Job Profile
Job title
Web Developer
Responsible to
Senior Project Manager
Responsible for
NA
Job purpose
To contribute to the development of CIPD’s web presence by
working with internal colleagues and external developers to
conceptualise, design, build, deploy, test, release and support
CIPD websites and web applications.
Key accountabilities
1
Translate designs into standards-compliant HTML/CSS and, as necessary, JavaScript to
create the desired functionality
2
Maintain existing web applications and contribute to the development of new
systems in C#.Net
3
Work with members of the Marketing department and product owners to create and
develop HTML/CSS themes for promotional campaign pages and micro sites
4
Take part in the testing of websites and web applications to ensure cross-browser,
cross-platform, cross-device compatibility and search engine index-ability
5
Work with the Senior Project Manager to plan and implement an ongoing programme
of code optimisation to improve page load times, web page efficiency and search
engine rankings
6
Provide second-line web support ensuring that any assigned issue/query is managed
through to resolution
7
Analyse new web requests/enhancements and propose solutions identifying specific
tasks required and providing time estimates for production
8
Work with Information System Services (ISS) Project Managers and other key
stakeholders to define web development projects, feasibility and approach, producing
detailed specification documents as required with clear project deliverables and
timelines
9
Contribute to the development and implementation of organisational web policies
and standards
10
Keep up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends and seek
opportunities to integrate them into activities
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Nature and scope
The role of the job holder is to contribute to the ongoing development, maintenance and
support of CIPD’s websites and web applications with a focus on front-end development.
You’ll have core design and UI/UX experience as well as more general technical .NET web
development skills. You’ll be a creative problem-solver, keen to enhance the functionality
and user experience of our websites and web applications.
This is a particularly exciting time as we’re working with a number of external developers in
order to develop the website and extend the use of our web content management platform,
Tridion, throughout the business. You’ll have the opportunity not only to get involved with
development projects but also to drive the website and use of Tridion forward beyond this
externally-supported development stage.
You’ll play an active role within web projects from initial requirements through to successful
delivery, and will develop a thorough understanding of our audience and our overall
strategy. You’ll work closely with ISS project managers, internal colleagues with web
responsibilities and external developers. In particular, utilising your HTML, CSS and
JavaScript expertise, you’ll bridge the gap between back-end developers and creative design
teams to produce and maintain visually attractive cross-platform websites and web
applications.
Contacts
Internal
All staff specifically those with web responsibilities
including members of the:
 Information System Services department
 Digital Communications team
 Online Acquisition team
 Content Management team
 Publishing department
External
Contractors/third party suppliers including:
 Content Bloom
 ClerksWell
Members
Dimensions, ie job facts and figures
Financial
NA
Staff
NA
Other
NA
Job profile - August 2013
Knowledge, qualifications and experience
Of graduate calibre with a proven track record in front-end website development
experience, ideally in a .NET environment. The job holder should have a solid understanding
of web application development processes from the layout/user interface to relational
database structures.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to write standards-based, semantically correct HTML
and CSS following SEO best practices. Technical skills should also include ASP.Net, C#, SQL
JavaScript and JQuery.
They should be knowledgeable on usability and accessibility issues and standards and have a
commitment to continuous improvement and change.
Experience of developing for content-managed websites is desirable, as is knowledge of the
SDL Tridion Web CMS, exposure to mobile/tablet development and an understanding of
API’s and web services.
The jobholder should have a customer-focused approach and be able to communicate
effectively, orally and in writing, with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. They
should be able to work in a collaborative team environment as well as being self-motivated
and comfortable working autonomously and with less technical colleagues.
They’ll need good organisation skills to manage a varied workload and work to deadlines.
The job holder is required to demonstrate appropriate levels of competence and behaviours
against CIPD’s values and core competencies.
Our values are: purposeful, agile, collaborative and expert.
Our core competencies are: business awareness and professional excellence; leading myself
and others; customer centric; problem solving and decision taking; building and maintaining
strong relationships; continuous improvement and innovation; and driven to deliver.
Full details of our values and competencies will be provided at induction.
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Job profile - August 2013