Freelance Jobs – March 22, 2010
Information Technology Manager
DESCRIPTION:
WAKA Kickball is an amateur social-athletic organization focusing on providing adults opportunities to participate in kickball leagues and have fun. WAKA has over 300 divisions (leagues) and many tens of thousands of players across the United States.
WAKA is seeking an Information Technology Manager to join our team. This position is a 100% telecommute, full time, exempt position requiring a 40-hour work week.
The primary responsibilities of the Information Technology Manager are to manage the overall administration, project management, customer expectations, resource allocation, and budgets of the Technology Department while providing support and guidance to the Technology team.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of 10 years of project management experience in an information technology environment. A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field is preferred.
- MUST have proven project management background and skills, with experience leading Agile Software Development projects through complete life cycles.
- Minimum of 5 years experience identifying, determining the feasibility of, and analyzing the costs and benefits of alternatives for new hardware, software, system configuration or new system development life cycle approaches, including the identification of alternatives, feasibility and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives and the development of final recommendations for users and management.
- Knowledge of current Open Systems Technologies and Development environments. Strong preference for someone who has worked the with Drupal Web Development Environment and has a solid understanding of SQL Database systems.
- Experience of managing remote resources and managing virtual teams strongly preferred.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and deploy operational processes and procedures, including process improvement methodologies; oversee the development, design, user interface, technology integration, and site management.
- Responsible for managing technology teams from the definition phase through implementation.
- Establish high, mid and micro level plans and set technical direction for the Technology team.
- Coordinate all IT projects and ensure company resources are utilized appropriately.
- Compile project status reports, coordinate project schedules, manage project meetings, and identify and resolves technical problems.
- Identify and analyzes systems requirements and define project scope, requirements, and deliverables.
- Coordinate project activities and ensures all project phases are documented appropriately.
- Build and maintain working relationships with team members, vendors, and other departments involved in the projects.
- Guide and monitor the work of staff developing deliverables.
- Develop work standards and evaluate performance.
- Review team products to assure quality before delivery.
Interested candidates should email their resume and a cover letter outlining their relevant experience and salary requirements to the e-mail address below. Applicants without a cover letter and salary requirements will not be considered. You must be eligible to work in the United States.
Company: WAKA
Contact information: resume@Tkickball.com
URL: http://www.genuinejobs.com/jobs_detail.php?id=3552
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Business-Finance Writer/Blogger
DESCRIPTION:
- Seeking business/finance/data-savvy writer or blogger to submit daily post to just launched blog tracking market-moving business events. (See: http://pulse.alacra.com)
- Start immediately. Position to run at least 6 weeks with strong possibility for longer-term. Payment offered on a per-piece basis (~$50/post; $250/wk), subject to selection/publication by editor.
- Role will support launch of recently-awarded web product which filters financial event-driven news aggregated across 3,000+ selected traditional and new media sources.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Analyzing web product’s news feeds for “interesting” data pattern and theme detection.
- Conceptualizing and presenting data in graphical formats.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Superb chart and graph creation.
- Ability to digest the complex and simplify for mainstream audiences.
- Background in editorial, PR, marketing or writing-intensive field.
HOW TO APPLY:
- Send your resume & brief business writing sample as soon as possible.
Company: Alcara Pulse
Contact information: carolann.thomas@alacra.com
URL: http://www.genuinejobs.com/jobs_detail.php?id=3550
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Front End Developer for Sharepoint Master Pages
DESCRIPTION:
Encaffeinated is implementing an extranet based on Sharepoint. Encaffeinated is performing IA and front end design for the project, but we don’t have any experience bringing our HTML/CSS/JS into Sharepoint Master Files.
REQUIREMENTS:
We’re looking for a resource who has professional experience bringing valid HTML/CSS/JS markup into Sharepoint Master Files for import into the Sharepoint site. (The import will be done by another resource).
Contact Information: Send detailed examples of your work importing HTML/CSS/JS into Sharepoint Master Files, along with any other pertinent information to 5048@jobs.authenticjobs.com. Please include any history you have with this type of project, and all of your contact information.
URL: http://www.authenticjobs.com/jobs/5048
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