Developer

at  Lancaster University

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are searching for a full stack PHP developer to join the Curriculum & Learning Build team for six months from December 2024 as paternity cover. This is an ideal opportunity for someone seeking a secondment or looking for experience of working in Higher Education. Responsibilities include designing, coding, reviewing, testing, deploying and maintaining services, code and databases in an open-source Debian environment.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

You must be highly proficient in the required programming language of PHP and have experience of source code management and revision control. Experience of Moodle development, configuration management/automation, container orchestration and continuous integration tools would be desirable.
Please refer to the included job description and person specification for further details of essential and desirable qualifications for the role.

SO WHY US?

You would be joining an agile, innovative team working to provide applications and services which have high impact and visibility. We are committed to supporting our new team members and have built an environment that fosters knowledge sharing and consideration of others.

The Campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside and is only a short distance from the historic city of Lancaster and within an hour’s drive of the lake district, a UNESCO world heritage site. We are:

• Encouraging of a positive work/life balance and enable flexible working from home, or elsewhere, whenever appropriate and possible.
• Supportive of your personal and professional development; we foster an environment where you will be encouraged to learn new skills and technologies.

As a truly global and inclusive university, Lancaster is an open and welcoming community that values equality and diversity. Our promotion of global values ensures Lancaster is a welcoming environment for all students and staff.
We are proactive in engagement with our staff to help us to understand the lived experiences of our university community and to understand how we are doing in creating a fairer and more inclusive University. Our multi-faith Chaplaincy Centre is a welcoming place for people of all faiths and none.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced developer seeking a fresh challenge or a secondment, to have a transformative impact on the student experience of digital learning and further their own career with a global leader in Higher Education.
Please contact Steve Powell (s.powell@lancaster.ac.uk), Curriculum & Learning Delivery Manager, if you have any questions or concerns and would like to informally discuss the role.

Please refer the Job description for details