City : Ottawa

Category : Contract

Industry : Education

Employer : University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa—A crossroads of cultures and ideas

The University of Ottawa is home to a dynamic community of over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English. Our campus is a crossroad of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas. We believe in the power of representation, and that increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff supports this objective. Our goal is to provide students with the best possible learning experience, in an environment that reflects the diversity of its people, their ideas, and their identities. 

We are one of Canada’s top 10 research universities—our professors and researchers explore new approaches to today’s challenges. One of a handful of Canadian universities ranked among the top 200 in the world, we attract exceptional thinkers and welcome diverse perspectives from across the globe. Our employees come together around the shared purpose of constant improvement, personal development, service excellence, teamwork and a passion for learning with a desire to make uOttawa and the world a better place. Everyone's contributions are valued, we all play a part in making uOttawa a world-class institution. Most importantly, we make it possible for you to achieve your full potential. Because at uOttawa, you belong!
 

Position purpose:
Responsible for supporting the existing infrastructure as well as designing and developing new technologies for faculty/service/University’s websites to meet the organization’s needs. Uses dynamic programming tools and languages that adhere to University Web-related norms and standards. Architects websites, designs data-driven applications, builds and integrates interactive Web sites, applications, and services to find efficient client-server solutions. The work may be done independently or as part of a team.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Create the look, layout and features of a website. Plan site design by clarifying goals; designing functionality and providing insight on trends and best practices.
• Analyze client needs and designs, develop and roll-out websites and other Web-based custom software and applications to support the organization’s needs.
• Analyze, identifie issues and diagnose the causes of Web-based problems or bugs. 
• Monitor web server performance and perform standard repair activities to maintain continuous access to Web-based tools.
• Record and document hardware and software problems, actions and solutions in order to facilitate the monitoring of recurring issues and design issues to have a readily available reference for similar future problems. 
• Protect site by designing and installing security precautions, such as firewalls or message encryption, while adhering to the University’s security protocol.

What you will bring:

• University degree or College Diploma in Programming, Web Development or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining of Web applications and tools.
• Knowledge of Web design and development using various technologies, programming languages and operating systems.
• Knowledge of established University standards and priorities relating to Web-based tool design and implementation.
• Knowledge of the concepts, issues and standards related to Web, including security, privacy, accessibility and internationalization. 
• Knowledge of the principles, techniques and best practices in a Web environment.
• Experience with graphic and image processing software.
• Experience in configuring, maintaining and administering web servers.
• Experience in web project management, identifying client needs and defining technical requirements.
• Experience working in a client service based environment.
• Experience with object oriented programming languages and with database creation and administration.
• Ability to prioritize own work and respect strict deadlines.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to users in a non-technical manner.
• Bilingual - French and English (written and spoken).

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realise an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.