Developer (Moodle)

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade, City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period, City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university.

The culture at City is built on our shared core values, which means that all employees are expected to behave according to our values: “We care, We learn, We act.”

Background

The Education and Research Services (ERES) team in Information Technology is responsible for developing and supporting the University’s education and research services.

ERES work closely with Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD), Library and the Research Office, as well as academic departments and research centres, to provide suitable tools for students and staff.

You will develop and support the web-based systems that underpin the University’s education and research activities, in particular Moodle as the virtual learning environment.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for managing and developing City's virtual learning environment (Moodle) and will contribute to the development and support of other systems for education and research.

You will maintain the Moodle codebase which includes a large number of plugins and integrations and will be expected to provide guidance and expertise on the use of appropriate coding standards and frameworks.

Person Specification

We are looking for someone with extensive knowledge of PHP and Javascript and a proven track record developing Moodle sites and authoring plugins. You will have a good knowledge of HTML5, CSS, JQuery and Ajax as well as code management using Git.

As well as these technical skills we welcome someone with a good team working attitude, problem-solving skills and ability to plan and prioritise workloads.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Closing date for applications: 17th March 2024 at 11:59pm

Subject to agreement, relevant Professional Services roles may be undertaken in a hybrid way. This involves a combination of working on campus and at home each week.

Where hybrid working can be accommodated, specific arrangements will be agreed with the successful candidate before their start date. Regardless of where colleagues are working, City, University of London’s premises will be their primary and contractual place of work.

City, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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