Senior Python/wagtail Developer - Camden, United Kingdom - Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

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Camden, United Kingdom

2 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At GOSH Charity we are a values-led organisation (We are Curious, We Care, We are Courageous) delivering on our purpose in every role to transform the lives of seriously ill children.

The Charity is embracing a digital strategy to build products to drive our fundraising efforts and, all the while, onboarding new technology and innovations.

The position of Senior Wagtail Developer represents a fantastic opportunity to lead the Wagtail development and take the charity's implementation of the Wagtail CMS to a new level.

The Senior Wagtail Developer also provides mentoring and support to other developers acting as an escalation point for any knowledge gaps or advice required.

This in turn helps ensure the quality of the code, and therefore the final product, by providing seniorlevel oversight and support projects undertaken by the development team.

The Senior Wagtail Developer also plays a pivotal role in supporting the Head of Digital Development in the engineering, upkeep and evolution of critical services, systems, environments & processes.

About the Team

This is a Senior Developer role in the Digital Development Team which sits within the Technology Group under Finance & Resources.

The Finance & Resources Directorate takes the lead on the Charity's culture and the wellbeing of our staff, as well as statutory compliance and value-added delivery and business partnering across the Charity in support of our Purpose and Strategy.

The directorateis made up of Technology plus 3 other teams:
People, Culture & Transformation, Finance and Corporate Services.

About You

At least 3 years' experience working in Django and Python (Wagtail) development
Previous experience as a lead or senior developer within a team
Full stack development skills: front and back end, Wagtail Sass/Less/CSS, , Python, MySQL/Postgres, HTML
Knowledge of Git version control and tools such as GitLab
Experience and knowledge of DevOps environments, cloud platforms such as AWS, CI/CD pipelines and tooling and release management best practices
High level knowledge of Internet and TCP/IP services
High level knowledge of Algorithms and Data Structures
Experience working with Agile and Scrum methodologies
Ability to prioritise, while work across multiple projects at the same time with mínimal supervision
Further education in a Computer Science related discipline

About the Charity
Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle themost complex illnesses.

And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children - and change the world.

This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable supportto give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential.

Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can't help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishmentof wards and medical facilities.

Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you.

We offer a range of attractive benefits including a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.

Our approach to hybrid working

This role is based in our Central London office (WC1N, opposite Russell Square underground) with a minimum of 2 days working in the offices and the option to work remotely up to three days a week.

Please refer to the full job description for full information.

How to apply

Closing Date: 03rd March 2023

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