Website Project Officer

North of the River | Local Government | Temporary Contract

Your new company

This local government organisation services a diverse community north of the river. With a strong focus on accessible digital services and customer experience, the organisation is progressing a significant upgrade of its corporate website and digital platform.

Your new role

As part of the Marketing and Communications function, you will take ownership of the day-to-day delivery of a major website upgrade, working closely with Digital Marketing, ICT, internal business units and an external web vendor. The project involves migrating the existing website from Kentico 13 to Xperience by Kentico, alongside content migration, testing, governance and go-live preparation.

• Manage the website project plan, timelines, milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate the external vendor and review deliverables against agreed requirements.
• Lead content migration planning across internal business units.
• Coordinate UAT, defect tracking, fixes, retesting and final sign-off.
• Support CMS training and establish content governance, publishing workflows and user roles.
• Manage website accessibility, privacy and compliance requirements.
• Prepare project updates, risk registers and executive reporting.
• Coordinate go-live readiness, including cutover, analytics, communications and technical requirements.

What you'll need to succeed

• Strong experience delivering complex website, digital or enterprise CMS projects.
• Experience with website redevelopment, CMS implementation or migration.
• Strong project management skills and experience working across multiple workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience managing external vendors and service providers.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate technical information for non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge of website accessibility, including WCAG standards.
• Experience using website analytics to support user experience and performance improvements.
• Strong organisation skills with the ability to work independently and manage competing deadlines.
• Previous local government or public sector experience will be highly regarded.
• Experience with Xperience by Kentico, Kentico 13 or comparable CMS platforms such as WordPress will be highly regarded.

What you'll get in return

• Temporary local government opportunity north of the river.
• Lead a significant website transformation project already in delivery.
• Work across digital, communications, ICT and broader business teams.
• Take ownership of the project through migration, testing, launch and stabilisation.
• Opportunity to add a substantial enterprise CMS project to your digital portfolio.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Aisha on 0892544555. Alternatively, you can send your CV directly to [email protected]

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