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Web Developer at Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Posted 5 days ago
About OCCRP The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is a growing, global nonprofit media organization that is reinventing investigative journalism for the public good. By developing and equipping a global network of investigative journalists and publishing their stories, we expose crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account. We see a future where organized crime and corruption are drastically reduced and democracy is strengthened. Our global team includes editors, researchers, data engineers, security specialists, administrators, technologists, and strategists, each with areas of in-depth expertise. Position overview As a Middle Web Developer in the OCCRP web team you will be responsible for improving and evolving our website and web services, providing support for junior web team members, and be a part of a driving force for technical excellence and innovation on the web team. Working closely with the Journalism Products Team, design teams, and digital journalism experts, you will help to bring to life beautiful and accessible user-oriented solutions to showcase our journalism. Job description We’re looking for an adaptable and creative web developer with experience in a small team and excellent interpersonal skills to help us in taking our website and digital products to the next level. Responsibilities: • Implementing interactive storytelling experiences to showcase our journalism in new and innovative ways. • Architecting and developing features for the front and back-end of the website, prioritizing performance, maintainability, readability and overall code quality. • Supporting other members of the web development team on technical issues. • Working with the web team to propose, build, and deliver dynamic and adaptable solutions to day-to-day editorial challenges. • Owning and improving the web development environment to unlock productivity for the whole team. • Working to improve the website for our users, and stakeholders, including potentially conducting user research and prioritizing stakeholder feedback. • Constantly striving for excellence by bringing innovative ideas and new technologies and processes to the web team. Person Description You are passionate about creating beautiful, effective user experiences on a variety of web platforms using modern web development technologies. You care about clean code, and understand the importance of good documentation. You have experience working in a team of web developers in a product-oriented environment. Your technical skills are supplemented by excellent communication and interpersonal skills and you are able to build positive and productive relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the organization. You are a positive force for continual improvement and innovation in the team. Technical skills required: • Proven technical expertise (3 years+ is ideal) in various areas of web development and a track record of successful project delivery. • Strong coding skills in HTML, CSS (Sass with Webpack is ideal) and JavaScript with a thorough understanding of mobile-first design and accessibility. • Experience with SPA JavaScript Frameworks (VueJS would be ideal). • Experience developing features for a PHP-based CMS (WordPress would be ideal) using modern development techniques. • Experience using distributed source-control such as Git. • Familiarity with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery best practices. • Ability to advocate for clean, readable, maintainable, documented code within a multi-person team. Soft skills required: • Proven collaboration and communication skills with both technical and non-technical colleagues. • Ability to mentor/advise other team members to help them grow. • Proven ability to navigate cross-organization boundaries and build strong relationships with other engineering teams. • Ability to improve team productivity by helping motivate the team and create buy-in for technical changes to improve overall performance. • Ability to work under pressure and to deliver projects to realistic deadlines. • Ability to communicate well in English both written and spoken. Desirable experience: • Experience building standalone JavaScript web applications. • Experience building apps using a headless CMS or consumption of a content API. • Experience working in a security-first environment. • Experience designing and implementing code-review processes and continuous integration and deployment pipelines. To apply To apply, please email a cover letter and CV/resume including examples of previous work to jobs(at)occrp.org All applications must be submitted in English. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Whilst we have internal goals to reply to unsuccessful candidates, we regret that the high number of applicants greatly exceeds our capacity to respond to each person. We apologize that we will not be able to reply to any unsuccessful applicants. As an equal opportunity employer, OCCRP values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We do not discriminate against any person based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, medical conditions, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics. If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process, please contact hr(at)occrp.org
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Senior Product Developer at ProPublica
Posted 1 week ago
