Job vacancy: web developer
The University is looking for a web developer to join the web team.
- Job reference: Web Developer SB1005R1
- Salary £25,013 – £29,837 per annum (grade 5)
- Required skills: PHP, JavaScript/jQuery, HTML, CSS, SQL, Ajax
- Fixed term: 3 years
- Start: as soon as possible
- Closing date for applications: Friday 25 April 2014
The main purpose of the role will be in helping maintain and support web services, notably where changes need to be made to coding and other infrastructure elements, so a solid and demonstrable knowledge of PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML and CSS is required. Experience of WordPress (including WordPress Multi Site) will also be of an advantage.
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 Multi Site). Pre-knowledge of either is not required as training will be offered.
Regarding existing technologies, 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 Sass CSS pre-processor and a host of other 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. 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 SB1005R1.