City, University of London is looking for a web developer with experience of Moodle development.
Details: https://www.city.ac.uk/about/jobs/apply/details.html?jobId=1209
Closing date: Thursday 14th April 2022 at 11:59pm.
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 the virtual learning environment (currently Moodle).
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for 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.
We are planning our next major migration from Moodle 3 to Moodle 4 and we expect this to form a large part of the workload in the next 18 months.
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.