Assistant Java Developer – Surbiton High School - Kingston upon Thames - £20,000

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Job Title:

Assistant Java Developer

 

Job Purpose:

To assist the MIS department to continue to develop and enhance the School’s bespoke Management Information System.

Reporting Line:

Manager of Information Systems

Start Date:

October 2014

 

To apply ASAP please use the attached Application form, or visit Educational Support Staff | Recruitment | Surbiton High School

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

• To design, develop and test new sections of our existing MIS.
  
• To integrate our MIS with a number of third-party systems, including:
  
  • The Joint Council for Qualifications’ A2C Data Exchange Programme (which goes live late in 2014), enabling us to continue to exchange data with exam boards.
    
  • The Department for Education’s Common Transfer File system, allowing us to exchange pupil information with other schools;
    
  • The Government’s Learning Record Service, allowing us to automatically assign a Unique Learner Number to each of our pupils;
    

   

  [*]To collaborate with members of staff to understand their requirements and to develop appropriate solutions.

  [*]To produce clear and concise documentation.

  [*]To support the existing system in terms of fixing bugs or helping members of the School community (parents, pupils and staff) when problems arise.

  [*]Any other duties as the Principal may reasonably request.

 

 

Person Specification

 

The successful candidate will be likely to fit the following profile:

 

 

Qualifications

· Good, relevant Honours degree; alternatively we would welcome applicants due to graduate in the Summer of 2014

 

Skills

· Evidence of previous Java development

· Evidence of previous work using SQL (and preferably MySQL)

· Evidence of previous work using third-party APIs

· Previous experience with CSS, HTML and Javascript

 

Knowledge

· Up-to-date knowledge of the technologies mentioned above, and the desire to continue to learn

· Up-to-date knowledge of the UK education system

 

Personal Qualities

· High levels of organisational and self-management skills

· Self-motivation

· Ability to work cooperatively within a team

· Flexibility and openness to change

· High levels of personal and professional integrity

· Ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality

· Ability to communicate concisely and sensitively, both orally and in writing, to a variety of audiences

 

Attitudes

· Organized, energetic, positive and able to self-direct

· Positive, enthusiastic and energetic approach to life

· Ability to think creatively and imaginatively

· Committed to Surbiton High School’s ethos

SHS Application Form - Support staff.docx

Assistant Java Developer - Job Description and Person Spec.docx