Advisor, Web Development; P3

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

As the Advisor Web Developer, you’ll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will design, support, and enhance the digital platforms that connect donors, advocates, partners, and communities to Save the Children’s mission. By delivering reliable, secure, and user-centered web solutions, you will help expand our reach, strengthen engagement, and enable critical programs that improve the lives of children around the world.

Hybrid – Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

• not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

• Develop and maintain customizations for the CMS platform.
• Provide administration support for the CMS platform.
• Act as an advocate and subject matter expert for modern web application design and development.
• Support ongoing enhancements, updates, and maintenance activities to ensure platform stability and performance.

• Develop, maintain, and support other website-related applications such as tag managers, analytics, monitoring, and consent management.
• Conduct website audits, analytics validation, SEO reviews, accessibility assessments, and content reporting.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to enhance website functionality, user experience, accessibility, and compliance.

• Provide operational support through daily production stand-ups, including monitoring application health, reporting system status, communicating known issues, addressing technical inquiries and coordinating follow-up actions.
• Support and lead troubleshooting on website and website-related issues.
• Participate in after-hours support activities as needed for critical incidents, releases, or maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors as needed to resolve issues and ensure service continuity.

• Perform quality assurance testing and peer review to ensure functionality, accessibility, and code quality.
• Participate in scrum/Agile ceremonies and development activities.
• Oversee testing and deployment validation efforts to ensure website enhancements meet quality and performance standards.
• Identify and implement opportunities to enhance development processes, standards, and team effectiveness.

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience
• Experience implementing and maintaining web analytics
• Experience using HTML5, CSS/SASS, JavaScript, and PHP
• Experience with a version control system
• Experience developing customizations for a CMS
• Strong technical communication skills with the ability to translate CMS functionality into clear documentation and guidance for content authors, and non-technical users
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently investigate issues, perform root cause analysis, and identify solutions
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

• Experience with Blackbaud Luminate and/or Drupal
• Experience working with Adobe Analytics
• Experience working with Tags in Adobe Experience Platform and Google Tag Manager
• Experience with Adobe Target
• Experience with Git

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location.

• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average:
  Target Salary for this position is $91,800 - $102,600 base…