Java Programmer and Web Developer

Surbiton High School seeks an enthusiastic and outstanding candidate to join our Management Information Team.

Surbiton High School is a friendly and vibrant community where people matter, results count and where a passion for excellence drives everything we do. Our inspirational staff are dedicated to creating an intellectually rigorous and challenging academic environment, making Surbiton High School a place where a passion and energy abound, a school with a real heart and soul, where we look beyond the A* to offer a breadth of opportunity which allows every pupil and staff member to flourish.

Reporting Line: Manager of Information Systems

Tenure: Permanent, full-time or part-time

Key Responsibilities:

• To design, develop and test new sections of our existing Management Information System. This is a bespoke system which has been developed using Java Servlets along with a MySQL database back-end, Bootstrap CSS and jQuery.
• To collaborate with members of staff (both teaching and educational support staff) to understand their requirements, research and 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.
• To integrate our MIS with a number of third-party systems, liaising with external organizations to exchange data in a robust and secure way.
• To carry out any such duties as may be reasonably requested.

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

• Good, relevant degree; alternatively we would welcome applicants due to graduate in the Summer of 2021
• Evidence of previous Core Java development/training
• Evidence of previous work using SQL (and preferably MySQL)
• Evidence of previous work using third-party APIs
• Previous experience with CSS, HTML and Javascript
• 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 desirable but not essential
• High levels of organisational and self-management skills
• Self-motivation
• Ability to converse with a wide range of people to gather and interpret their requirements
• 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
• 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

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following:

https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/2180134?cid=1567 

Closing date for Applications: 8:00am, Monday 17 May 2021

Interviews to be held week commencing: 24 May 2021

For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email recruitment@surbitonhigh.com

Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.

Surbiton High School is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing.