UCT Vacancies – Website Migrator

Job Description:

The main purpose of this position is (a) to migrate web content from the current official UCT web content management system into the new Drupal CMS system, (b) to do quality-checking of migrated websites and their content, and (c) to correct the formatting and layout of migrated web content if required. Tasks include rebuilding of site navigation, content optimization (e.g. text and images) and amending incorrect HTML markup and formatting.

Job Responsibilities:

• Takes, types up and distributes minutes and agendas for monthly departmental meeting.
• Greets visitors, enquires as to the nature of their visit, and directs them to the appropriate staff member.
• Does a side-by-side comparison of the Drupal 7 and Drupal 9 site to check for missing content and problematic formatting and fix them
• Checks for any issues that remain on the sites, fixes those that can be fixed and reports the rest to the CMD team
• Checks for issues with images and fixes them, if possible, by optimizing or resizing images, or implementing code to make them responsive
• Runs a link checker to check for missing pages, images or documents and other broken links; missing content is found and migrated or reported to the CMD team
• Reports any other issues that cannot immediately be fixed to the CMD team
• Adheres to the quality checking process as outlined by CMD
• Reports to Online Communications on progress and issues encountered
• Exports content from websites on Drupal 7 into Drupal 9
• Rebuilds website navigation in Drupal 9, recreating the original website’s navigation
• Applies basic site style
• Runs a link checker to check for missing pages, images or documents and other broken links; missing content is found and migrated or reported to the CMD team
• Reports any other issues that cannot be immediately fixed to the CMD team
• Adheres to the migration process as outlined by CMD
• Reports to Online Communications on progress and issues encountered
• Liaises with project service provider migrators to address issues stemming from the migration process
• Liaises with website domain administrators about website content issues and deliverables

Job Requirements:

• NQF5 in web development or related fields and minimum of 3 years combined experience in a relevant related field.
• 3 years in the web development/content management fields, where at least 1 years of the experience involves editing/scripting html in a text editor or similar tool.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency in:
  • Image optimization
  • Web content management systems
  • Editing HTML in a text editor
  • Working in WYSIWYG editors
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Working knowledge of Excel and MS Word
• Ability to work as part of a team
• High attention to detail
• Working to deadlines
• Working in an agile environment
• Time-management skills with a systems-focused approach to tasks
• web content management systems
• search engine optimization
• JavaScript, JSON
• copy editing/proofreading
• user interface design
• software measuring the quality of web pages
• web development tools

Job Details:

Company: University of Cape Town

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Cape Town

Application Deadline: N/A

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