Lead Digital Developer for Councils | Flexible Hours

LB RICHMOND UPON THAMES & LB WANDSWORTH; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days annual leave (incl. Bank Hols)

Flexible working

Generous pension plan

Job summary

LB RICHMOND UPON THAMES & LB WANDSWORTH seeks a Digital Development Manager to lead a small team and directly contribute to development. You will manage the council website, Umbraco CMS, and Granicus forms, ensuring secure, accessible and reliable online services for residents and staff across two boroughs.

You will guide technical direction, oversee workloads, and promote modern practices while continuing personal hands-on development across HTML, CSS, JavaScript, .NET, APIs and cloud

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining websites and web apps, including HTML/CSS/JS.
• Solid ASP.NET / .NET Core web development with RESTful APIs.
• Understanding of CMS platforms, hosting, deployment pipelines and cloud environments.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and secure development (OWASP).

Responsibilities

• Lead a small Digital Developers team while contributing to development work directly.
• Manage and improve the council website, CMS (Umbraco) and online forms (Granicus) and integrations.
• Provide technical direction, plan workload and ensure secure, tested, production-ready code.
• Stay current with modern tech and promote secure, scalable, and user‑centred digital services.

Skills

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

ASP.NET / .NET Core

RESTful APIs

CMS platforms

Accessibility WCAG

OWASP security

Tools

Umbraco

Granicus

Job description

LB RICHMOND UPON THAMES & LB WANDSWORTH seeks a Digital Development Manager to lead a small team and directly contribute to development. You will manage the council website, Umbraco CMS, and Granicus forms, ensuring secure, accessible and reliable online services for residents and staff across two boroughs.

You will guide technical direction, oversee workloads, and promote modern practices while continuing personal hands-on development across HTML, CSS, JavaScript, .NET, APIs and cloud