Open position: Volunteer

About Pacem Havens Foundation

Pacem Havens Foundation’s mission is to facilitate productive reintegration of ex-offenders into society and model crime-free behaviour among young people. Founded by an ex-prisoner in 2019 and officially launched in 2022, we are the first organization of this kind in Uganda to work with ex-offenders towards personal transformation and desistance. With young people, we use the founder’s story as the foundation for our youth mentoring activities.

Overview

Pacem Havens Foundation is looking for a highly motivated creative and technical individual to support them to manage their Website. The person will be responsible for all aspects of overseeing our website, ensuring it is up to date, engaging, and advances the mission and vision of the organization. The ideal candidate will have experience with website design technical development and troubleshooting, as well as a strong understanding of search engine optimization and analytics. The person in this role will work with project staff who generate program implementation reports and other products that need to be uploaded to the website. This is a volunteer position that will require the person to put in one to two days a week, and will work closely to the Programs  Coordinator.

Specific Responsibilities will include:

  • Ensure domain registration and hosting are current.
  • Continually update the website features and content to continually improve the website user experience and support the organization’s goals and strategies. 
  • Manage the website’s content, including writing new content, creating new pages and functionality, implementing/maintaining/sunsetting plugins and bespoke code solutions, editing and auditing existing content, and removing outdated content.
  • View websites of similar organizations and follow industry best practices.
  • Assist with social media campaigns and increase traffic and engagement on the website.
  • Set up a fundraising portal on the organization’s website.
  • Any other duties that will improve the visibility of the organization via the website.

How to apply

Please send your letter of interest and resume in PDF format with subject line:  “Application for Website Support” to info@pacemhavens.org This position is open until filled. Pacem Havens Foundation is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes a diverse pool of candidates in this search.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *