Senior Back-end Web Developer. Grade 5

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1 Senior Back-end Web eveloper Grade 5

2 Job description Job title: ivision: Senior Back-end Web eveloper Marketing ate: May 2015 Reporting to: Main contacts: Web evelopment Manager Internal: Web team and AAT colleagues. xternal: Acquia, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and 3rd party digital agencies. Major objective To contribute to the delivery of digital projects and to maintain high standards for our online presence, supporting the Web evelopment Manager in strategically taking AAT s digital products to the next technical level. Responsibilities Website development and management Be a leading technical member of a progressive web team and share its responsibility to ensure that the AAT website is an accurate, up to date and engaging resource and means of communication. Work with colleagues across AAT in the development, testing and maintenance of existing and new bespoke AAT online services. Proactively maintain and develop the AAT website, its content management system (rupal), and its supporting infrastructure technologies. Adhere to and champion best practices in rupal website development, coding standards and deployment processes. Work with Technical Lead on RST API development. Actively work on improving code release process, employing more automation and testing into the process. Actively share and transfer knowledge with the Web Team through team working and provide documentation of tasks undertaken on the Web team wiki. Be enthusiastic in developing knowledge and understanding through both interactions with Web team colleagues and the ability to self-teach. Help to maintain the back-end functionality of the site including links, navigation and structure, forms, forums, online service maintenance, and logging-in functions. With the web team ensure that updates, developments and other site changes are delivered effectively within agreed timescales. Provide technical support and advice to colleagues, and users if appropriate, regarding online service functionality. Self-manage workloads through effective time management and prioritisation of tasks, using available tools such as JIRA. Mentor and support the technical development of junior developer staff. Work on the internal management applications for the web system.

3 Internal relations Communicate changes and developments on the website to colleagues as appropriate. evelop and maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues. Manage colleagues expectations of the website by delivering an appropriate level of understanding and appreciation of website dynamics, technology and limitations. Attend relevant cross-divisional groups or working parties either in direct relevance to the role or as a learning and development opportunity as agreed with line manager. xternal supplier relations Source and manage freelance web or related expertise as and when necessary, with the Web evelopment Manager. nsure that any external supplier (for example, agency, consultant or other) is properly briefed and where agreed, to manage such an external supplier. xamples of tasks the candidate would be expected to deliver (this is not an exhaustive list) Building bespoke online services that are integrated with a CRM database Building and rolling out new rupal features. Website maintenance (for example, troubleshooting PHP errors, enhancing designs / user features, applying module version upgrades / patches where appropriate). rupal CMS maintenance and development configuring CMS capabilities to deliver enhanced benefit for customers and AAT. evelopment of campaign landing pages / microsites. Update and manage the API. Update and manage the AAT management applications. Customer centricity evelop friendly, positive and supportive relationships with external and internal customers, and to provide them with excellent service. Actively to learn from customer feedback, comments and suggestions, including complaints, to review and improve existing processes, and by doing so to anticipate other customers needs. To communicate this knowledge to relevant colleagues. Meet and exceed teams customer service standards. Understand situations from the customers perspective so that appropriate and relevant solutions can be identified. Corporate social responsibility Apply the principles of the CSR policy in your daily role, particularly reduce-reuse-recycle. Adhere to AAT s responsible business practices, such as high standards of governance, raising employment standards for employees and forming trade and community partnerships with appropriate organisations. General Carry out any other duties as may reasonably be requested by the line manager. Work in such a way as to minimise the risks to the information technology environment safely, securely and confidently. Have regard for your own actions and those of others in the interests of safety. Contribute to the tidiness of the office. This job description does not form part of your contract of employment.

4 Person specification Area escription ssential or desirable Knowledge Please refer to the technical skills and experience section below. Principles of usability and accessibility and web design. Microsoft Word processing package. Other Microsoft packages xcel, PowerPoint. Use of and internet. Skills Please refer to the technical skills and experience section below. ffective team working. ffective decision making. xcellent written and verbal communication skills. xcellent time and task management skills. Good negotiating and influencing skills. Innovative approaches to problem solving and creative and lateral thinking. Good at listening to others, and analysing information. emonstrable ability to communicate technical ideas to non-technical colleagues. Ability to present ideas clearly and persuasively. xperience Please refer to the technical skills and experience section below. Conception and development of websites Working as part of a service delivery team elivering projects independently and as part of a team Scrum / Agile experience Managing technical relationships with various third party providers. Problem solving proactive / can do focus with a clear approach to solution review and selection. Aptitude Highly organised. ducation Personal qualities Must demonstrate capability for influencing and negotiating with stakeholders. njoys being part of a team. Customer centricity intuitively puts the user at the heart of everything he/she does. Results oriented approach focused on achieving measurable benefits for the organisation. Relevant professional / vocational qualifications or training and relevant work experience. Can do attitude, upbeat and positive. Proactive. Commitment and dedication. Keen to take ownership and responsibility.

5 Technical skills and experience Flexible, adaptable and innovative. Professional approach to work and to dealing with customers. Capable of building good working relationship (for example, positive, diplomatic, trustworthy). Commitment to producing high quality work. Able to work on own initiative. Reliable. Flexible. Sound judgment. Self-starter but also a strong team player. PHP (working knowledge of complete LAMP stack an advantage). SQL. Javascript/JQuery (testing). HTML5. CSS. Sass CSS pre-processor. Git, command-line, Git workflow. Grunt JS. SO best practice (delivering SO in rupal). Cross-browser compatibility. Optimising site performance (loading times / debugging). rupal enterprise experience. rupal module configuration. AngularJS (Karma testing). NodeJS (including testing). GO Lang. AWS. Behat Testing. PHP Unit testing. Integrating rupal with other enterprise systems (for example, using SOAP / XML / Web services/rst/json). Creating content types with Fields/CCK. Application and performance profiling. Creating rupal views and optimise to choose and highlight content. xperience of interacting with external web services to import and query data. Troubleshooting performance bottlenecks. Accessibility best practice (W3C / WAI-ARIA standards). Being a part of the rupal community (a username on rupal.org to allow AAT to look at your contributions is a big advantage).

6 Summary terms and conditions Working hours: Annual leave: Life assurance: PHI: Pension: Other: Location: Notes: 35 hours per week. 30 days and statutory bank holidays plus two discretionary days for Christmas (office shuts between Christmas and New Year). four times annual salary. income protection is offered subject to terms of the policy. AAT comply with its obligations and duties under auto-enrolment legislation in accordance with the Pensions Act The current qualifying arrangement for auto-enrolment purposes is AAT's Group Personal Pension Scheme. If you chose to increase your contribution AAT will contribute up to a maximum of 10.15%. Further details would be given on joining the organisation. company sick pay scheme season ticket loan after completion of probationary period enhanced maternity, paternity and dependency leave provisions subsidised social events. 140 Aldersgate St, London, C1A 4HY this post will be subject to background checks. A full statement of the main terms and conditions of employment will be supplied with any formal offer of employment. The above information may be helpful to applicants as a guide but should not be treated as a substitute for a full contract. Our vision To ensure AAT reaches the heart of every business. To achieve our vision, we will: grow expanding our core membership by increasing recognition, creating demand, and maintaining a strong and valued relationship with members innovate embrace the possibilities of change and development to be ahead of the game diversify attracting people beyond our core membership, with new AAT products and services stay financially secure managing our resources efficiently and effectively and investing wisely to continue to develop and progress. How to apply To apply for this hot opportunity please send a CV and covering letter to jobs@aat.org.uk Closing date: 28 June :00 HR contact details t: (answerphone) e: jobs@aat.org.uk w: aat.org.uk/careers