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Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under- represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates. We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles. Citizens Advice is a charity helping millions of people solve their problems. We help anyone that contacts us across a huge range of problems from managing debts, to making complaints about faulty consumer goods, from employment issues to housing problems. As well as giving advice directly, we work to fix the underlying causes of people’s problems. We use the data and evidence gathered to advocate for changes to policy, regulation and business practices. We build and use technology to help us do this. For example, we: host 1,500 pages of advice on [website] which were viewed 34 million times last year. build our own Ruby on Rails case management system to support our 30,000 staff and volunteers to help 2.6 million people face-to-face, by phone, by email or online chat. use data science to unearth the problems that our advice can’t help with, such as structural problems with Universal Credit. Our evidence led to changes in policy. What you would be doing You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team helping to build a new and improved website for Our Tech Stack We like to use Ruby, Rails, Rspec, React, Cucumber, Webpack, Sass, Docker, Jenkins and AWS. GitHub, Figma, Slack and Google Hangouts are our tools for collaborative working. We also develop and maintain our own design system. You don’t need to know about all of these before you join us – we’re happy to help you learn our tech stack after you are part of the team. Ways of working We have made good progress since starting our journey on digital technology in earnest in 2014. We’ve moved out of outsourced legacy technology contracts to build an in-house software development capability. We’re broadening our digital team to focus on our wider customer journey, investing in disciplines like UX, service design, and content design. You will be working as part of a 120 person combined digital capability, working closely across disciplines in agile product teams. To find out more, you can read our blog where we talk openly about the work we do. You can find out more about what we offer our employees on our website. We will provide you with the right tools: every developer has a Macbook Pro and whatever else you need to get the job done. What we expect from you: Creating accessible UIs that adhere to WCAG 2 AA and AAA standards Good knowledge in HTML5, CSS3, Javascript,, SASS Good knowledge in responsive design & progressive enhancement Knowledge of working with Javascript testing frameworks Willing to learn new technologies and build excellent user interfaces Experienced at creating mobile first fully responsive front ends A good understanding of website performance and optimisation Experience working with task runners like Webpack The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales. Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. This vacancy closes at 23.59 on the closing date.

*Job Description* We are looking for a bright and ambitious front-end web developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. This is your opportunity to join moneyinfo, a multi-award winning FinTech business building an amazing app using all the latest Microsoft technologies to manage all of your finances under one login. It pulls in the transactions from your bank accounts, your investments, savings, pensions, insurances and property and displays them with the associated paperwork, beautifully under a single app that can be tailored and white-labelled for our increasing number of corporate clients. We get a kick out of making ourselves feel great, making our clients feel great and delivering on our promises. #WishYouWorkedHere Responsibilities will include input into and development of the UI/UX designs that produce the visual elements of our applications. You will work with our CTO and Design team and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation. *Key responsibilities*: * Develop new user-facing features * Build reusable code and libraries for future use * Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs * Optimise our applications for accessibility, speed and scalability *Your core qualities and competencies: * * Front end development with experience writing custom JavaScript, HTML, CSS and jQuery * A solid understanding of responsive design and best practices * Developing all projects with UX/UI in mind. * Developing for both mobile and desktop with a “mobile first” mentality. * Strong technical ability to develop designs into efficient and reusable code. * Understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues * Experience of Bootstrap (desirable) *Desirable skills/experience: * * Experience with a Javascript front-end framework [website] Knockout, Angular, React, Vue, JQuery) * Experience with a CSS processor [website] Sass, Less) * Experience with Typescript, Python, C# (ASP.NET) * Automating tasks to improve efficiency and reliability * Working in an agile development team No recruitment companies please. Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Salary: per year Schedule: * Monday to Friday Application question(s): * How many years of front end development experience do you have? Work remotely: * Temporarily due to COVID-19

