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DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Participate in a team comprised of DHEC and solution implementation staff to enhance the agency web site user experience and migration to a Content Management System. Emphases for the Web Designer candidate will concentrate on user centered site experience and redesign of static content to ensure site consistency with the agency's brand and communication strategy. This will include migration of content to Drupal CMS. 
Specific web site duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following: 
Work in a collaborative effort to evaluate, edit, enhance, format, or delete current static pages associated with the agency external web site
Ability to plan, organize, review, implement associated project milestones to completion. 
Ensure web pages and images follow agency style guide. 
Ensure web pages are 508 compliant
Ensure use of metadata tags and keywords
Ensure web page uses agency CSS for style and layout
Assist with site testing on a range of devices and browsers
Ensure browser capability 
Create and/or work with Graphics on supporting web site related images.
Ensure web site pages are checked out and in from central code repository. 
Identify issues and recommend solutions
Assist with trouble shooting as required 
Ensure site continuity between pages and make corrections
Recommend and assist in the design of site content to align with organizational strategic business objectives. 
Assist with content migration and supporting scheduled tasks to new Drupal CMS environment, testing, validation, and user acceptance. 
Create supporting project and system documentation. 
The position will be utilized for 40 hours per week for the duration of this project. The selected candidate should be able to work flexible hours where it may be necessary for work to be completed outside traditional business hours related to production rollout of Drupal CMS. 
The candidate will work closely with the Assigned Manager to identify, prioritize, and schedule workload and implementation to Communication and IT standards and procedures. The candidate will work closely with the agency webmaster and communications staff for the system design and testing. 
Module support of the project.
DHEC will require that selected personnel sign the DHEC confidentially agreement and/or Business Associate (BA) agreement if applicable.
DHEC will not accept any offers including an "up-lift" charge. The rate paid per consultant must not exceed the maximum rate established for this position described in the State contract terms.
Contractors must be onsite during each week throughout the term of the contract.
Follow agency IT Standards, policies, and procedures to include documentation.
All source code (compiled and un-compiled) and graphics will become the sole property of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. Any source code, data, graphics, product, or functionality resulting from this SOW or previously owned/developed by DHEC will remain the sole property of DHEC and is not to be incorporated into the core product of any vendor's application. Any modifications and interfaces developed under said contract will be not be used by the contractor for any independent project of the contractor or published or publicized by the contractor without written permission of DHEC.
DHEC has the final say on all programming choices.
Payment Schedule:
All timesheets shall be entered and approved in a timely manner per State contract terms. The State will not pay any extra costs (i.e. Travel, employee benefits, insurance, room and board, etc.) for temporary employees under this contract.
DHEC Support:
DHEC will provide:
All required information including formulas, data, and mechanisms to check output.
Staff to assist with any application or data questions.
Conference rooms and scheduling for any application demos.
Workstation and required software.
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. Web Site Design
2. CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and XML
3. Dreamweaver 
4. Internet Browsers and devices
5. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
6. Graphic Editors
7. Drupal 
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
2. Ability to establish positive working relationships with technical staff, customers and others involved in data-centric management.
3. Knowledge of Information Technology Field, best practices, organization and operations 
4. Ability to integrate technical systems with agency goals and objectives.
REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and/or 7 or more years of relevant work experience. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.