Senior Front-end Web Developer

Queen Mary University of London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Greater London seeks a Senior Front-end Web Developer to lead UI development for its website. This role involves managing web projects from conception to delivery, ensuring best practices are met. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders, support digital applications, and contribute to strategic goals aimed at enhancing student recruitment. A competitive salary of £44,288 to £51,755 per annum is offered, along with professional development opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous pension scheme

30 days leave per annum

Flexible working arrangements

Personal and professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in leading web development projects from conception to delivery.
• Strong teamwork skills, able to work with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in meeting best practice and accessibility standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage the front-end development of the Queen Mary website.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to create new functionalities.
• Support various digital applications and ensure accessibility standards are met.

Skills

Technical issue solving

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

User Interface (UI) development

Experience in public sector / education

Education

Relevant degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terminal four (T4)

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Front-end Web Developer to join the Web Team within the Communications Department at Queen Mary. The Senior Front-end Web Developer will work closely with the Head of Web Development to understand and plan for strategic institutional and team goals. This role is responsible for leading the technical and user interface (UI) development, and maintenance of Queen Mary’s website and related web microsites and digital applications.You will manage web development work from conception to delivery, ensuring we meet best practice and accessibility standards. The role will support the university in achieving student recruitment and marketing goals.

Your responsibilities will include managing the Web Developer, front-end development of the Queen Mary website, collaborating with internal stakeholders to create new functionality, and supporting various digital applications. You\'ll work with the University\'s core content management system, Terminal four (T4), and contribute to major projects within the Queen Mary web team and the External Relations Directorate.

About You

Your skills and experience have driven impactful changes in your career, particularly within the public sector, charities, NGOs, or education. You’ll be versed in solving technical issues, delivering design and implementation products and collaborating with non-technical or multidisciplinary teams. By joining our in-house web team, you will have the opportunity to showcase your excellent teamwork skills and work collaboratively with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders. You’ll help bring best practices and innovation to Queen Mary, driving positive change and excellence in our digital initiatives.

About the Department

You will join a forward-thinking solution-focused Web team within the External Relations Directorate. Our directorate is responsible for raising the awareness and reputation of Queen Mary among its target audiences, and for increasing the quality and quantity of Queen Mary applicants. We collaborate with stakeholders, we support staff, students and prospective students to achieve more.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe thata diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality

£44,288 to £51,755 per annum