ProPublica, the nation’s leading nonprofit investigative newsroom, is in search of a full-stack Senior Product Developer to lead several key initiatives. This vital role serves to amplify ProPublica's mission — publishing journalism with real-world impact — by crafting scalable, efficient and user-centric products such as our main website, publishing system and newsletters. We seek a candidate who believes in our mission and thrives in multifaceted roles, contributing both to the long-term product road map and to hands-on development. Your responsibilities will include shipping high-quality and resilient software, assessing new technologies, contributing to documentation and mentoring other developers. As a pivotal member of our expanding, cross-functional Design & Product team, you'll work closely with colleagues across ProPublica’s newsroom and business operations, ensuring that our product strategies align and advance our organizational objectives. Responsibilities - Leads the planning and technical execution of tools and product features that support ProPublica’s journalistic, audience and revenue goals. - Collaborates with colleagues and stakeholders across the organization to understand their needs and translates them into actionable project briefs and high-quality code. - Acts as the primary technical point of contact for one or more areas of relevant expertise, such as our publishing system, analytics dashboards or email newsletters. - Builds tools and product features that showcase our journalism across platforms, including the web, email newsletters and third-party ecosystems such as Apple News. - Evaluates new products and features, troubleshoots issues and proactively leads improvements that increase the performance, reliability and security of our products and publishing platforms. - Provides guidance and mentorship to junior developers, helping document our coding standards and processes and ensuring best practices. - Stays informed about industry trends, tools and platforms that can be leveraged to improve our newsroom’s digital capabilities. Experience and Skills - 5+ years working with popular back-end languages and frameworks, notably PHP, Python or Node.js. - Experience with modern JavaScript front-end development frameworks, such as Svelte. - Experience working with AWS-based website infrastructure and tools. - Comfortable with SQL and basic bash scripting. - Familiarity with content management systems and templating languages such as Twig or Liquid. - Familiarity with popular third-party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. - Experience working in highly collaborative environments, with strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills to support a cross-functional and growing team. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills. This job is full-time and includes benefits. ProPublica is headquartered in New York, but we have offices across the country and are open to fully remote candidates. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. The expected salary range for this position is $120,000 to $145,000. This is a good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The final salary figure will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishment and location. ProPublica is committed to paying its staff equitably, and these ranges should not be considered career salary limits or caps. We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, but we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site. Questions? Send an email to talent@propublica.org. No phone calls, please.
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Program Officer - Indo Pacific at Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Posted 1 week ago
About OCCRP The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is a growing, global nonprofit media organization that is reinventing investigative journalism for the public good. By developing and equipping a global network of investigative journalists and publishing their stories, we expose crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account. We see a future where organized crime and corruption are drastically reduced and democracy is strengthened. Our global team includes editors, researchers, data engineers, security specialists, administrators, technologists, and strategists, each with areas of in-depth expertise. Position Overview OCCRP is seeking an experienced program officer to oversee the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of its grant portfolio in the Indo Pacific region. The program officer will be OCCRP’s lead for understanding all aspects of the grants’ objectives, deliverables, timelines, and budgets in the regional portfolio. The program officer will be responsible for coordinating with OCCRP’s management, relevant field staff, and finance staff to monitor and discuss the financial health and progress being made toward grant deliverables. The program officer will also be a main point of contact between OCCRP and the donors, keeping them updated about the progress of grants and any issues that may impact successful and timely execution. Finally, the program officer will work closely with field staff––OCCRP’s journalists and technologists––to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the work being funded and will be responsible for compiling accurate, informative, and on time reports about the work to donors. This position will be a key link between multiple departments at OCCRP as well as between OCCRP and its funders. As such, the program officer must possess excellent communication skills, time management skills, and attention to detail. The incumbent should have experience managing U.S. government-funded projects at medium-to-large international NGOs. Working knowledge of investigative journalism is preferred but not required. Essential Duties and Responsibilities ● Maintain a thorough understanding of all objectives and deliverables as stipulated in grant agreements. ● Maintain a thorough understanding of grant budgets and ensure that all costs allocated to grants are in accordance with their budgets and are appropriate under the terms of the grant agreements. ● Liaise with relevant field staff to ensure they understand grant objectives, timelines, and key deliverables. ● Liaise with relevant field staff to receive regular updates about progress toward grant deliverables and any issues that may impact grants’ progress. ● Liaise with donors to provide regular updates about the status of grants. ● Quickly identify any issues which may impact the grant program’s timely and successful implementation and clearly communicate them to OCCRP’s management, relevant field staff, and donors. ● Regularly meet with the finance team and field staff to monitor and manage grants’ financial health. ● Work with the finance team and programs department management to determine which costs should be allocated to appropriate grants on a monthly basis. ● Work with OCCRP management to constantly improve the overall grant management and reporting process. ● Ensure OCCRP confidential information is well-protected and is responsible to preserve confidentiality at all times. ● Communicate and collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders in accordance with OCCRP’s relevant Protocols and Policies. ● Additional responsibilities as determined by management. Performance