Webmaster - City of Birmingham

TARGET CLOSE DATE:

10/30/2026

PAY GRADE:

Grade 28

TYPE:

Full time

JOB SUMMARY:

The City of Birmingham is seeking a well-qualified Webmaster responsible for building and maintaining the online websites for the city. Webmasters use content creation tools to build digital media (e.g., webpages, applications, programs), identify information technology (IT) and processing needs of their departments, serve as site administrator for departmental IT systems, provide user support to resolve issues, and conduct training seminars to teach employees how to effectively use IT systems.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

The City of Birmingham provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more. The pay range for this job is presented below:

$66,684 – $103,438

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:

• Work experience creating, scripting, and/or modifying computer programs and applications using various programming languages (e.g., HTML, T-SQL, VB, C++, Java, Python, XML).
• Work experience creating websites in a medium to large enterprise setting.
• Work experience providing systems administration support for websites (e.g., establishing user permissions, troubleshooting issues in systems, maintaining data integrity).
• Work experience with project management in full life cycle development (e.g., meeting with stakeholders, requirements analysis, resources assessments, etc.).

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:

• Designs, builds, and maintains websites, applications, or programs, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and/or digital media.

• Selects relevant programming languages, design tools, and applications as required by the applications or tasks involved.

• Serves as a site administrator for various systems or applications by providing user support, installing system/application updates, and managing user access rights for user systems.

• Creates, updates, or modifies system documentation and user guides for applications by reviewing reference materials, testing system application and functionality, and assessing users’ needs in order to provide users with reference materials.

• Analyzes user needs to determine various technical requirements (e.g., website, application, system program, database design) in order to define scope and context of the application development process.

• Conducts training to provide knowledge and understanding of work processes to ensure compliance with procedures and standards.

• Answers user inquiries regarding computer software or hardware operation to provide guidance, troubleshoot, and/or resolve problems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time, but may involve occasional walking or standing for brief periods. Job may also involve occasional light lifting of items or objects weighing up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is conducted almost exclusively indoors in an office setting and involves use of standard office equipment, such as computer, phone, copier, etc.

EEO STATEMENT:

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.  Each Merit System member city/agency operates its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.

ACCOMMODATION:

NOTE:

This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required for this position and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.