Remote WordPress & Platform Systems Specialist

Pastors Heart; United States; Remote; USD 62,000 - 103,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

1099 Contractor

Remote work

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Pastor’s Heart is seeking a Platform & Systems IT Specialist to build, maintain, and scale the WordPress-based counseling platform. You will create dashboards, ensure stability, and provide hands-on support for pastors and staff in a remote setting.

You will optimize performance, implement security best practices, and help integrate email, scheduling, and forms. This role is ideal for a problem-solver who cares about meaningful work and faith-based teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with WordPress development and administration.
• Strong experience building and managing user dashboards.
• Understanding of: user roles and permissions, site performance optimization, security best practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Platform & Website Development: Develop, manage, and optimize WordPress to support large user volumes; build and maintain dashboards for pastors, counselors, and admin staff.
• Dashboard & User Experience: Improve user flows for login, scheduling, messaging, and client management; ensure dashboards are clean and stable.
• Technical Support: Troubleshoot login, access, and system issues for pastors and staff; provide guidance to non-technical users; minimize downtime.
• Systems & Performance: Monitor site performance; implement updates, backups, and security best practices; assist with integrations.
• WordPress Administration: Manage themes, plugins, updates, configurations; ensure compatibility and prevent conflicts.

Skills

WordPress development

Dashboard development

User roles & permissions

Site performance optimization

Security best practices

Troubleshooting

Tools

Hosting environments

Caching/CDNs

Job description

Pastor’s Heart is seeking a Platform & Systems IT Specialist to build, maintain, and scale the WordPress-based counseling platform. You will create dashboards, ensure stability, and provide hands-on support for pastors and staff in a remote setting.

You will optimize performance, implement security best practices, and help integrate email, scheduling, and forms. This role is ideal for a problem-solver who cares about meaningful work and faith-based teams.