Do you want to be part of a team who are passionate about making the world a better place, who are curiously-minded, and altogether a bit brilliant? Front End developer roles here at at Cube are pretty cool. You’ll have the opportunity to work with a variety of tools and techniques in order to create delightful and reliable user experiences that benefit millions of people and communities across the globe. The stuff you need: * Great knowledge of the basics of html and CSS * At least 2 years of commercial experience working with Javascript, specifically frameworks such as React or Vue.js * Experience working with CMS platforms, including WordPress * Up-to-date knowledge of web development practices and an understanding of what defines good quality code * A natural ability to recreate creative and design work in build * Great communication and teamwork skills * Experience in using Git to manage version control as well as reviewing code of other team members via pull requests * Practical experience of working with JIRA * An inquisitive mind and an openness to learning new technologies. Let's talk about the day job. * Building web apps that make a real impact on the world around us * Using other web technologies to support the needs of our clients and users * Supporting and maintaining projects that are being used by people across the world * Problem-solving and debugging * Involvement in the project process – from estimating development work to helping refine designs * Collaborating and working with like-minded people across our Creative, Development, Testing and Project Management Teams. A bit about [website] 3 Sided Cube is a multi-award winning app development and digital agency based in the UK, with a particular passion for building technology for good. Be it life-saving, life-changing or we champion the genius over the generic. And due to an exciting period of growth, we are looking for new talent to join our team. What makes you special? * Experience of working in a digital agency environment * The ability to write tests into your code * Working knowledge and application of OO software design patterns to new and existing systems * An understanding of the security and privacy factors affecting modern development, such as GDPR * Experience of estimating development work * Experience of working with APIs * A desire to contribute to team practices and help push them forwards. Application deadline: 25/06/2021 Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Salary: From £28,000.00 per year Benefits: * Bike to work scheme * Company pension * Discounted or free food * Employee discount * Referral programme * Work from home Schedule: * Monday to Friday Experience: * Front-end development: 1 year (preferred) Work remotely: * Temporarily due to COVID-19

What’s the role about? As the UK’s most successful omni-channel retailer, e-commerce is a key part of our business - we run two of the busiest websites in the UK, driving a significant proportion of our sales. Our engineering practice includes 30+ teams, working on everything from Cloud platforms to mobile apps, from e-commerce functionality to machine learning. Ideal candidates will have excellent Javascript skills with a track record of working in teams delivering complex, performant, high quality software. Successful candidates will have passion for using technology to deliver outstanding and innovative software solutions. Learning new skills is extremely important to us. You would be expected to constantly improve your engineering skills and keep up to date with the latest technologies and techniques. In return for your commitment you will receive the support and resources needed to achieve your learning goals. What you’ll be doing: This is an opportunity to work as a software engineer specialising in UI development on a cross-functional Agile development team. You’ll typically be working collaboratively with other highly skilled UI Engineers as well as full stack Java engineers, BAs, Testers, Web Designers and User Experience specialists on challenging customer-facing projects. As a Senior Engineer you will have responsibility for the development approach and provide technical assurance on complex IT projects. You will also use your knowledge of software engineering to support shaping of new projects and support the professional development of less experienced software engineers. You will work with a diverse range of technical and non-technical stakeholders which will require excellent communication skills. What you’ll have: JavaScript (including ES6), HTML5, CSS3, CSS preprocessors like SASS and/or LESS., responsive web design. Experience of structuring a JS codebase into modules for ease of testing as well as appropriate encapsulation and separation of concerns. Professional experience of [website] Accessibility best practice. Knowledge of SEO best practice. Automation of unit and functional testing of Javascript. Continuous Delivery. TDD, pair programming. Agile development methods such as Scrum or Kanban. REST API development and/or consumption. What else you could bring: Any Server side development languages such as Java. GraphQL. Typescript. [website] Microservice Architectures. Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure. Jenkins or Gitlab CI. Tools such as Sketch/Zeplin. Understanding of UX principles. *Please view attached job description for further details and be sure to save both advertisement and job description for future reference.* Additional Information: We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible. The application form consists of a CV upload, an online test followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. We have a number of different ways to work flexibly so at your interview feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you. There are no guarantees, however, it may open the door to not only a new role but a new way of working. #LI-JLPGR #LI-JH1