Technology Fellow – Maine Heritage Policy Center – Portland, ME

Posted by Talent Market on July 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

The Maine Heritage Policy Center seeks a Technology Fellow to assist with the development of web sites and outreach and advocacy tools. The candidate will work for the Center as part of the Center for Open Government, as well as engage in co-development projects with partner nonprofits.   As outlined below, the successful candidate has a full array of technological projects to develop during this 12-month fellowship. The fellowship pays 40-50k depending on background and qualifications.

This role will be located in our Portland, Maine office.  The Technology Fellow will be a fulltime position. 

The qualified applicant must:

  • Learn how to coordinate web site and software development from a several vendors
  • Coding skills that apply to modern or “now” software and services such as iphone applications and social web APIs 
  • Have excellent communication skills 
  • Have a grasp of online promotional and social networking environments and using them to support the overall program
  • Willingness to learn and discover innovative uses of technology to support advocacy
  • Showing a willingness to incorporate development methodology in shared projects, including using source control and participating in peer code reviews

The Maine Heritage Policy Center has proven itself very innovative and effective to date with only limited technology usage.  With an Technology Fellow we can more effectively harness technology to exponentially maximize our outreach and advocacy efforts.  

The productivity goals for the Technology Fellow would be to complete at least three of the nine possible projects (which will be explained to finalists) within the first six months and six within the first year. 

Ideal candidates will have:

  • Web development experience with CSS and JavaScript/AJAX
  • Software development experience with Java, Objective-C or C#
  • Use of the Android, iPhone or other mobile SDKs
  • Experience with web APIs (Google Maps, Google Earth, YouTube, Latitude, etc) 

Interested candidates should submit a résumé along with a cover letter detailing their personal interest in the organization’s mission, qualifications (see aforementioned list), and salary requirements to claire@talentmarket.org.

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