{"id":1060,"date":"2013-12-21T10:31:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T10:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/?page_id=1060"},"modified":"2017-03-06T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T13:29:16","slug":"jobs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387533669.403027.33-e1387619368252.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1063\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387533669.403027.33-e1387619368252-1024x468.jpg\" alt=\"coffee and doughnuts\" width=\"696\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387533669.403027.33-e1387619368252-1024x468.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387533669.403027.33-e1387619368252-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Spring 2017\u00a0&#8211; we&#8217;re hiring two\u00a0new web developers!<\/h2>\n<p>Do you take a professional pride in building great websites and apps that actually <strong>work for people<\/strong>? Would you like to be part of the team that developed the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\">Kent website<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The University of Kent is one of the <strong>UK&#8217;s top 20<\/strong> universities. Its website gets millions of hits a year and reaches a vast internal and external audience.<\/p>\n<p>Becoming a web\u00a0developer in this team will\u00a0offer you a fantastic chance to play a key role in shaping the University\u2019s online presence.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to <a href=\"http:\/\/www11.i-grasp.com\/fe\/tpl_kent01.asp?newms=jj&amp;id=40760&amp;newlang=1\">find out more or apply<\/a> for this opportunity.<\/p>\n<h2>The Team<\/h2>\n<p>You\u2019ll be working in an <strong>enthusiastic and highly motivated<\/strong> team (ie us!) to design, develop and support key University web systems.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll maintain close relationships with a <strong>range of partner teams, customers and stakeholders<\/strong> across the University to understand their requirements and translate them into attractive, effective, and responsive designs.<\/p>\n<p>This role would also allow you to train to be an <strong>Agile scrum master<\/strong> to help organise work for the team and ensure that work is prioritised and executed effectively.<\/p>\n<h2>The Package<\/h2>\n<p>These two posts are based at the University&#8217;s Canterbury campus. They are\u00a0offered at <span class=\"TextRun SCX248520669\" style=\"color: #000000;\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX248520669\">\u00a33<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX248520669\" style=\"color: #000000;\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX248520669\">2<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX248520669\" style=\"color: #000000;\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX248520669\">,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX248520669\" style=\"color: #000000;\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX248520669\">958<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX248520669\" style=\"color: #000000;\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX248520669\">\u00a0&#8211; \u00a33<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX248520669\" style=\"color: #000000;\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX248520669\">8<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX248520669\" style=\"color: #000000;\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX248520669\">,183<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and come with a generous package of benefits including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>a contributory pension<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>43 days annual leave<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>relocation packages<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>childcare packages<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>a great working environment and a great team!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Canterbury<\/h2>\n<p>These\u00a0roles are\u00a0based in Canterbury. It&#8217;s a great place to live. Lots of culture and history (of course!). There&#8217;s easy access to gorgeous countryside, and the seaside is just a few miles away. Some of our team have even been known to <em>run<\/em> from the seaside into work!!<\/p>\n<p>And London is less than an hour <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southeasternrailway.co.uk\/news\/media-centre\/high-speed-facts\/\">on the HS1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about what a great place Canterbury and Kent are to live try\u00a0<a title=\"leisure and countryside information in Canterbury and Kent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.gov.uk\/leisure-countryside\/\">canterbury.gov.uk&#8217;s leisure and countryside pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And for tons of information about <strong>relocation packages<\/strong>, family-friendly policies and work-life balance at the University see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/jobs\/\">the University job site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also find information about <strong>local schools<\/strong> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.gov.uk\/education_and_learning\/school_education\/finding_the_right_school.aspx\">kent.gov.uk&#8217;s &#8216;finding the right school&#8217; site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>You\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>We expect you to have an excellent knowledge of <strong>PHP, HTML5, CSS3 and javascript<\/strong>. If you\u2019re familiar with things like node, backbone, angular, etc. that would be great.\u00a0However if your background is say more in\u00a0ruby we&#8217;d still be interested in hearing from you.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d like you to be familiar with <strong>test-driven<\/strong> development, <strong>responsive design<\/strong>. You will need to have an understanding of how to shape an online experience to meet user needs.<\/p>\n<p>It would also be great if you have a clear and practical understanding of <strong>Agile<\/strong> software development practices, such as Scrum, Kanban, or Lean UX.<\/p>\n<h2>And a bit more about us\u2026<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1064\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387532403.316676.IMG_4077.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1064 size-medium\" style=\"margin: 20px;\" title=\"some of the unikent webdev team\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387532403.316676.IMG_4077-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"some of the unikent webdev team\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387532403.316676.IMG_4077-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387532403.316676.IMG_4077-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387532403.316676.IMG_4077-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387532403.316676.IMG_4077-1272x1272.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2013\/12\/vscocam_1387532403.316676.IMG_4077.jpg 1653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the unikent webdev team. And an elephant\/cow thing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With these roles our team will have <strong>8\u00a0people<\/strong> who are responsible for key University web systems such as the University website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/undergraduate\">course pages<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/news\">news system<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\">blogs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/maps\">campus maps<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/student\">student guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We use an agile approach to software development, and were nominated for a UK Agile award in 2012. This year we won a University staff award for our work on the <a title=\"University of Kent course pages\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\">University course pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We realise that with a constantly shifting web development landscape the key thing is to have a love of learning new techniques and using new tools. We fully and actively support <strong>staff development and training<\/strong>, including external training, going to conferences, workshops, and things like\u00a0<a title=\"team-hack-sprint\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/2013\/11\/15\/team-hack-sprint-user-needs-and-the-slim-web-editing-tool\/\">team hack sprints<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look around <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/\">this blog<\/a> or follow <a title=\"@unikentwebdev twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/unikentwebdev\">@unikentwebdev<\/a> to get an idea of what we get up to.<\/p>\n<p>We also have some of our code up in public repos on <a title=\"unikent on github\" href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/unikent\">github<\/a>. Other links include <a title=\"webdev team in Information Services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/is\/who\/?tab=it-development\">our official departmental site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Coffee and doughnuts are optional.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www11.i-grasp.com\/fe\/tpl_kent01.asp?newms=jj&amp;id=40760&amp;newlang=1\">Find out more or apply<\/a> for this job opportunity.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring 2017\u00a0&#8211; we&#8217;re hiring two\u00a0new web developers! Do you take a professional pride in building great websites and apps that actually work for people? 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