Web Developer

FTE: 1FTE

Salary: UH6 £33,002 pa to £38,784 pa by annual increments in achieving designated skills and experience

Annual Leave: 25 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Location: MacLaurin Building, Hatfield

This is your opportunity to be at the heart of the digital transformation of a major UK university. We’re looking for a Web Developer to support the technical development of our external website, working as part of a team to deliver our audiences a sector-leading digital experience.

Main duties and responsibilities

Support the evolution of the University’s website, contributing to local architecture, performance and continuous improvement of our primary and supporting marketing platforms. This role blends technical expertise with creative problem-solving to turn complex stakeholder needs into seamless, secure, high-performing user experiences, while championing best practice and driving innovation across a 24/7 digital environment.

Skills and experience required

Candidates should demonstrate experience designing, optimising and evolving enterprise-level digital experience platforms (DXPs) or large-scale CMS environments, ideally in a complex organisational setting. You should have demonstrable experience hands-on expertise with modern front-end technologies (HTML/XHTML, JSON, CSS and JavaScript frameworks) and integrating these into scalable, maintainable architectures, as well as Solid understanding of performance optimisation, security best practice and governance within high-traffic, always-on digital platforms.

Qualifications required

Candidates should hold a minimum of a degree, or equivalent qualification, or proven professional experience in a relevant field.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

Internal applicants – please ensure you apply via your employee self-service portal.

We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Payal Moradiya, Lead Web Developer: p.moradiya@herts.ac.uk  

Closing Date: 24 August 2026

Interview Date: TBC

Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts

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