WEBMASTER I

The Maryland Department of Planning is a committed team of innovative and driven individuals dedicated to smart growth for environmental, historic and community resources, including the Chesapeake Bay, while simultaneously fostering development strategies that will enrich the future of Maryland’s residents and communities.

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The webmaster will support the Maryland Department of Planning’s work on a grant project called the Smart Growth Information Clearinghouse and its national website, smartgrowth.org. The webmaster will serve as a technician, populating the site daily with new content and bring creativity and innovation to the website and other digital communications tools under the direction of the department’s web manager. The successful candidate will have experience using Dreamweaver, WordPress and other platforms and be well-versed in social media tools to promote the SGIC and its online connection to a wide variety of audiences.
The job includes posting news items, events and grant opportunities, developing web features and arranging multiple elements in visually pleasing ways. This position is part-time at 30-35 hours/week; with potential to expand to full time after the first year.

Education: Possession of an Associate of Arts degree from an accredited college or university in Web Development, Computer Information Technology, Management Information Systems or other information technology related field to include course work in web page design, development and programming.
Experience: Six months of experience in web page design, development and programming.
Notes:
1. Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and an additional eighteen months of experience using software which converts other documents into web pages; or using web page developmental software; or writing HTML code; or converting data from project specifications by preparing program code using computer programming languages; or evaluating, implementing and maintaining computer hardware and software; or operating, manipulating, and controlling computer systems may be substituted for the required education.
2. Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and completion of an approved certification program for Web Professionals sufficient to provide the necessary skills to build and manage an organization’s web site and to coordinate with inside and outside resources to accomplish that organization’s web goals may be substituted for the required education.
3. Additional experience in web page design, development and programming may be substituted for on a year-for-year basis for a high school education.
4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Cyber and Information Systems classifications or Cyber and Information Systems specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required education.

Experience with programming of front end web pages to integrate with databases using JavaScript and jQuery.

Applicants may be evaluated based on education, training and experience in relation to the requirements and qualifications listed for the position. You must possess the minimum qualifications in order to be selected for a State job. Therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information on your application. Report all related education, experience, dates and hours of work. Credit is given for relevant part-time, temporary or volunteer experience based on the number of hours worked per week. All information concerning your qualifications must be included on your application and submitted by the closing date. We will not consider incomplete applications. Successful candidates will be placed on the employment (eligible) list for at least one year. Applicants must be legally authorized under the United States Immigration Reform Act to be hired.

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Please complete the full application. A RESUME IS ALSO REQUIRED and can be uploaded to the application under the “Resume” tab. Please combine all documents and upload as one single attachment. Detailed dates of employment (mm/dd/yy) are required.

Online application is STRONGLY PREFERRED. If you are not able to apply online, please mail your submission to: Maryland Department of Planning, Human Resources Unit, 301 W. Preston St., Suite 1101, Baltimore, MD 21201, RE: Webmaster I

 TTY  Users: call via Maryland Relay

As an equal opportunity employer Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity.

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply.