Volunteer Website Designer (Virtual) at AfterSchool Hub

This is an opportunity to work with an Ashoka Fellow

This is an unpaid, volunteer opportunity.

W.TEC (Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre) is a Nigerian nonprofit organization dedicated to educate, connect and empower Nigerian women through active engagement with information and communication technology. Their programs target mostly women and girls from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are not typically able to afford technology trainings.

Here's your chance to work with The Women's Technology Empowerment Centre(W-TEC)!

For more information, please visit: http://www.w-teconline.org

Job Description

W.TEC would like to redesign our current website - http://www.w-teconline.org - which was redesigned in 2013. This website was built in Wordpress and has enabled multiple members of our team to update different sections from various locations. We like this convenience and flexibility, however we would like to update the look of the site. We toyed with the idea of building the new website ourselves, however as the organisation has grown, so has our workload. Therefore, we decided that it is most expedient to have a non-employee work on it. ------REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SITE ------ The important features that we need are: (1) CMS: The website be CMS-based so that it is easy to update (2) Integrated with our social media channels (Facebook, Blog, Twitter & YouTube profiles) (3) Sign-up for Newsletter: Option to do so directly on the website (4) Donate Feature (5) Photo Gallery (6) Search feature (7) Infographics representing data and our programme findings

Volunteer Logistics:
Estimated hours required per week: 5 hours per week
The estimated duration of the project is: 1-3 months
This position is Virtual

Desired Skills and Experience
OUR EXPECTATIONS: We expect that anyone who would like to work on this project:

• Can devote some hours each week (5 at a minimum) to working on the website
• Is proficient in building websites using a CMS
• Is knowledgeable of the latest website standards for accessibility and usability
• Can create and edit the graphics needed for the website
• Can edit the photos we have for use on the site
• Can commit to having the website ready by the end of November 2014