Job vacancy: web developer
The University is looking for an experienced web developer to join the web team.
- Grade: 5
- Salary: £24, 766 — £29,541 per year
- Fixed term: 3 years
- Start: as soon as possible
- Closing date for applications: Friday 19 July 2013
The main focus of the job will be in helping design and develop small-scale web applications, and add additional functionality to existing pages/websites so a solid and demonstrable knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP is required.
Our enterprise web content management system is the commercial, Java-based TerminalFour Site Manager (although we’ve never had to dabble with any Java) running on an Oracle database; and we’re working a lot with WordPress (and MySQL) too these days (both stand-alone installations and WordPress multisite). Pre-knowledge of either is not required as training will be offered.
We’re currently using an adapted version of the Blueprint CSS framework and a patchwork of jQuery plugins, but we have plans to move to the Bootstrap framework, the LESS CSS pre-processor and a host of other Node.js enabled time-saving goodies. We currently don’t use any particular PHP framework, although PHPMaker has been used to help generate a few applications; that’s not to say that we’re not option to the adoption of a PHP framework. We often use Agile methodologies in our project work and use Trello to keep ourselves organised.
It’s not all about hardcore coding, however. An important element of the job will be to deal with website users and content creators in a support and perhaps even training role. The web team offers first, second and third line support, and you will be expected to get involved there too.
The web team is currently made up of four members (web manager, web architect, web editor and web apprentice) with a fifth member on secondment to Corporate Communications for 18 months. Speaking as someone who is obviously somewhat biased, the web team is a good, fun and supportive place to work. Do you fancy joining us?
More details can be found on the University’s job vacancy website – the job reference code is SB1005.