We're a non-profit looking to start a new online learning project to
help people learn Hebrew grammar. We need someone to manage the project
in a part-time, contract capacity, acting as a combination of CTO, lead
developer, and project manager. This is a serious project, and one for
which funding has been allocated -- and we would rather do it right than
do it quickly.
If you work for a consulting company that could take on this leadership
role and also provide the development staff to implement it, then
we're very interested in speaking with you. But we expect that we'll
need to split the tasks between a manager and developers.
We are implementing our application in Moodle; it will require some
custom development, and also some custom graphic design to make Moodle
look and feel the way we want. We will be integrating video and audio,
and the creation of software that will generate test questions. We will
also be using built-in Moodle functionality, such as forums and permissions.
Among the tasks we expect this person to take on are:
- Taking our project and technical roadmaps, and turn them into
deliverable action items (and a schedule) for our software project,
- Help us to identify, hire, and manage contract developers
- Help us to identify, hire, and manage a part-time, contract graphic
designer
- Define and assign tasks to those developers
- Setting schedules and running standups with developers
- Being in touch via e-mail, Skype, and telephone, with the management
of this project
- Take charge of testing, including user testing and feedback, from
initial iterations of the software
- Identify and recommend a hosting company
- Discuss and consider new feature ideas (as they occur) with
management, identifying which can be incorporated now and in the future
- Manage testing of features, both from the technical side and from the
user's perspective
Expectations and requirements:
- Experience managing teams developing Web applications, ideally
educational projects with Moodle
- Experience architecting and developing Web applications
- Experience helping junior developers to implement Web applications
- Knowledge of Hebrew (and ideally, interest in Hebrew grammar)
We expect that development will mainly happen over the coming months,
but that the management will be a part-time position. Even if
development is complete in several months, we'll have long-term needs
and requirements, and this may well continue for several years. We have
a long-term vision, and are looking for someone to help us implement it.
Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter and CV to benkofgrants@gmail.com.