Junior Web developer with PHP coding

Job Introduction

At Prestige Nursing + Care we aim to lead the care industry to raise standards by providing high quality, personalised and specialist service that ensure people receive the highest quality care.

With over 35 branches in England and Scotland and 75 years of experience in providing homecare to the community we are committed to be the best in our industry.

This is an exciting time to be joining Prestige Nursing + Care, part of the Sodexo Group. A rare opportunity has arisen to join our established ICT team as a Junior web developer (PHP coding). This role will ideally be based from our Head office in Epsom and you will be required to attend meetings in Epsom 1-2 times a week.

We are looking for a dynamic and independent professional with solid web development experience and a flexible, enthusiastic and can-do attitude to join our team. 

The role of Junior Web Developer is to support the Senior Web Developer in developing the company’s website and in house systems to meet the constantly evolving requirements of our business and web presence.

The main systems the role will be responsible for, are an in house developed recruitment and compliance system, along with the Employee Portal that accompanies it, the roll out and on-going support of a Sharepoint Company Intranet, a company website within a Wordpress environment, as well as any standalone internal systems.

Role Responsibility

The main duties of the role will include

• To develop new user-friendly websites and web applications to be used within the organisation.
• To maintain existing websites and web applications
• Day to day first line support of the internal web applications within the branch network.
• Troubleshoot any functionality or performance issues.
• Test websites and applications thoroughly in different browsers and environments to ensure they perform as expected.
• Be efficient, organised, and able to work accurately to tight deadlines.

The Ideal Candidate

Key skills and attributes that we are looking for area-

• A degree in Computing / Computer Science (or similar)
• Have a good working knowledge of Web Technologies, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
• Have a good working knowledge of MSSQL/MYSQL.
• Be capable of maintaining existing HTML, PHP, and MSSQL/MYSQL Code.
• Be familiar with SQL Server Management Studio, and MYSQL Workbench.
• Have a basic understanding of CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap.
• Have a basic understanding of Office365 Sharepoint.
• Have the ability to work as part of a team.
• Have the ability to handle a number of projects, and to prioritise work.
• A commitment to equal opportunities and diversity
• Symmetry between personal and organisational values
• Demonstrates the behaviours associated with Prestige Nursing + Care’s values

*** This role will be based from our Head office in Epsom, You will be required to attend meetings 1-2 times a week. Therefore applicants within a 20 mile radius of our Head office will only be considered ***

***Permanent opportunity***

If you feel you have the skills and expertise for this role and would like to find out more please apply on line and one of our dedicated colleagues will be in touch within 48 hours to start your journey with Prestige Nursing + Care. 

Closing date:  Tuesday 30th March 

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Closing date for applications is Tuesday 30th March 2021. Prestige Nursing + Care reserve the right to close a role at anytime.

Package Description

What we offer in return

• A competitive salary
• 28 days annual leave increasing every year by 1 to the maximum of 33 days over 5 years service
• Work Place Pension
• Access to “Your Prestige” Employee benefits scheme
• Supportive working environment with ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• A friendly, agile and flexible working culture.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.