Join Our Team

  • Are you passionate about humanity and our planet earth?
  • Do you think a fragile and precious life of a child is worth saving?
  • Do you want to make a difference that counts?

Essential Need’s story has started with these simple but yet powerful and profound questions. Now as a thriving and fast growing charity organization you have the opportunity to join our team and make a difference. Please consider our open positions and get back to us if you find a good fit. We would love to hear from you.

Web Developer

Preferred Location

Sydney, Australia

Desired Hours Per Week

10

Responsibilities
  • Write “clean”, well-designed code in a timely and scalable way
  • Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
  • Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
  • Follow industry best practices
  • Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary
  • High quality unit testing
  • High quality User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Producing high quality documentation: Requirements/Functional Specifications/Test plans
Requirements
  • More than 3 years of proven software development experience in ecommerce
  • Familiar with CI (CodeIgniter)
  • Exceptional knowledge of PHP language
  • Deep understanding of Apache web server
  • Demonstrable knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, SASS, Javascript, ES6, AJAX etc
  • Exposure to ReactJS and NodeJS is a plus
  • Knowledge of front-end tooling e.g. Webpack is a plus
  • Good knowledge of relational databases (MySQL in particular), version control tools (Bitbucket) and developing web services
  • Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc)
  • Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas
  • University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related degree

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Volunteer

Partnerships Coordinator (APAC)

Preferred Location

APAC

Desired Hours Per Week

10

Responsibilities
  • In consultation with the Global Social Awareness team, develop and implement a communications plan for the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on how to build the Essential Need business partnerships in Australia and Asia.
  • 1 for 1 Strategy - Inspire businesses to register on https://www.essentialneed.org/become-a-partner to donate $1.50 or more per employee.
  • Attend Asia-Pacific and social awareness team meetings.
  • Support the Partnerships Director to organise the annual Essential Need Asia-Pacific conference.
  • Support the Partnerships Director to explore opportunities on delivering parts of the Essential Need annual conference online.
  • Publish and welcome new partners on social media channels.
  • Ensure brand consistency.
  • Develop social media guidelines.

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Volunteer


Contact Details
  • Information:
  • info@essentialneed.org
  • Support:
  • support@essentialneed.org
  • Phone:
  • +61 2 8006 0200
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