Wordpress Developer (Project-Based)

KMC Solutions; Mabalacat; On-site; PHP 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

KMC Solutions in Clark, Pampanga is seeking a Website Developer & SEO Specialist for a 6-month, project-based onsite assignment. You will build, optimize, and maintain WordPress sites across the group's brands, starting with Nursing Australia, ensuring fast, secure, mobile-friendly experiences that rank well.

You’ll implement on-page and technical SEO, perform keyword research, monitor performance with GA/GSC, and collaborate with the Digital Marketing Manager and Content Officer to publish

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in WordPress development and/or SEO across multiple sites.
• Hands-on experience building WordPress sites, themes, plugins, and page builders like Elementor.
• Strong knowledge of on-page and technical SEO, content optimization.
• Experience with Google Analytics and Google Search Console.
• Experience with keyword research tools (SEMrush or Ahrefs).
• Basic HTML/CSS for customization and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Git-based deployment and Composer for PHP dependencies.
• Familiarity with Roots Bedrock and Sage WordPress architecture.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and update WordPress websites across brands, including page builds, plugin/theme management, and routine site maintenance.
• Ensure websites are secure, fast, mobile-responsive, and perform well across browsers and devices.
• Implement technical SEO best practices across group websites, starting with Nursing Australia.
• Conduct keyword research and on-page SEO optimization for site content and blogs.
• Monitor site and SEO performance using GA and GSC, reporting on traffic, rankings, and conversions.
• Collaborate with the Digital Marketing Manager to align website/SEO with campaigns.
• Publish and format blog/content, ensuring pages are structured for search.
• Troubleshoot issues, manage hosting/domain needs, liaise with external providers.
• Maintain a backlog of enhancements and SEO opportunities.
• Stay updated on algorithms, WP updates, and best practices to improve performance.
• Maintain WordPress sites on GCP, Roots Bedrock and Sage, with Git deployment and Composer dependencies.

Skills

WordPress development

SEO

HTML/CSS basics

Keyword research

Git-based deployment

Tools

Google Analytics

Google Search Console

SEMrush

Ahrefs

Elementor

Composer

Roots Bedrock and Sage

Job description

Full Onsite at Aeropark, Clark, Pampanga

Schedule: 6/7 AM to 3/4PM PH time

Project-Based for 6 months

The Website Developer & SEO Specialist builds, maintains, and optimises WordPress websites, and drives technical and on-page SEO performance across the Group’s brands, starting with Nursing Australia. Working hand in hand with the Digital Marketing Manager and the Content & Communications Officer, the role ensures websites are secure, fast, and well-structured, and that content is discoverable and performing well in search.

• Build, maintain, and update the WordPress websites (Kanda, Nursing Australia, and other Group brands), including page builds, plugin and theme management, and routine site maintenance.

• Ensure websites are secure, fast, mobile-responsive, and performing well across browsers and devices, applying regular updates, backups, and performance monitoring.

• Implement technical SEO best practice across Group websites — site structure, page speed, schema markup, sitemaps, and crawlability — starting with Nursing Australia.

• Conduct keyword research and on-page SEO optimisation (meta titles and descriptions, headers, internal linking, image alt text) for website and blog content.

• Monitor website and SEO performance using tools such as Google Analytics and Google Search Console, reporting on traffic, rankings, and conversions.

• Partner with the Digital Marketing Manager to align website and SEO priorities with broader digital marketing strategy and campaign activity.

• Work with the Content & Communications Officer to publish and format blog and web content, ensuring pages are structured and optimised for search.

• Troubleshoot website issues, manage hosting and domain requirements, and liaise with external developers or hosting providers as required.

• Maintain a backlog of website enhancements and SEO opportunities, prioritising fixes and improvements with the Digital Marketing Manager.

• Keep up to date with search engine algorithm changes, WordPress updates, and web development best practice to continually improve site performance.

• Maintain the Group's WordPress sites within their current architecture — hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), built on Roots’ Bedrock and Sage — including Git-based deployment pipelines, Composer-managed dependencies, and the weekly staging-to-production maintenance cycle (plugin and core updates, visual regression testing, PHP version upgrades).

Qualifications:

• 2+ years’ experience in WordPress website development and/or SEO, ideally managing multiple sites or brands.

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining WordPress websites, including themes, plugins, and page builders (e.g., Elementor).

• Strong knowledge of on-page SEO and technical SEO principles.

• Experience using Google Analytics and Google Search Console.

• Experience with keyword research tools such as SEMrush or Ahrefs.

• Basic HTML/CSS skills for website customization and troubleshooting.

• Experience managing website performance, updates, maintenance, and optimization.

• Experience with Git-based deployment pipelines.

• Experience using Composer for PHP dependency management.

• Familiarity with Roots Bedrock and Sage WordPress architecture

Full Onsite at Aeropark, Clark, Pampanga

Schedule: 6/7 AM to 3/4PM PH time

Project-Based for 6 months