on the effectiveness of the LMS and its courses. The LMS Web Developer will be the point of contact for all LMS related tasks and is not required to develop courses but required to upload SCORM files to our LMS.

Key Outcomes:

In the first 90 days, the LMS Web Developer will complete a redesign of the two current LMS sites and an assessment of the current plug-ins being used, and begin developing a reporting structure. Simultaneously, the LMS Web Developer will begin building and developing relationships with key stakeholders across our teams and vendors.

In the first 6 months, the LMS Web Developer will launch an assessment of branding across all our LMS sites to ensure alignment with Marketing and Communications standards and an assessment of our current server platform. At this point, the LMS Web Developer will be scaling the LMS for growth.

In the first year, the LMS Web Developer will have completed redesigns and modifications for all sites, have uploaded another 8-9 courses, and created a template for uploading new courses to ensure efficiency and standardization across sites. The LMS Web Developer will have also built out a third site for internal staff use.

We know not all applicants will demonstrate all the competencies we’re looking for. We encourage you to apply even if you do not check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application holistically.

Here’s what you can expect in the recruitment process:

1. Video interview with People and Talent (1 hour)

2. Video interview with Deputy SVP, IT and Facilities (1 hour)

3. Video interview with Web Team (1 hour)

4. Background and reference check

5. Offer

As a global health organization, we are committed to ensuring a safe environment for our staff, partners, and visitors. All Americares staff and visitors who are on-site at any of our locations or will be traveling for work are required to be fully vaccinated (which includes a booster, when eligible) against COVID-19 unless an exemption required by law is applicable.

Americares is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

To request a disability accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected].