Digital Workplace Specialist

Join Our Team as a Digital Workplace Specialist at the International Republican Institute (IRI)!

ABOUT IRI

The International Republican Institute (IRI) advances democracy and freedom. We link people with their governments, support politicians to be responsive to citizens, and motivate those citizens to engage in the political process.

At IRI, every employee plays a crucial role in advancing our mission across the globe. We’re looking for passionate individuals who embody our Core Values and are eager to contribute to our dynamic team. Our values include:

• Respect: We lead with trust, empathy, and dignity; empowering colleagues and partners.
• Teamwork: We collaborate across teams;solve problems together;are humble and ready to learn.
• Ownership: We take initiative; champion solutions; deliver results for IRI’s mission.
• Excellence through Execution: We balance thoughtfulness with timeliness; learn from results; prioritize progress over perfection.
• Transparency: We share information openly; give direct feedback; build trust through honest communication.
• Freedom: Weare empowered to make decisions, trynew approaches, and adapt as needed.

The Digital Workplace Specialist role is responsible for supporting the organization’s public web presence and services, as well as internal Microsoft 365 intranet and application suite. This role will span both the Information Technology (IT) team and the Government and External Affairs (GEA) team, operating in a hybrid management structure, and will develop and improve style and branding across the Microsoft environment staff rely upon daily, supporting IRI’s global user experience.

This position is located in Washington, DC. The Digital Workplace Specialist is expected to work in-office at least three days per week.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Web Administration, Security, and Service Provider Management

• Serve as IRI's primary web administrator, owning the hosting environment and content management system, ensuring the Institute's public-facing website remains secure, current, and functional by utilizing tools or services including Word Press, Google Analytics, Cloudflare, as well as other 3 rd party apps or utilities.
• Coordinate with IRI’s Government and External Affairs team to ensure key marketing and programmatic content is consistently refreshed, updated, and available on IRI.org.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and provide regular updates on services, alerts, and relevant statistics, and produce relevant reports on site activity and trends.
• Own and manage use of tools such as Cloudflare, as well as reporting and escalation of malicious or anomalous site activity to the appropriate internal security resources or external vendor.
• Day-to-day oversight and long-term planning for budget, procurement, and contracts for IRI’s digital platforms, including web presence, digital asset management, and CRM development needs.
• Manage vendor relationships with hosting and other related service providers.

Internal Digital Environment, Templates, and Design Assets

• Develop and maintain the design, structure, and ongoing maintenance of IRI's SharePoint intranet sites, including news, departmental pages, document libraries, and templates and assets.
• Consolidate, grow, and maintain IRI's library of internal document templates (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), SharePoint page templates, and other digital design assets in coordination with relevant teams.
• Develop and maintain Microsoft 365 document standards including style, structure, and layout.
• Produce guidance and reference materials and deliver staff training on the proper use of templates and digital platforms.
• Manage, curate, and maintain IRI’s digital asset management system for the purposes of publications, sites, or other digital or print media, internal or…