Success in this role with hinge on the following: ● Sharp critical thinking skills and a strong desire to constantly improve anything the incumbent is working on. ● Timeliness, accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail in reports and all other communications dealing with the duties listed above. ● Top-notch communication and collaboration skills when working with colleagues from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds. ● Strong narrative-writing skills. ● A basic understanding of nonprofit finance, especially with regards to U.S. government funding. ● A high degree of emotional intelligence. ● The incumbent’s success will be measured during regular performance evaluations. Skills, Experience, and Education Requirements ● A Bachelor’s degree or higher. ● Experience managing U.S. government grant-funded programs at a global NGO. ● An understanding of investigative journalism, data science, or international development preferred. ● Experience managing or mentoring junior program management staff preferred. ● Proficiency with Excel. ● Experience managing budgets and reading nonprofit financial statements. ● Excellent communication, collaboration, organizational, and leadership skills. ● Must be able to keep organization matters strictly confidential. To Apply: To apply, please email your CV and a Cover Letter to jobs(at)occrp.org All applications must be submitted in English. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Whilst we have internal goals to reply to unsuccessful candidates, we regret that the high number of applicants greatly exceeds our capacity to respond to each person. We apologize that we will not be able to reply to any unsuccessful applicants. As an equal opportunity employer, OCCRP values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We do not discriminate against any person based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, medical conditions, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics. If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process, please contact hr(at)occrp.org
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Acting Head of Journalism Products at Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Posted 2 weeks ago
About OCCRP The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is a growing, global nonprofit media organization that is reinventing investigative journalism for the public good. By developing and equipping a global network of investigative journalists and publishing their stories, we expose crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account. We see a future where organized crime and corruption are drastically reduced and democracy is strengthened. Our global team includes editors, researchers, data engineers, security specialists, administrators, technologists, and strategists, each with areas of in-depth expertise. About the Role: Due to staff illness, OCCRP is seeking a dynamic and driven individual to step into the role of Acting Head of Journalism Products. This critical position ensures that our journalism products, including the occrp.org website and immersive storytelling remain vibrant, innovative, and reader-centric. During the temporary tenure, you'll be the torchbearer for our digital products, ensuring that we present our journalism effectively and innovatively. Key Responsibilities: • Champion and advocate for the audience’s needs; be the voice of our readers. • Coordinate with core editors to design engaging content aimed at expanding and diversifying our audience. • Strategically plan and manage the OCCRP website, ensuring alignment of both editorial and non-editorial interests. • Develop, uphold, and manage the website's roadmap, assessing required resources and timelines. • Manage a small team of technical specialists day to day. • Conduct user research, understanding our readers and their evolving requirements. • Monitor and analyze success metrics after story launches or introduction of new technical features. • Ensure smooth processes and tools for both editorial and non-editorial teams. • Collaborate closely with design, editorial, and data teams for interactive content development. • Advocate for user experience, SEO, and commendable development practices throughout the organization. • Spearhead insights and analytics, owning the technical domain for data collection and tool procurement. Required Skills and Experience: • Prior experience in a similar role, preferably within a journalistic or digital publishing environment. • Demonstrable experience in managing digital products, especially websites and mobile applications. • Strong understanding of user experience, SEO best practices, and modern development methodologies. • Effective collaboration and negotiation skills, with a track record of working across various teams. • Strong analytical abilities, with a knack for deriving actionable insights from data. • Experience in managing and guiding a diverse team. • Proven experience in vendor management, including procurement and project management. Desirable Attributes: • Familiarity with the journalistic landscape, especially investigative journalism. • Experience in interactive content creation and storytelling. • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written. • A proactive approach, with an ability to adapt and drive change. To Apply: To apply, please email a cover letter and CV/resume including examples of previous work to jobs(at)occrp.org All applications must be submitted in English. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Whilst we have internal goals to reply to unsuccessful candidates, we regret that the high number of applicants greatly exceeds our capacity to respond to each person. We apologize that we will not be able to reply to any unsuccessful applicants.As an equal opportunity employer, OCCRP values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We offer competitive compensation and benefits and encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, medical conditions, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics. If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process, please contact hr(at)occrp.org
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PROGRAM ASSISTANT – REPORTERS SHIELD at Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Posted 1 month ago
