The Western Australian Council of Social Service Inc (WACOSS) is the peak council of community service organisations in Western Australia. WACOSS is part of a national network comprising ACOSS and the State and Territory Councils of Social Service, which represent the interests of low income and socially disadvantaged people across Australia, and assists and supports the community sector with the delivery of community services.

The Technology Officer will play a fundamental role regarding the support, maintenance and optimisation of WACOSS’ websites and other IT and technological resources. The main objective of this role is to support WACOSS in all its technology initiatives and to design, develop and maintain the WACOSS ICT infrastructure; Web design and development; develop mobile applications for WACOSS' social enterprise DropIN; and manage the organisation's ICT Assets. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who will have experience in the above fields preferably within a community services sector setting.

The primary duties will revolve around developing the websites required by DropIN’s clients, troubleshooting and providing on-site and phone support to the users of WACOSS’ emergency relief services directory, maintaining compliance and keeping the organisation up-to-date on all ICT aspects, analysing the organisation’s technology needs and then architecting and developing functional ICT solutions that address those needs. Other duties include supporting DropIN’s Project Officer in the execution of Google and other online marketing campaigns, consulting with WACOSS’ stakeholders to improve systems and services, and creating and delivering website training.

Ideally we are looking for a person with capacity to work under pressure in a fast-paced and changing work environment and who has experience working in a not-for-profit sector.

The following technical skills are an essential requirement for this role. If you do not possess them, you won't be considered for the role:

• Demonstrated experience in the planning, development and delivery of web applications across multiple platforms
• Demonstrated experience in Search Engine Optimisation
• Knowledge and experience in the following:
  • Object Oriented PHP, HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Laravel, React
  • Atlassian Confluence and Crowd development and administration
  • Server architecture
  • Experienced in RESTful API design, development and integration
  • Proficient in database systems such as MySQL/PerconaDB
  • Familiar with web-related technologies including accessible web technologies (eg: ARIA tags, screen readers)

A position description is attached.