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Web Development Team Leader
Salary: £25,000-£35,000 per year
Location: Cheltenham Street, Bath
Gradwell is a rapidly growing Internet Services Provider who provides Internet Telephony, broadband, email and web hosting to over 9,000 UK Small Businesses.
Our products make best use of the latest technology, are backed-up by expert support, relied upon by thousands of UK small businesses and designed for entrepreneurial & growing business customers with an eye to the future.
We are a pioneer in the exciting new world of Internet communications and our company is growing rapidly, bucking the current economic trend.
We were named in Deloitte's 2009 Tech Fast 50 list, were listed as a finalist for Best Internet Telephony at the 2010 ISPA awards and were named Best UK Business Telephony provider by ITSPA in 2008. We also won a number of awards in 2004 and 2005 in various DTI schemes including "Best use of Broadband" for our VoIP product and "Best Teleworking Company" and "Best Online Customer Service" for both of which we were highly commended. We are a team of 50 with annualised turnover of £3 million.
About The Job
We are currently recruiting for a Web Development Team Leader, who will run the Engineering Department's Web Development Team on a day-to-day basis, ensuring that the team delivers agreed projects and resolves production issues. The Team Leader will also act as the technical authority for Web technology, implement engineering best practices, and develop the skills of team members.
Our Web Development Team creates and maintains Gradwell's ecommerce and self-service control panel websites, and the integration between our in-house back office systems and our partners and suppliers (such as Tiscali and Netsuite). Much of our strategic plan is focused on incremental improvements to these systems over the next two years, making this an exciting and influential role within the company.
Essential Job Functions
- Lead the Web Development Team on a day-to-day basis
- Design and deliver Web systems to requirements agreed with Product Management
- Maintain and execute project plans as agreed with the Head of Engineering
- Resolve production issues referred from elsewhere in the business
- Be the company's technical authority for Web systems and technologies
- Develop and implement engineering best practices for Web
- Ensure the Web Development Team are following engineering best practices
- Mentor junior members of the Web Development Team
- Maintain a broad understanding of the business, its practices, and technical systems, specialising in Web
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level
- In-depth knowledge of Apache, PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL
- Knowledge of Debian GNU/Linux, Symfony framework, Javascript
Role
Competencies:
- Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner and manages client expectations. Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.
- Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities. Gives and welcomes feedback. Contributes to building a positive team spirit whilst supporting everyone's efforts to succeed.
- Customer service - Manages all Customer situations with appropriate action and responds promptly to customer needs and meets commitments, both internally and externally. Has an excellent telephone manner and communicates to customers in a user-friendly language.
- Innovation - Displays original thinking and creativity. Meets challenges with resourcefulness and presents ideas and information in a way that gets others' attention.
- Time management - Prioritises and plans work activities, both individually and as part of a team. Uses time effectively and meets commitments for quantity and quality of work.
Gradwell People
Gradwell has a unique and valued culture. Applicants should only apply if they identify strongly with everyone of the personality traits and values set out below:
Personality
- Down to Earth - Gradwell people are straight-forward and grounded
- Friendly - Gradwell people like to make the work place a fun and relaxed place to be
- Helpful - Gradwell people will always look for ways to help each other and their customers
- Persistent - Gradwell people can be relied upon to get the job done - whatever it takes
Values
- Ownership - Gradwell people take on a problem, or project, and will see it through to a positive conclusion
- Integrity - Gradwell people are honest and reliable. They do what they say they will do.
- Expertise - Gradwell people are committed to being knowledgeable and up to date with their particular discipline
- Support - Gradwell people create an environment in which customers and colleagues can rely on them to do what needs to be done
Salary, Location, Benefits
Salary is £25,000 per year. We also provide a range of benefits, including a Company Pension, BUPA Healthcare, Internet and Telecoms Services and Free Parking in Bath.
This is a full-time position (37.5 hours a week) based at our Bath offices on Cheltenham Street, reporting to our Head of Engineering. You will receive 24 days holiday per year, plus public holidays. Our offices are located on the Lower Bristol Road in Bath, a 10 minute walk from the train station, near the Green Park Tavern: http://bit.ly/9gMx4k.
We have one position available, to start immediately.
How To Apply
Please apply by emailing your CV and a covering letter explaining why you're right for this job, your current employment & salary status, to Stuart Herbert, Head of Engineering, stuart.herbert@gradwell.com.
We operate a three-stage recruitment process. Our first stage is a telephone interview (around 25 minutes). Promising candidates will then be invited to our offices in Bath to spend the day with our Engineering Department, and the final candidates will be invited back for formal interview with our Head of Engineering and Managing Director.
We have appointed peoplesource consulting as our recruiting agency for this role. Agencies who are interested in submitting candidates should contact Jonathan Wells on 0117 922 7000.
