Website Supplier (Contractor)

About PARTISIPA

Australia is working in partnership with Timor-Leste, through the Partnership to Strengthen Village Development and Municipal Administration - known as PARTISIPA - to strengthen policies, systems and skills to improve the delivery of decentralised services and basic infrastructure across the country.

Building on Australia's long-term technical support to the Programa Nasional Dezenvolvimentu Suku (PNDS), we are working to strengthen local institutions, infrastructure, and service delivery at the subnational level (municipal, postu and Suku) with a focus on inclusive governance and community resilience. PARTISIPA integrates support for rural water with a focus on operations and maintenance and roads and road network management.

PARTISIPA mainstreams GEDSI across all components to ensure that government policies, planning and implementation processes continue to increase the visibility, voice, participation and agency of women, people with disabilities and other marginalised groups.

The Role

The objective of this assignment is to design, develop, and launch a lightweight, bilingual (Tetun-English) PARTISIPA website that serves as the program's central information hub. The website must support strategic communications, public diplomacy, promote flagship areas, advocacy campaigns, and long-term knowledge management for PARTISIPA and its partners.

The contractor will translate the approved scope into a functional, accessible, mobile first website that showcases PARTISIPA's impact, supports municipal level visibility, and provides a sustainable and functional platform for stories, documents, and campaign materials.

Key Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and developing bilingual or multilingual websites, ideally using lightweight CMS platforms such as WordPress (Provide portfolio examples with URLs and a brief description of scope.)
• Demonstrated ability to deliver mobile-first, low-bandwidth-optimised websites suitable for users with varied or limited internet connectivity.
• Strong UX/UI design capability, including development of modular templates, dynamic content feeds, and accessible navigation structures.
• Experience implementing recognised web accessibility standards (WCAG), including use of ALT text, colour contrast compliance, and logical content hierarchy.
• Technical capability to integrate third-party platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Google Analytics, Airtable and link-shortening tools.
• Ability to meet tight timelines and work iteratively with multiple stakeholders, including DFAT.
• Strong project management and communication skills, including provision of clear documentation, structured handover, and CMS training for staff.

Why Join PARTISIPA?

PARTISIPA is a friendly, cohesive and supportive workplace with over 150 staff working as technical advisers, engineers, finance specialists, operations, administration and logistics personnel. The team works directly with national government counterparts and subnational government partners across all municipalities, with staff permanently based in 12 municipalities.

How to Apply

Please submit the following:

• Cover letter outlining their interest for the role and when they are available to undertake the job.
• A table outlining their experience against the essential and desirable selection criteria
• A resume that demonstrates their relevant work experience.
• A portfolio of links for websites designed solely by the applicant.
• A pricing table with fixed price / output-based cost for completion of each of the six milestones.

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Should this role be of interest, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Kindly note only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.