Website Developer

This role will work as part of the Digital team to develop, manage, and support web systems and applications within North Northamptonshire Council, ensuring high-quality digital solutions that meet user needs and align with strategic objectives.

Principal responsibilities

• Lead and manage web development projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and meet the set objectives.
• Design, develop, and maintain the corporate website, and other online platforms.
• Collaborate with service owners, content designers, and user experience teams to guide web development.
• Identify and resolve issues with existing web services promptly.
• Work in a flexible and agile manner to ensure continuous improvement in development processes.
• Stay updated with the latest technologies and best practices in web development.
• Provide technical advice and support to stakeholders across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with corporate processes and standards in all web development activities.

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

• Maintain and support the corporate website to ensure it is robust, secure, compliant and delivers effective and intuitive experiences for users.
• Continue to develop the design and functionality of the corporate website and other online services using Storybook, Next.js, GraphQL, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and other development frameworks.
• Create and manage front-end user interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks such as React.
• Work flexibly on a range of projects, balancing new development and support activities.
• Manage tools and platforms such as Platform.sh and Cloudflare for efficient development processes.
• Advise on solutions and opportunities to further enhance systems and tools, and improve performance and efficiency in delivery.
• Work collaboratively with part of a small development team alongside colleagues from across the organisation.
• Demonstrate commitment towards the delivery of the Council’s vision, key commitments, values, and behaviours.
• Ensure corporate processes are followed and implemented for all areas of the post-holder's work and responsibility.
• Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope, and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.

We anticipate that interviews will take place on the week commencing 13 October 2025.

If you would like any further information or to discuss the role please contact David West, Head of Digital, at david.west@northnorthants.gov.uk

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)