Web Manager

The Sussex Ornithological Society (SOS) is seeking a proactive and capable Volunteer Web Manager to oversee the maintenance, accuracy, and usability of the Society’s website, www.sos.org.uk. The site is built on WordPress and serves as the Society’s primary public-facing platform, providing regularly updated information on bird sightings, conservation news, events, volunteering opportunities, membership, grants, and the work of SOS committees.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in WordPress or similar content management systems, who enjoys improving digital content, collaborating with volunteers, and ensuring that online information remains accurate, accessible, and engaging.

The Web Manager ensures that the SOS website remains reliable, up to date, and easy to navigate. The role also involves liaising with SOS’s external website service provider when technical support or development work is required and training some of our volunteers to upload their originated content.

Skills

Essential

• Experience using WordPress or a comparable content management system.

• Confidence in reviewing, editing, and improving website content. Please note that in order to deliver this, there is NOT a need for the individual to have expertise in birds, there are plenty of helpful volunteers within SOS who can fact check any proposed copy.

• A proactive approach to identifying content opportunities, issues and suggesting improvements.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with volunteers across different teams.

• Ability to train volunteers, some with limited technical confidence to confidently upload their own content onto the website.

• Good organisational skills and attention to detail.

Desirable

• Familiarity with website analytics, SEO basics, or accessibility standards.

• Experience working with external web service providers.

• Interest in birds, wildlife, or conservation—helpful but not essential.

Benefits

• the opportunity to join a successful team, helping conserve birds in Sussex, engaging people (particularly young adults) with wildlife and help publicize grants to make the environment better for birds in the county and remove some of the financial barriers for young people to start birdwatching;
• reasonable expenses covered;
• go on expert led guided walks to some amazing places for wildlife in the county; and
• come to our conference where some of the world's most highly rated naturalists meet and present, attend our volunteer thanks events. 

Practical Considerations

This volunteering opportunity will mainly be based at home although there are occasional face to face meetings all of which have accessibility to public transport in mind when arranging.

You will access need a reliable broadband coverage and a computer capable of handling WordPress.

The hours of work are flexible.

Supporting individuals with additional support needs and/or disabilities

Each volunteer would be treated individually on a case by case basis.

When do I need to be available?

Details	We anticipate that this role would start by November 2026

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