Contract: Initially for 6 months, but this may develop into a permanent position.
Location: Manchester (close to city centre). Staff are required to be on site, no remote working.
Skills: Drupal 6, PHP, LAMP
Salary: Circa 18k to 20K  per annum depending on experience

We are one of the largest FE colleges in the country and are looking for a php developer with experience of Drupal to work on a range of projects. We are looking at how we can connect Drupal to our internal databases, so lots of interesting challenges. Some planned projects include:

• Video service
• Student Intranet
• Support Ticketing System
• Online Purchasing

Based in a small web team you will work across media and technology teams, you will mostly work on small scale projects, often being the only developer - so we need people with initiative and drive. In addition there will be some larger scale projects of work.

We are working in a LAMP / Drupal 6 environment.

Please send CVs to mark.lowe@themanchestercollege.ac.uk quoting PHP/Drupal Developer in the subject line.

Person Specification

Essential

Experience developing within a CMS environment such as Drupal, Moodle or similar technologies.

At least three years of directly relevant work experience within a PHP / database environment.

Proven programming ability in PHP, MySQL and relational databases, XHTML, CSS, XML/XSL, JavaScript/AJAX, and web scripting (either client-side or server-side).

Willingness and aptitude to learn new technologies as required

Proven ability to document software development and create test environments including writing test plans.

Ability to work in a team and on own initiative.

The ability to work as part of a team in the management and successful delivery of project outcomes and to prioritise workloads when working on multiple projects.

Ability to liaise with managerial, academic, technical and administrative staff.

Experience of managing and maintaining a Unix-based web server, running such technologies as Apache and Linux.

Ability to communicate technical knowledge in clear everyday language.

Worked in a structured environment which used standards.

Enthusiasm for creative problem-solving, innovation and development of new approaches

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills.

Knowledge of how to avoid Internet security issues

Desirable

Experience with technologies specifically relevant to education.

Information architecture and usability knowledge and experience.

Experience of designing e-commerce and/or other transactional databases as well as informational websites for a medium/large organisation.

Sound understanding of the principles of user interface design and designing for usability and accessibility across browsers and platforms.