Perl Developer (Front End)
Location: Cardiff
Salary (Band C (IT)): £23,389 - £28,306
This is a Permanent Appointment
Number of Posts: 1
Hours of Work: Full Time/Job Share

Main Team Role:

The Business Solutions Delivery Development Team is looking for individuals with the necessary aptitude to train in skills to develop the current and future elements of various Companies House systems. Working with analysts, customers and support teams is essential to enable requirements to be developed into the IT systems (primarily the front end systems).

The Front End/Web systems are built around the following technologies:

Perl, CSS and HTML. A broad range of skills will be required for the role with training and mentoring being provided to fill any gaps in candidates required skillset and knowledge.

Core & Job Specific Competencies:

Essential

• Experience developing in an OO language.
• 2 years sound experience in OO software engineering that can be transferred to a Perl environment.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) with personnel at a variety of levels.
• Excellent team working and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines whilst dealing with conflicting demands.
• Ability to pick up new skills quickly and apply them appropriately.
• Self motivated & enthusiastic.

Desirable

• Experience of XML services and schemas.
• Understanding and experience developing for n-tier and middleware systems.
• Experience developing database driven applications - ANSI SQL.
• 2 years experience developing with Perl.
• Some experience of Apache and Linux.
• Basic knowledge of Java

Opportunities Offered:

This post offers you the opportunity to work in a challenging IT environment interacting with a variety of Companies House users. You will also be able to consolidate and develop skills in a variety of technologies

Additional Information:

The nature of the post will require a willingness and commitment to work out of hours on weekdays and/or weekends, as required

Vacancy Reference: SR/11/20r

Closing date for applications: Friday 23rd December 2011

Candidates will be required to undertake an activity as part of the recruitment selection process

Companies House is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from men and women of all backgrounds and ethnic groups, including those with disabilities.

Completed applications should be returned to:

shinchey@companieshouse.gov.uk

To apply

To apply please download the full job description and application form, and complete this providing the necessary and relevant information to help support your application. You will also find some additional forms, which you will need to download, complete and return to us with your application form.

Application form

Monitoring forms to be completed

Job Description

Annual Report and Accounts 2010-2011

Companies House Strategic Direction

Business Plan Summary 2011-2012

Register

BIS

If you require any additional information, then please contact Suzanne Hinchey in the HR team via email

shinchey@companieshouse.gov.uk or telephone 029 20348494