Shaping Futures

Loughborough College is seeking an enthusiastic and driven Web Developer. A self-starter with a genuine passion for web development, learning new skills, and can thrive working in a small team. 

The Web team work within the wider Marketing and Communications team to design and develop engaging and interactive websites, e-communications, and web-based applications to assist with the core marketing and recruitment of students for the college.

 Alongside marketing, the team work on internal student and staff-facing websites, applications and services which support and streamline the college’s business processes.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute substantially to a small but dedicated team of developers. You will be involved in the whole lifecycle of projects from conception, planning and development through testing and deployment, offering a chance to shape and deliver high-quality, innovative and engaging solutions. 

To be successful, you’ll need to demonstrate knowledge and experience of both front-end and server-side technologies, including:

• HTML5
• CSS / SCSS
• JavaScript (e.g., Vanilla / Svelte)
• PHP

Experience or knowledge of any of the following would be an advantage: 

• Content management systems (e.g. WordPress, Drupal)
• Version / Source control (GIT)
• SQL (MySQL / MSSQL)
• Accessibility (WCAG 2.1)

In this wide and varied role, there will be an opportunity to develop, explore and enhance new and existing skills, as well as opportunities to take a lead on the continuous development of the team’s best practices.

The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. 

We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award. We actively encourage applications who are current under-represented and where we are using positive action under the Equality Act. We welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey. The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised.

Alongside our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:

• A competitive pension scheme
• On-site parking
• One campus facility
• Subsidised nursery fees
• Up to 25 days annual leave per year
• Additional annual leave available
• Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development
• Well-being hours  
• Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities 

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and agile working where the business allows. We provide staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.

We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.

The successful candidate will be employed by The Leicestershire College a subsidiary company of Loughborough College. The terms and conditions of employment offered by the Leicestershire College are different to those of Loughborough College. Please note that employees of the Leicestershire College are based at Loughborough College.

Kindly be advised that we are unable to provide skilled worker sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the country without the need for sponsorship. 

If you require any support to apply for this job, please email recruitment@loucoll.ac.uk