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Position: Junior Developer (six month placement via the Governments KickStart Scheme)

Role Summary

My Pickle CIC (‘My Pickle’) is an award-winning platform helping anyone in the UK facing crisis to find support at mypickle.org. We do this by gathering, vetting and signposting to national resources such as helplines. With a large database of support resources gathered and vetted by volunteers across the UK, we are looking to grow and develop this into new commercial offerings as a social enterprise.

The successful candidate will help:

  • – Grow and develop mypickle.org to help more people in the UK find help fast
  • – Create and maintain two new commercial offerings to scale social impact and become a sustainable social enterprise, including an API and a new website.

The successful candidate will have a passion for developing and will help with the following responsibilities and activities:

  • – Assist with creation, testing and maintenance of backend and front-end development, including creating WordPress themes and plug-ins
  • – Maintain the API which is currently being developed by a volunteer, making agreed updates and helping to resolve queries from My Pickle API clients
  • – Monitor and review user feedback and analytics to identify and remediate bugs or to suggest improvements
  • – Create and maintain software documentation
  • – Collaborate with the CEO, volunteers and other stakeholders to identify and act on opportunities for new offerings and new or improved features on existing offerings
  • – Provide input to the technical roadmap, including highlighting potential risks and opportunities
  • – Regularly report progress to the CEO and Product Council or Board as required
  • – Ensure high-performance and availability, helping to remediate technical issues

This is a six-month placement as part of the Government’s Kickstart scheme. Applications are welcome from candidates who meets the Kickstart Scheme criteria:

–           Currently receiving Universal Credit and aged 16 to 24
–           Have an Introduction ID of be able to obtain one from your Work Coach

This is a remote-working role and applications welcome from across the UK. For candidates in Glasgow, a workspace facility may be made available to work alongside the CEO – this is dependant on covid restrictions and likely to be in close proximity to Glasgow city centre.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Applicants should:

  • – Have proven experience and skills in building websites and WordPress
  • – Have experience in one or more of these languages; HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, or Python
  • – Experience and/or knowledge of the following is desirable; REST APIs, JSON, SQL, MySQL, Twig
  • – Have a passion for creating efficient, scalable, high-load resistant web applications
  • – Be passionate about technology with a Degree in Computer Information Technology, Computer Science or similar
  • – Any developer training/certification is a big plus

We are looking for candidates with experience and knowledge as outlined above and who share our core values of empathy, collaboration, trust, equity and sharing.

Access to laptop with camera and a stable internet connection is required. Candidates should also have:

  • – Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • – An ability to self-motivate and manage time commitments
  • – Have strong attention to detail, be proactive and able to work on own initiative
  • – Be a team player and a quick learner with an inquisitive nature who enjoys problem solving
  • – Excellent teamwork skills with an ability to get the work done with minimal supervision
  • – Flexibility to work within a dynamic environment and to assist with other activities

Diversity helps us create a welcoming and inclusive environment and website. We welcome all applications and particularly encourage applications from candidates from minority ethnic, religious, or cultural backgrounds, with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ candidates.

Key Information
25 hours per week.
National Minimum Wage.
Start date: 6 October 2021

Interested?

Just submit the short form below. You may then be invited to interview with My Pickle CIC Founder & CEO, Cat Divers.

We aim to respond to all candidates by the end of September.






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