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DOF - Website Developer 2

Short term (2 weeks) small online store development on BigCommerce to support VDOF online seedling sales.MAX VENDOR RATE: $54.02Pls make sure candidate knows this is a 2 week assignment only (cannot go over 80 hours total) due to nature of projectInterviews: In person onlyTo NOTE: Once offer is extended and candidate starts, there will be an initial meeting at their office in Charlottesville for the hand-off and overview of project details and how to proceed/expectations going forward.After the initial meeting, most of the work can be done remotely with daily check in on the status. For an experienced person, this should be fairly straightforward.ABOUT THE ROLEVDOF (Va Dept of Forestry) is moving and updating its existing online seedling store to a hosted environment (BigCommerce). The agency needs assistance in updating an existing free template to reflect VDOF needs, build a small amount of informational web pages (est. 15 maximum) and customize the control for selection of delivery dates (certain days of week during a given time frame).Goal is to go live on 1 November. Additional time to modify and adjust after go-live.DAY TO DAY:Website developer will be asked to Reference existing nursery information (http://dof.virginia.gov/nursery/index.htm), seedling catalog (http://dof.virginia.gov/infopubs/Seedling-Catalog-2017-2018_pub.pdf) as last year's example, and current store (https://www.buyvatrees.com/) for existing data sources.Experience with QuickBooks integration is beneficial, but not required.Required/Desired SkillsSkillRequired /DesiredAmountof ExperienceConsiderable knowledge of current HTML/CSS. Use of Handlebars.js is preferred.Required6YearsAbility to bulk import inventory (description, images, prices) with BigCommerce platform of less than 1000 items.Required5YearsFor shipping options, ability to modify the calendar control to allow for limited deliver times, for example M-W, 20 Feb to 1 May.Required5YearsAbility to work with diverse group that is geographically disperse - communication primarily by phone and email.Required5YearsPrevious experience using toolset with current BigCommerce or similar ecommerce hosting platform to build an online store.Highly desired0Previous experience with QuickBooks Enterprise integration with an ecommerce site.Desired0Experience modifying a responsive stock theme with theme editor, stencil command-line interface, HTML/CSS and Handlebars.js on BigCommerce or similar.Required6YearsQuestionsNo.QuestionQuestion1Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?Question2Please list candidate's email address that will be used when submitting E-RTR.Question3What city and state is your candidate currently located?Question4Is your candidate aware that this is a temporary assignment that will not be extended past 80 hours allotted to complete this work? Question5Does your candidate agree to complete the short term assignment should an offer be extended?Question6Does your candidate have the required skills listed in the skills summary?