We are looking for a WordPress Administrator/Developer to join the Empathysites team starting with 3 hours per week ongoing.
We are looking for someone who could work the 3 hours in two weekly sessions of 90 minutes each on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You would complete that time between the times 7:00 – 15:00 PHST Manila Time (GMT+8) Tuesdays and Thursdays
For this role, we need some predictability so that we can schedule website launches (which are migrations from a development site to live website). This is why it’s important to have a regular schedule. We are flexible on when you start and end your 90 minutes within the window on those days.
****About Us
Empathysites is a website service for psychotherapists. We build websites for our clients and implement done-for-you website tasks ongoing.
We are a fairly young business, beta in October 2016 and launched officially in January 2017. The Empathysites brand is compassionate, non-judgemental, and helpful.
****Here is What We Offer You
– Remote work – work from anywhere in the world with an internet connection
– Ongoing work – this is not a one-time job, we are seeking someone who can work ongoing
****Responsibilities
As part of our team, you will be working behind the scenes to help with website setups, DNS/email records, migrating websites, and maintaining our websites to ensure our websites are running great.
****Here is a list of some of the specific responsibilities
– Overseeing automatic backups and updates of our websites (weekly)
– Help with speed and security optimization and monitoring
– Setting up websites (migrating websites with WordPress migration tools)
– Migrating websites with WordPress migration tools
– Moving DNS records (especially for email)
– Helping with web development related bugs or client requests
You will also be responsible for maintaining and improving our web development internal procedure documents.
****Required Skills
– At least 3 years of experience developing and launching WordPress websites
– Experience working with cPanel, WHM, PhpMyAdmin, Cloudflare
– Experience with HTML, CSS, PHP
– Experience working with DNS record settings
– Experience with domain name registration and transferring domains
– Experience with SSL certificates
– Experience making WordPress Backups – taking backups and restoring backups
– Familiarity with website security and digital security best practices
****Other Skills
Other skills it would be nice if you had (but we will train you on if you don’t)
– Experience maintaining multiple sites from a single dashboard (we use MainWP but experience using similar solutions helpful)
– Familiarity with object storage (Amazon S3, DreamObjects)
– Experience setting up and troubleshooting premium email accounts like G Suite
– Familiarity with Beaver Builder Page Builder and Theme
– Experience using Trello, Google Drive, Slack
****Personality Traits
These are the personality traits I believe would be a good match for this job
? You are detail oriented – you pay attention to the small stuff to make sure it is implemented correctly. You follow lists and checklists closely and double check your work.
? You are a good communicator – you love making sure people on the team are updated regularly on your progress with your tasks.
****Getting Started – How To Apply
If this sounds like what you are looking for, we have an immediate opening but we are also flexible on the start date. We will start with a paid test and then continue towards your work.
To apply, please send honest details in your email of what you can and cannot do from the “required skills” and “other skills” lists above.
In addition to the details above, your email should also include the following
1. A few details about who you are as a person
2. Where are you located
3. Confirm you’re available complete those 3 hours between the times 7:00 – 15:00 PHST Manila Time (GMT+8) Tuesdays and Thursdays
4. What date are you available to start
5. What your hourly rate is
6. Using what you know about web development and systems admin, and your ability to find answers to web dev and sysadmin questions, please answer the following questions
1. What email service is using?
2. What hosting service hosts our client sites?
3. We’re helping a client set up their G Suite, they just sent us an MX verification code that ends in “” When we add this MX record, what priority should we set?
4. True or false? WordPress websites are hackerproof.
5. What’s the recommended system requirement cURL Timeout setting for MainWP installations?
****Apply Now
Send an email to with [WordPress Job] in the subject. If you think you are a good fit, let us know why. Follow all the directions listed above under “How To Apply”
Thank you.
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