Website Content Coordinator

This is a non-merit, temporary position. The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL) is seeking temporary employees to join our regulatory department and serve as a Website Content Coordinator within our Professional Licensing Division at our central office near Valley Junction in Des Moines, Iowa.

Positions in this class are exempt from the screening and referral requirements of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services - Human Resources Enterprise.

Who We Are

DIAL's mission is to Achieve Compliance through Education, Regulation, and Due Process for a Safe and Healthy Iowa. Our goal is to be an effective, efficient and approachable regulatory agency. DIAL is a multifaceted regulatory agency charged with protecting the health, safety, and well-being of Iowans, and is comprised of eight core operational divisions:
Administrative Hearings, Building & Construction, Health & Safety, Investigations, Labor/OSHA, Licensing, Workers' Compensation, and Administration.

What We're Seeking

The successful candidate for this fast-paced position is a motivated, organized, and detail-focused individual. Applicants should have a proven track record of completing tasks on a strict deadline, experience working with diverse populations, work well in a team environment and have a desire to learn rules for various professions.

Desired skills and abilities include:

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

* Conducts business in a professional, courteous and approachable manner

* Displays high standards of professional and ethical conduct

* Detail oriented and committed to providing high quality service

* Ability to work collaboratively with team members, supervisors, and both internal and external partners

* 5+ years of experience in editing digital content or media

What You'll Do

* Serve as website coordination lead for the professional licensing division's website standardization project

* Interview employees to obtain information about agency programs, including licensure and continuing education requirements for publishing on the DIAL website

* Produce standardized website content for 26 licensing boards in alignment with templates provided by communications staff

* Serve as a content editor for website language

* Ensure compliance with document accessibility standards

* Collaborate with DIAL's communications team

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees' rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.

For more information, please visitwww.e-verify.gov.

Background check required. Apply today!

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:  

1) Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in journalism, public relations, graphic design, or communications.

2) Four years of full-time work experience in planning and developing content for dissemination through traditional media (newspapers, publications, radio, and television), websites, social media, and/or public speaking.

3) A total of four years of education (as described in number one) and/or full-time experience (as described in number two), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work equals one year of full-time.