Wordpress Developers for World's Best Wildlife Emergency App

Animal Help Now ( is seeking experienced WordPress developers (within GMT through GMT-10 time zones) to build the flagship app's content management system in Wordpress. We have the data. Now we need Wordpress to manage it.

As a volunteer, you'll collaborate with our dedicated tech team, which consists of talented, long-term volunteers passionate about our mission to provide wildlife emergency and humane conflict resolution services to people across the United States. Our services are accessed hundreds of times a day, making this an impactful opportunity to apply your skills for a meaningful cause.

Mission Statement

Mission: Animal Help Now creates apps that help animals. Animal Help Now is a volunteer-driven organization. AHNow gives first priority to its volunteers when hiring paid positions. AHNow offers equal opportunities and embraces diversity by characteristics including race/ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ability.

Description

Animal Help Now (AHNow) creates apps that help animals. The org’s eponymous app provides a 911-type service for wildlife emergencies & conflicts. Each year in the U.S. billions of birds and other wild animals are killed or injured by cats & dogs, window strikes, etc. and hundreds of millions of animals are injured or killed by motor vehicles. This free app directs people who have encountered injured or distressed wildlife or are dealing with "nuisance" wildlife to the nearest, most appropriate help, 24/7. The first nationwide response system for wildlife emergencies, it provides instant access to more than 3700 wildlife helpers across the United States, including rehabilitators, rescues & hotlines, veterinarians who treat wildlife & others. AHNow provides expert guidance on how to handle domestic animal issues (lost, found, abuse, etc.).

In 2022, in the aftermath of the Marshall Fire (12/30/2021), which claimed an estimated 1,000 companion animal lives and destroyed Animal Help Now’s headquarters, the organization began development of a new app that people can use to quickly and effectively communicate with their neighbors when disasters threaten and strike. The app provides a dedicated communications channel specifically for pet rescue so people who are not home or who otherwise need help evacuating animals can quickly and easily request such help. PHaR gives pets and other dependent animals their best chance ever of surviving when disasters strike.

CAUSE AREAS

Animals

Computers & Technology

Emergency & Safety

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

Weekdays - Daytime and Evening
Weekend - Daytime and Evening

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

DATE POSTED

February 4, 2025

SKILLS

• Software Development
• Database Administration

GOOD FOR

• People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

• 2-4 hours per week, six-month minimum
• Good communications skills. Diligence. Time zone GMT through GMT-10.