Interim Front End Developer - ICT

Hackney RQ346230 Interim Front End Developer - ICT

London Borough of Hackney is seeking an experienced Frontend Developer to join its Development team for a minimum of 10 months. The post holder will apply appropriate tools and programming in line with latest industry trends to develop front-end applications for high-profile web projects.

It is essential that candidates have Agile experience and are able to articulate user stories into prototypes and web pages. Experience of using Contentful would be a huge advantage.

Essential experience & skills required include:

• 4+ years’ experience as a frontend developer.
• Agile experience.
• Fundamentals including HTML, JavaScript, CSS, CSS preprocessors such as Sass and LESS.
• JavaScript frameworks - AngularJS, React.
• JS-based build tools - Grunt, Gulp, Bower.
• Libraries - jQuery or Backbone.js.
• Front-end (CSS) frameworks eg Foundation or Bootstrap.
• Front-end integration with APIs using JSON/JSON schemas.
• Unit testing and test-driven development.
• Familiarity with API Creation and RESTful services.

Specifics include:

• Working with other members of the multidisciplinary prototyping team, specify and design end-to-end digital services, covering, for example: user need, business objectives, scope, constraints (such as performance, resources etc.), evaluation and prioritisation of user stories and identification and mitigation of technical risks.
• Take responsibility for the design, coding, testing and documentation of end-to-end digital services to meet user needs.
• Plan, design and conduct tests of programmes; correct errors and re-test to achieve an error-free result.
• Conduct reviews of user stories and code, and take part in reviews of own work Lead Front End Developer and lead reviews of colleagues’ work, ensuring that the work of the team is consistent with the Digital Service Standard.
• Take responsibility for the management of the testing activities within a development project, overseeing the planning of the system and acceptance tests and coordinating the execution of these plans.
• Plan, arrange and lead meetings, workshops and relations with users during test planning and throughout subsequent development and testing activities.
• Take part in evaluations and reviews of programming methods, tools and standards.
• Contribute to the development of appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensure they are applied effectively and that all work is documented using the appropriate standards, methods and tools.
• Lead, motivate and inspire team members and facilitate dialogue with them regarding expectations, progress, performance and development needs.
• Ensure the security and integrity of data by encouraging and enforcing adherence to IT standards that ensure availability, integrity, authentication and confidentiality.
• Identify risks, coordinate risk assessment, manage agreed actions (which may involve acceptance of risk, risk reduction or mitigations to avoid / eliminate risks), and monitor the status of risks on an ongoing basis.

Pay Rate: £203.72 per day PAYE

This is a temporary, but possibly long term role.

N.B. – Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

Giving yourself the best chance of success:

• Your CV needs to be current with your latest/present role, noting that we won’t be able to submit it with any unexplained gaps in employment. It will save time and thus improve your chances of success if we can put your CV forward immediately and without having to ask you for a revised version.
• Your CV must cover the “Essential Requirements” (see below) of the role, ideally by way of bullet points that directly address the “Essential Requirements” listed. Please include any DBS details and other qualifications called for.
• Your CV should clearly state that you are available to start work either immediately, or at short notice. In general, our clients are unable to work with notice periods of more than 1 week from the point at which a role is offered, 2 weeks at the very most.
• We cannot put forward covering letters, so please ensure that your CV in isolation contains all relevant information being called for.
• We recommend that you consider sending us by email (see * below) a suitably ‘tailored’ CV for each role that you apply for, noting that job boards, sites and aggregators will generally store only one version of your CV, which can be a bit limiting...

“Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

• Your address (including post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
• Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
• Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
• Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
• Qualifications:
  • Ideally educated to bachelor degree level and holds a relevant professional.
• Knowledge & Experience:
  • 4+ years’ experience as a frontend developer.
  • Experience of using Contentful would be a huge advantage.
  • Has in-depth technical expertise in a variety of environments.
  • Demonstrates an understanding of current developments in the application of Information Systems and is able to assimilate and interpret advice from specialists - user researchers, service designers, product owners etc.
  • Expert in software tools which automate or assist part of the development process.
  • Has in-depth technical expertise in a variety of environments and knowledge/experience of:

• Skills:
  • Ability to articulate user stories into prototypes and web pages
  • Proficient in understanding and applying organised and documented sets of techniques, and proven methods, intended to facilitate the structured and open development of applications.
  • Proficient in understanding software which enables the user to create, populate and manipulate data structures.
  • Proficient in the digital development techniques and methods required to deliver modern, high quality user interfaces and interactions.
  • Proficient in understanding the IT/IS infrastructure, operating systems, configurations and the IT applications and service processes used within the organisation.
  • Proficient in testing techniques used to plan and execute software tests of all application components (functional and non-functional) to verify that the software satisfies specified requirements and to detect errors.
  • Proficient in applying methods and techniques for structured reviews, including reviews of technical work products, test plans, business cases, architectures and any other key deliverables. Examples: peer review, formal technical review.
  • Proficient in understanding corporate, industry and professional standards, policies, regulations, compliance and codes of conduct associated with the role.
  • Ability to work independently and manage own workload.
  • Decision-making skills.
  • Strong influencing and negotiation skills.
  • Builds appropriate and effective business relationships.

Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:

• Any local authority/public sector experience.
• Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.

Client Category: Local Authority

Division(s)/Disciplines involved: ICT/IT Developer

Anticipated Length of Assignment: All of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. This opening assignment is for 10 months.

Hours per week: 37.50 Monday – Friday, normal working hours

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• If you would prefer to send a CV straight to us rather than by way of an on-line application, you are very welcome to do so via jobs@tclrec.com but please quote both the job reference and job title exactly as they appear below:

Job Ref: Hackney RQ346230

Interim Front End Developer - ICT

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