Website Assistant

Job Description

*Contract type: Consultancy Contract *Duration: Three months *Work schedule: Part time *Supervisor: International Communication Officer *Objective: The assistant will assist the Communication Section in translating texts, building web pages, selecting and manipulating images and uploading content to the server. He/she will also spend time finding new partners, making contacts with other websites, expanding outreach and doing presentations to youth groups and schools. **Major duties and responsibilities: 1. Builds pages for the English and Farsi websites using Red Dot Content Management System 2. Selects relevant photos from the Iran Resource Center (IRC) photo database and prepare the images for web publishing 3. Updates the site with the latest press releases, publications, photos and news stories. 4. Promotes the website through outreach work, presentations and negotiation etc. 5. Generates ideas for marketing the site and expanding its reach to as wide an audience as possible; 6. Monitors site statistics to track usage and evaluate the efficiency of outreach activities. 7. Translates text between English and Farsi, as needed; 8. The contractor is required to attend meetings and give presentations. **Outputs and Deliverables 1. Regular updates to the website in both languages (weekly). 2. Increased traffic to the site, higher profile and more popular website. 3. Increased number of members signing up through online form. **Conditions of Work The contractor is not expected to work for more than 3 days a week and contract fee is based on actual number of working days. Deadline for applications: 17 June 2006