Webmaster at Chuka University

The webmaster will generally be responsible for maintaining the University Website and
ensures that the site is functioning properly and is available to users at all times. She/He should work closely with network team, ICT support team and the University Management towards achieving an effective fully integrated information system to meet the changing need of the University

Job Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in ICT or its equivalent from recognized institution.
• Should have a deep and broad understanding of the Web and website governance issues such as online strategy, systems and software administration, hosting, online marketing & communications, e-commerce, customer service, web content development workflows, website graphic design
• Should be conversant with scripting languages such as JavaScript
• Should know how to configure web servers such as Apache HTTP servers

Duties

• Responsible for coordinating and directing all website related activities in the University
• Ensuring that the web servers, hardware and software are operating correctly and accurately
• Responsible for generating and revising web pages
• Replying to user comments and examining and analyzing web site traffic
• Responsible for the regulation and management of access rights of different users on website
• Create and modify appearance and setting up website navigations
• Create and place content on the web pages
• Deals with and respond to heavy volumes of email
• Decide and make recommendations to the Management on the kind of hardware and software that will hold a website’s information
• Test websites to see if there are links hat are difficult to use and fixes them.
• With consultations with the management decides the content to be placed in the website how the site content will be delivered to the internet
• Monitors volume of the files to keep them small and manageable so that sites load faster.
• Performs any other duties that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor