£16.02 per hour + £1.93 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
10 Jan 2025

Role & Department Overview

We are looking for a part-time web developer for the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to social Science (CASS), Lancaster University.  We offer a flexible contract suitable for students. CASS is one of the world’s leading research centres in corpus linguistics and was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2015. The centre specializes in applying corpus linguistic techniques to a number of research areas including sociolinguistics, education and social sciences.
 
The role is a part-time web developer (javascript, css, database, Linux server administration).
 
Preferred start date: 20th of January 2025
 
Expected end date: 31st of March 2025
 
Interview date: 16th of January 2025
  
Location: Remotely (in the UK) and on the Lancaster University campus

Job Description

Main responsibilities:
 
  • You will work closely with members of the CASS to produce and edit high-quality interactive web content for the Centre’s key projects such as BNClab https://bnclab.lancs.ac.uk
  • You will work independently to create and update websites (front and backend)
  • You will use the most recent web technologies (javascript, css, database, Linux server administration)

Person Specification

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the following:
 
  • The candidate needs to have knowledge of current web technologies such as javascript, css, php, database,and  Linux server administration.
  • They will be able to work with different data types: XML, json.
  • The candidate will have expertise in web optimization and scaling, ensuring websites perform efficiently and can handle increased traffic seamlessly.
  • They will be able to demonstrate previous experience with website development.

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:

  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Problem solving
  • Multi-tasking
Please contact Prof. Vaclav Brezina - [email protected] for any more information about the role
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
 

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however, hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

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Help and advice on making applications can be found on the Lancaster University Careers pages. Visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers.

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