Frontend Developer

Role Responsibility

Do you see yourself as part of a team creating high-quality, accessible website experiences that make a real difference to the lives of people in Kent?

Our Marketing and Resident Experience (MRX) team is looking for a Front-End Developer with HTML, JavaScript and CSS experience to help us deliver a variety of user-centric website development projects.

We offer flexible working with the chance to work from home on a regular basis as well as many career development opportunities.

What you’ll be doing

You will be responsible for:

· building websites and related functionality, from scoping and design through to testing, optimisation, deployment and maintenance

· turning mockups and concepts into fully functioning web pages or components

· collaborating with content, design, and marketing teams, as well as other stakeholders, to gather and clarify requirements, appraise options and create accessible, user-centered website experiences

· developing, testing, deploying, documenting, and maintaining front-end codebases, workflows and processes, CMS templates, components and integrations

· applying creative problem-solving skills to resolve technical issues and achieve robust solutions

· supporting and advising non-technical colleagues and content designers on risks, implications, optimum solutions, and best practices

· making sure our websites comply with relevant accessibility regulations, UX principles and coding standards

· identifying opportunities to innovate, to do things better and more efficiently, and to improve the user experience.

About you

· You will have experience of, or work in a team that develops accessible, user-centered websites to a high quality with standards-compliant code.

· You will have strong frontend development skills, especially with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

· You’re not afraid to challenge or to be challenged, you’re curious about how things can be improved and take responsibility for the difference you make through your work

· You love to collaborate, are highly organised with a keen attention to detail, and have the flexibility to change course when required

· You work exceptionally well as part of a multi-disciplinary team, focused on shared goals and can work effectively in a remote working environment

Work that works for you and us 

At KCC, there is something for everyone. We offer a comprehensive and competitive range of benefits including:

· flexible working options, supporting a better work-life balance, 

· tailored personal development plans supporting you to have the career you want

· an inclusive and supportive work environment that enables everyone to do their job to the best of their ability 

· access to a range support services

· reward and recognition

· local government pension

· generous annual leave

· money-saving discounts and rewards

Find out more about the benefits of working at KCC. 

What happens next?

Complete the application form which includes a section titled “Reasons for your application”. Please make sure you read the guidance for this question carefully – it’s your space to set out why you’re a great fit for the role rather than simply telling us about your motivations for applying for it.

Find out more about our recruitment process.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview week commencing 21st November. During the interview, you will be asked to present a recent project and answer a series of questions, including technical ones.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council there-fore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. 

Contact Details

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, please contact:

Paul O’Grady (paul.o’grady@kent.gov.uk)

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.