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Student Services Software Developer

Imperial College London - Student Services

Location: London
Salary: £40,809 to £49,818 per annum - pro rata
Hours: Part Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 25th May 2023
Closes: 14th June 2023
Job Ref: ACA00163
 

Location: South Kensington Campus - Hybrid

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Student Services team at Imperial as our part-time Software Developer. Sitting within the Directorate of Academic Services, Student Services comprises several specialist teams including the Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice, Disability Advisory Service, Careers Service and Chaplaincy.  We also manage a system of support within halls of residence.

The purpose of this role is to lead on the development of a new system to replace the outdated eHalls system that meets the needs of hall support teams and student residents. During development, the role holder will be responsible for technical maintenance for the current system, responding to bug reports and implementing minor improvement requests.

Duties and responsibilities

You will work collaboratively with hall warden teams and ICT staff to develop a new systems solution for administration within halls, which may operate within the current eHalls system or be entirely new. You will take the lead on all steps of development from capturing user requirements, user interface design, to crafting full technical solutions. You will ensure the system conforms to modern development practices and create comprehensive documentation.

During development of a new system, you will be responsible for the maintenance of the current eHalls system to maintain day-to-day administration within Halls of Residence. This includes bug fixes and minor improvement requests from halls staff.

Essential requirements

We are seeking someone with demonstrable previous experience of web development who is comfortable using a variety of front-end programming languages and frameworks, including PHP as a minimum, with a high level of attention to detail. You will have experience in MySQL database management, and be well-versed in using Linux OS and command line tools. You will be up to date with best practice in development, and experienced with development/version tooling.

Further Information

Full details of this role can be found in the Job Description.

This is a part-time (0.5 FTE) role offered as a 2-year fixed term contract in the first instance with potential for extension depending on need. This role will be based at the South Kensington Campus and eligible for hybrid working. The part-time working pattern will be flexible and discussed after an offer made.

Candidates will need to apply via our online application system. We expect a supporting statement which would explain, in about 2 sides of A4, how your qualifications, skills and experience meet the requirements of the role.

For further queries about this post, please contact Shervin Sabeghi (shervin.sabeghi@imperial.ac.uk).

The College is currently trialling a Work Location Framework until early 2023.  Hybrid working may be considered for this role and the role holder may be expected to work 60% or more of their time onsite, with 40% the minimum time spent onsite.  The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.

Imperial College is committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment. We are an Athena SWAN Silver award winner, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with GIRES to promote respect for trans people.

Closing date: 14/06/2023

To apply, please click the 'Apply' button, above.

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