We are seeking an entrepreneurial individual to help implement a game changing legal defense organization to protect investigative reporters worldwide from legal harassment from corrupt government officials, organized crime and other nefarious actors. About Reporters Shield Reporters Shield is a new global program defending investigative reporting from legal threats meant to silence critical voices. It has been developed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Cyrus Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association; and it is being incubated by OCCRP. Legal harassment, particularly SLAPP suits (“Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation”), have long been used by the rich and powerful to intimidate journalists, human rights defenders and independent media. Reporters Shield protects investigative reporting organizations from defamation, libel and other vexatious lawsuits by covering the costs of lawyers, providing training on how to handle legal complaints and offering pre-publication review. Beyond providing coverage and protection, the ultimate aims are deterring bad actors from waging these suits and strengthening the entire field of investigative reporting. If you want to join this important movement to protect reporters and help build an exciting new organization, please apply below! Position Overview Reporters Shield is seeking a Program Assistant with strong administrative and project management skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a passion for investigative journalism. This person will work with the Program Coordinator to assist with day-to-day administration and program management. They will contribute to the initial vetting process for member organizations with an advisory board, and assist with member intake, case management, and budgeting. The assistant will also communicate with members in relation to their legal needs. Because Reporters Shield is still in the start-up stage, the post holder may be asked to carry out other tasks as may be reasonably assigned. This is a hands-on role in a small team in a young organisation; your input will contribute greatly to the success of the organisation and you’ll work with people at all levels. We are focusing on growing our membership in the Americas and ability to work in Spanish is essential for this position. Although remote, you must be within a time zone that is within 6 hours of UTC, or be willing to shift your working hours to have regular meetings with team members who are based within 6 hours of UTC. Reporters Shield members are based around the world and from time to time, you may be asked to have a call or online meeting outside of traditional working hours. There is a limited amount of travel associated with this role, including possible attendance at conferences. So, the ideal candidate must be willing to travel occasionally (1-4 times a year). Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Work with the Program Coordinator and the Director to build and embed a range of organizational processes, including client communication, claims handling and document handling; • Assist in the recruitment and vetting of potential member organizations. • Assist in the implementation of information security systems. • Regular communications with possible and current member organizations and tracking member feedback. • Receive and process claims from member organizations. • Implement additional membership benefits including legal trainings, forums and tools. • Assist in the monitoring and evaluation of the overall program and contribute to reports for government and private donors when necessary. • Assist with program promotion. • Other duties as assigned. Performance: • Patient and understanding person who works well with people from all over the world. • Top-notch communication and collaboration skills when working with colleagues and members from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds. • Timeliness, accuracy, thoroughness and attention to detail in information management and reporting. • A basic understanding of nonprofit finance and operations. • A high degree of emotional intelligence. • Highly organized. Skills and Experience: Essential: • Project administration experience. • Excellent IT skills, including ability to work with different cloud-based office suites and to quickly learn to work with new tools. • Able to practice digital security. • Good writing and editing skills; proficient in English. • Spanish language at a professional level. Desirable: • Experience in nonprofit administration, whether at project or program level. • Experience working in start-ups or small teams. • Experience working with CRM software. • Having worked in, or with organisations and people from, countries and regions in the world other than the one you call home. • Proficiency in a widely-spoken language such as Arabic, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, or Urdu (we do not envisage being able to operate in the People’s Republic of China for the foreseeable future so Mandarin will not be a highly useful language). What’s In It For You? • Competitive compensation (specifics depending on location). • Working in an innovative organization that is at the forefront of protecting investigative journalism. • Being able to work from home. • Working with a small but friendly team. • Professional development opportunities are available depending on your goals. To Apply To apply, please email your CV as well as a Cover Letter explaining why you are a great candidate for the job to jobs[at]occrp.org. All applications must be submitted in English. Incomplete applications will not be considered. We regret that the high number of applicants greatly exceeds our capacity to respond to each person. We apologize that we will not be able to reply to any unsuccessful applicants and are unable to sponsor work visas. Reporters Shield is a start-up and does not yet have its own human resources infrastructure. It is incubated by, and staff will be hosted by, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. As an equal opportunity employer, OCCRP values having a diverse workforce and strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We are actively building a diverse team. We do not discriminate against any person based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, medical conditions, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics. If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process, please contact info[at]reporters-shield.org
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