Loughborough College Group is looking for an enthusiastic Web Developer to create and improve the websites, applications, and digital tools that support our students and staff. Unlike roles focused on a single product, this position offers a variety of projects with visible, real-world impact.
The role
You’ll join a small, dedicated web team within IT and collaborate with colleagues in Marketing, Student Recruitment and other teams across the College Group. Together you’ll develop websites, digital communications, web applications and digital solutions that attract future students, support learning and make everyday tasks simpler for students and staff.
You’ll contribute throughout the project lifecycle, from gathering requirements and planning to building, testing, deployment and continuous improvement. Your ideas will be valued, giving you genuine influence over our solutions and ways of working.
What you’ll do
Design, develop, and build websites, web applications, and digital tools.
Enhance existing services through new functionality, improved performance, and greater accessibility.
Fix bugs, maintain live systems, and resolve support requests.
Test your work, manage code using Git, and maintain clear, up-to-date documentation.
Collaborate with colleagues to understand challenges and deliver practical, innovative solutions.
What you’ll bring
Essential skills
Strong problem-solving and logical-thinking skills
Strong experience with HTML5, CSS or SCSS, and JavaScript, including a major framework such as Svelte, React or Angular
Experience with server-side technologies such as PHP, Node.js, or .NET
Strong organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and work effectively within a team
Desirable skills
Experience with content management systems such as WordPress or Drupal
Experience with SQL, including MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server
Experience building accessible websites that meet WCAG 2.1 standards
Experience gathering and documenting user requirements
Experience working with design systems
You’ll build digital services that people use every day and see their impact on real users. We’ll encourage you to use current technologies and best practices while developing your skills in a fast-moving field. Whether you want to deepen your technical expertise or help shape the team’s approach, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow.
Loughborough College Group is formed of Brooksby College, Loughborough College, Stephenson College and IGNITE Performing Arts. We have a vast curriculum across campus’s offering challenging and engaging learning experiences for our students. We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.
Loughborough College Group is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of the college.
We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award and we actively encourage applications from individuals who are currently under-represented and from all areas of the community. Alongside this, we are a disability confident employer, and we welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.
As well as our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:
· Cycle-to-work scheme
· On-site parking
· Access to healthcare scheme
· Subsided nursery fees
· Up to 25 days annual leave per year
· Additional annual leave available
· Generous Maternity/Paternity pay
· Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development
· Well-being hours
· Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities
We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and agile working where the business allows. We provide staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.
The successful candidate will be employed by The Leicestershire College a subsidiary company of Loughborough College. The terms and conditions of employment offered by the Leicestershire College are different to those of Loughborough College. Please note that employees of the Leicestershire College are based at one of the campus’ of Loughborough College Group.
Kindly be advised that we are unable to provide skilled worker sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the country without the need for sponsorship.
Loughborough College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please note, all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Loughborough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.