Web / Full Stack Developer – Digital Services - PO5
Web / Full Stack Developer – Digital Services
This is an exciting time to join Waltham Forest – London’s first Borough of Culture.
As the Web Developer Commissioning Lead you will be tasked with ensuring our digital services are best-in-class, and driving adoption and advocacy both internally and externally, working within the digital product team to continuously look for ways to improve the council’s digital offering.
A key success measure of your role will be building the Digital Team’s reputation within the council by providing an excellent customer service, so they are willing to recommend our work.
You will make important contributions to strategic projects and digital service improvements, working with stakeholders within Services and across the Corporate Development team (Transformation, Communications, IT and Digital) with the goal of supporting our resident’s needs and encouraging them to return to digital more and more often.
You will be passionate about improving people’s lives and the on-going development and optimisation of digital services and websites that provide a great customer experience.
You’ll thrive using agile methods and enjoy working openly, collaboratively and as part of a multidisciplinary team focused on one or more projects at a time. Above all, you want to make Waltham Forest better, which may sometimes involve challenging the status quo.
Day-to-day you will lead the development of new websites and improvements to existing services, either through your own development skills or by managing suppliers. You are responsible for building accessible services, solving technical problems and continually looking for ways to improve efficiency and experience using new tools and techniques.
You will be experienced in Drupal, HTML, JavaScript and other web development languages and skills.
Equal Opportunities
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy
How to apply
Application Information The councils preference is for on-line application forms. However if you have a disability and are unable to complete an on-line application, please ring 0208 496 4227 who will be able to arrange an alternative. For more information on how to complete your application form, follow this link: Applying for a job at Waltham Forest Council
