Web Developer — Short-Term Project

Accountabilities:

In this role, you will improve the existing digital infrastructure, streamline content and data management, and ensure the website and dashboard are easy to maintain after project completion.

• Codebase Review and Refactoring:Assess existing AI-generated HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, identify and resolve issues, and restructure code where necessary without introducing unnecessary rewrites or disrupting existing functionality.
• Website and Blog Development:Enhance the main website and implement a straightforward blog publishing workflow that enables non-technical team members to publish weekly thought-leadership articles without developer assistance or manual code changes.
• Dashboard and Data Integration:Connect the interactive globe and OIC-country Priority Index Dashboard to Google Sheets, allowing team members to update data and priorities without editing HTML directly.
• UI and Transparency:Refine the website's visual presentation and develop a transparency page explaining the dashboard's data sources and methodology, maintaining a polished, professional editorial style suited to donors and institutional audiences.
• Deployment and Version Control:Set up a proper code repository and a repeatable deployment workflow using Cloudflare Pages or an equivalent platform.
• Documentation and Handover:Document the technical implementation, explain key decisions, and train non-technical team members to manage routine website content and dashboard data updates independently.
• Project Delivery:Assess the existing codebase, establish realistic priorities, and deliver the agreed scope within the short project timeline.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate combines strong front-end development skills with practical problem-solving, sound design judgment, and the ability to deliver maintainable solutions under tight deadlines. Clear communication and effective collaboration with a regional team are essential.

• Strong hands-on experience with vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; experience with a front-end framework is not required.
• Proven ability to take ownership of undocumented, inherited, or AI-generated code, including code produced with tools such as Claude, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.
• Experience deploying static websites through Cloudflare Pages or an equivalent platform, with sound version-control and repository management practices.
• Practical experience integrating Google Sheets with websites or dashboards to support data updates without direct code changes.
• Ability to implement a simple, independently manageable blog publishing workflow for non-technical users.
• Strong UI and visual design judgment, with the ability to create a clean, polished, professional editorial experience.
• Excellent written English and the ability to communicate technical decisions clearly.
• Experience documenting technical systems and handing them over effectively to non-technical users.
• Availability to dedicate focused working time to a short-term project, including daily working-hour overlap with the Palestine/SWANA team.
• Ability to deliver all project documentation, website content, and other deliverables in English.

Nice to have:

• Experience building interactive dashboards and data visualizations.
• Familiarity with SEO fundamentals and web accessibility best practices.
• Arabic language skills to support collaboration with the regional team.
• Ability to recommend practical delivery priorities and balance speed, maintainability, and functionality within a tight timeline.

Benefits:

• Fully remote working arrangement.
• Focused, short-term project with an expected duration of approximately two weeks, subject to an initial codebase review and scope assessment.
• Opportunity to contribute to a website and interactive dashboard designed to support data transparency and institutional engagement.