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Front End Developer

Job details
Posting date: 23 May 2025
Salary: £42,614 to £50,296 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 08 June 2025
Location: LS2 7UA
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 405938/3

Summary

Are you an accessibility advocate?

Do you want to solve complex problems that impact the most vulnerable citizens?

Do you look for ways to promote collaboration across your team?

If so, apply now and become our next Front-End Developer.

The Health & Disability Digital Function are responsible for a number of services which support some of the most vulnerable users in society to receive the financial support they need as a result of their health condition or disability. Some key digital assets include Personal Independence and Access to Work. In addition, the team manage a number of digital projects that are transforming services for citizens and DWP agents.

Successful candidates will work in a service team helping to deliver these key services for citizens and agents.

We are looking for enthusiastic, skilled and adaptable people. We provide comprehensive training and provide access to tools, materials and expertise that encourage continuous self-development to enable our people to reach their potential and help DWP meet its strategic goals.

As a Front End Developer, you will:

  • Work as part of a team responsible for designing and building user-centred services.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to integrate into the back end of the service to ensure that they are built and tested to a high standard.
  • Turn agreed designs into robust and accessible user interfaces using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
  • Build accessible services which work effectively across multiple devices and browsers.
  • Use modern tooling and development techniques to write test-driven code.
  • Ensure that the design and implementation of services is consistent with standards and our design system.
  • Engage with and contribute to the engineering and user-centred design communities.
  • Engage with teams across different levels and capabilities.
  • Have an excellent ability to self-organise and define priorities.
  • Coach and mentor colleagues.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.