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Position Title:Web Services Team Lead

Job Group:Professional & Scientific

Required Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications:Proven skill in front-end development using HTML, CSS/SCSS, and JavaScript, with experience creating and maintaining design systems, reusable UI components, and themes that ensure visual and functional consistency.

Working knowledge of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) and the ability to design and code for inclusive access.

Experience providing technical leadership and mentorship within a web development team.

Proficiency with version control and collaborative workflows using GitHub or similar tools.

Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) processes and cloud-hosted environments.

Job Description:

Summary

The Iowa State University Library is hiring a Web Services Team Lead (Web Developer III). Based in the beautiful Parks Library at the center of campus, this position provides technical leadership for the Library’s web platforms. The role focuses on front-end development and user experience across the Library’s web ecosystem, including the university’s Drupal website, vendor-hosted systems, and custom applications that connect people to collections and services.

At Iowa State University Library, you’ll join a collaborative team that manages and improves the web platforms that connect people to knowledge, in an environment that values shared problem-solving and steady improvement. You’ll help shape how students, researchers, and the public find and use information, working with colleagues across the Library and campus to support one of the university’s most visible and trusted resources.

The Team Lead will develop and maintain code, build shared frameworks, and help ensure platforms are reliable and accessible. They will supervise web development staff and student employees, lead user experience projects informed by testing, analytics, and audits, and serve as a technical liaison with vendors to coordinate front-end changes, integrations, and accessibility improvements.

The successful candidate will have a user-centered focus, be skilled in organization and time management, and possess the ability to interact effectively with library staff and the university community, work independently as well as collaboratively in a rapidly changing, team-based environment.

What You’ll Do

+ Lead and mentor web development staff and student employees.

+ Develop and maintain front-end code (HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript) for responsive, accessible, and consistent interfaces.

+ Build shared frameworks and reusable components to support sustainable, consistent design.

+ Lead user experience improvements through usability testing, analytics, and interface audits.

+ Collaborate with Library colleagues, campus IT, and vendors on front-end changes, integrations, and accessibility updates.

+ Partner with backend developers on API integrations and data-driven features.

+ Document development practices to ensure continuity and maintainability.

Level Guidelines

+ Senior-level position possessing high-level professional and/or technical skills working independently under minimal supervision to support ISU’s mission and department or work unit goals

+ Applies senior-level professional knowledge and expertise to work requiring greater latitude

+ Solves moderately complex problems and regularly exercises judgment to determine appropriate action

+ Regularly exercises judgment to resolve problems and determine appropriate action on a broad set of issue and problems. May provide recommendations regarding problems/issues outside the bounds of defined procedures and practices

+ Responds to complicated inquiries, provides training, and provides direction to lower-level staff

+ May provide supervision for one to two other staff (i.e., leads a small work team)

+ May lead projects for which well-defined practices and procedures may not exist

+ Provides guidance to students

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.

This posting will be open until filled. However, to receive full consideration, please apply before November 17, 2025.

The selected candidate must reside in the state of Iowa at the time of hire.

Appointment Type:Regular

Number of Months Employed Per Year:12 Month Work Period

Time Type:Full time

Pay Grade:PS811

Application Instructions:To apply for this position, please click on “Apply” and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following: 1) Resume/Curriculum Vitae 2) Letter of Application/Cover Letter If you have questions regarding this application process, please email [email protected] or call 515-294-4800 or Toll Free: 1-877-477-7485. Why Choose ISU? Iowa State Employees enjoy comprehensive health and work-life benefits, including medical and dental; as well as: • Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans • Generous vacation, holiday and sick time and leave plans • Onsite childcare (Ames, Iowa) • Life insurance and long-term disability • Flexible Spending Accounts • Various voluntary benefits and discounts • Employee Assistance Program • Wellbeing program • Iowa State offers WorkFlex options for some positions. WorkFlex offers flexibility on when, where, and how you do your work. For more information, please speak with the Hiring Manager.

Original Posting Date: November 10, 2025

Posting Close Date:November 20, 2025

Job Requisition Number:R18069

By focusing on the future and providing the best student experience possible, Iowa State University (http://www.iastate.edu/) attracts students and faculty who want to make a difference. With a comprehensive land-grant mission of education, research, extension and outreach, we produce scholars whose ideas change the world. And through Innovate at Iowa State, we provide innovative and entrepreneurial opportunities for students of all backgrounds. Located just 30 minutes north of Des Moines, the city of Ames was recently named one of the Top 10 cities in the U.S. for campus life and career opportunities.

Iowa State University is a welcoming community of students, faculty, and staff. Campus community members have a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and are committed to engaging with each other respectfully as outlined in the university's Principles of Community (https://www.iastate.edu/principles-community) . Iowa State recognizes that diverse intellectual and philosophical perspectives are vital to innovation, critical thinking skills, and a dynamic academic community that fosters the land-grant ideals of putting science, technology, and human creativity to work.

All offers of employment, oral and written, are contingent upon the university’s verification of credentials and other information required by federal and state law, ISU policies/procedures, and may include the completion of a background check and/or a consumer credit check.

Iowa State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, ethnicity, religion, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. Veteran. Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies may be directed to Office of Equal Opportunity, 2680 Beardshear Hall, 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Iowa 50011, Tel. 515-294-7612, email [email protected].

If you have questions about the application process please email [email protected] or call 515-294-4800 or Toll-Free at 1-877-477-7485. Iowa State University provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should email [email protected] or call (515) 294-4800 or Toll-Free: (877) 477-7485. TTY users are welcome to use the Iowa Relay Service number by dialing 7-1-1 or (800) 735-2942.

General ISU compensation information can be found on the University Human Resources (https://www.hr.iastate.edu/careers/compensation) website. Please note that this is only a list of ranges and individuals will be paid commensurate with qualifications.