Head Of Digital Development

Head of Digital Development
Department
Marketing, Communications and External Affairs
Salary
Starting from £45,585, rising to £54,395
Closing date
Sunday 21 April 2024
Are you skilled in Digital Development, with a deep understanding of coding, and experience managing the technical infrastructure of websites and applications? Can you inspire, manage, and develop a multi-skilled team of designers and developers? If so, then we have an opportunity for you as our next Head of Digital Development.
This key management position sits within our Marketing, Communications, and External Affairs department and plays a crucial role in delivering our mission by enabling audiences to effectively engage with the University’s digital platforms.
We are seeking a skilled individual to lead our Digital Development team based on user-centred design to build digital products for the University. 
We are excited to be building a Marketing, Communications, and External Affairs function within the University of Bath. For more information on the department, and to view more opportunities, please visit our website. This is an exciting time to join the University, and we are looking for someone who can help us continue to build on our success, working collaboratively with colleagues to deliver our aims.
About You:
- A product owner with a proven track record in owning, delivering, and maintaining digital roadmaps, with deep knowledge of web standards and accessibility
- A team leader who fosters a culture of growth and development
- An advocate for best practices, who promotes test and behaviour-driven development, W3C standards, accessibility, and usability
- A technical expert who provides support, advice, and guidance in coding and scripting languages, with the ability to review code within an MVC architecture (familiarity with one or more of HTML, CSS, SASS, PHP, Ruby, or JavaScript) and manage codebases using version control tools
- A natural collaborator who works closely with stakeholders across an organisation to align digital initiatives with strategic goals and foster strong working relationships
What we can offer you:
- a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
- generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- we are a family-friendly University and, with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
- an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
- a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan
Find out more about our benefits on our website.
We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.
We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
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Other organisations may call this role Digital Development Lead, Digital Head, Digital Lead, or Director of Digital Development.
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