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Join Woodland Trust, the UK's leading conservation charity, in a pivotal role combining technical expertise and purpose to tackle environmental challenges
Overview
Salary
£45855
Location
Flexible - Hybrid
Nomad Friendly?
Expires
Expires at anytime
The Woodland Trust is a prominent conservation charity in the UK with a vision for a world where woodlands are cherished by all. We are on an inspiring mission to tackle the nature and climate crisis by rehabilitating essential woodland habitats.
Role Summary:
- Key player in designing, constructing, and maintaining websites that improve efficiency and enhance user experiences.
- Contribute to Agile ceremonies, code quality reviews, knowledge sharing, and technical documentation.
- The role mixes remote work with occasional visits to our main office in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Role Requirements:
- Passion for environmental conservation and alignment with our core values.
- Proficiency in C#, .NET, front-end development (HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript), SQL, and cloud hosting (Preference for Azure).
- Strong communication, prioritisation skills, and experience with Agile methodologies.
- Knowledge of security best practices, OWASP principles, and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2).
Benefits:
- You'll join an organisation committed to combating climate change and conserving nature, with training opportunities and support available.
- We offer perks such as flexible & hybrid working options, enhanced employer pension, generous annual leave, enhanced parental pay, and an employee assistance programme.
The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity dedicated to creating a world where trees and woods thrive for both people and nature. Our mission involves engaging and inspiring individuals to contribute toward tackling the nature and climate crisis through the protection, restoration, and creation of essential woodland habitats.
The Role: This role is key to helping us design, build and maintain public facing websites that drive efficiency and enhance the experience for our supporters and beneficiaries. You'll combine technical expertise with purpose to deliver solutions. You'll design, develop and maintain high quality accessible solutions. You'll work closely with stakeholders and team members to understand requirements and deliver user-centric solutions. You'll participate in Agile ceremonies such as stand-ups, sprint planning and retrospectives to contribute to continuous improvements. You'll ensure code quality through peer reviews, quality assurance and adherence to best practices. You'll contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing within the team. This role includes a mix of working from home and at our main office in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Visits to Grantham would be required no more than once a month on average.
Job Requirements: We are looking for candidates who have enthusiasm for the environment and share our core values-Grow Together, Explore, Focus and Make it Count. Experience in C# and .NET for web applications and APIs, knowledge of security best practices and OWASP principles, experience in front-end development (HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript) with the ability to work with modern frameworks or libraries as needed, strong communication skills, experience working with source control, including branching, merging, and pull requests and working with cloud hosting (Azure preferred), knowledge of Agile methodologies, experience of SQL, querying databases and maintaining simple stored procedures, knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2), and strong prioritisation skills are required.
Benefits: Joining our team means you'll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer enhanced employer pension, life assurance, flexible & hybrid working options, generous annual leave - 25 days + bank holidays (pro rata for part time), buy and sell annual leave, enhanced parental pay, and an employee assistance programme.
