Apprentice Web Developer

We have a great opportunity for Apprentice Web Developers to join our team. You need to be self motivated, driven and focussed on the delivery of a varied portfolio of digital projects and ongoing retainers.

The salary for this role is £13,312.

Overview

The Apprentice Developer role is an entry-level role requiring no previous experience. We will provide full training in all aspects of Web Development through an accredited training provider. You will work on a variety of project related and support tasks, with a small team of experienced developers learning practical skills alongside your academic studies. Our multi-award winning apprenticeship programme is delivered in two phases:

• Level 3 Software Development Apprenticeship (Approximately 12-18 months)
• Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship in either Management Practice or Digital and Technical Solutions (Approximately 3-4 years)

About us

We're Rubber Cheese and Carbon Six Digital, a recently merged group of agencies who use marginal gains to continuously improve customer experience.

Rubber Cheese builds remarkable online systems, websites and applications that create better experiences for visitor attractions and their guests. Our clients include leading visitor attractions including Mary Rose Trust, Cambridge Science Centre, Holkham Estate as well as National Parks UK. Hosts of the popular podcast attractions podcast Skip the Queue, it is our mission to improve how visitor attractions interact, engage and delight their guests online so they deliver a better, more enjoyable and accessible experience.

Carbon Six Digital design, build, host and support websites and webapps using top-right quadrant CMS tools including Umbraco, HubSpot CMS-Hub and Headless CMSs such as Contentful. Our clients include Small Luxury Hotels of the World, The Investment Association, Egress, Nextbase and Uber.

Whilst deeply technical, Carbon Six Digital are focussed on business outcomes, seeking to build long, trusted relationships, based on mutual respect and a commitment to sustainable, ethical values. We're a safe pair of hands, but we aren't afraid of being agile, embracing disruptive thinking to foster innovation.

Our People

In an agency such as ours, people are our greatest asset. We've worked hard to build a strong team, committed to learning and growing together. We develop new talent through our multi-award winning Apprenticeship programme, and are committed to continuously improving our skills through certification training and self directed learning.

Carbon Six Digital and Rubber Cheese values diversity and are committed to a flexible modern approach to work. We are a Disability Confident Employer and all of our roles can be undertaken part time.

Purpose of the role

Our Apprentice Web Developers are a crucial part of our delivery function, accountable for building, testing and supporting software components and cloud infrastructure on time, on budget, and to acceptable levels of quality within our agreed processes.

You will work across a wide range of our digital technologies such as Umbraco, Wordpress and Hubspot, Azure and AWS.

You will work with colleagues across the agency and directly with clients and suppliers to provide a top class client experience.

You will be the champion of project tasks and support tickets you're assigned to throughout the lifecycle to ensure that they deliver on time and on budget.

Requirements

• You must have 5x GCSE Grade 4 (C) or above including Maths and English;
• You must have a demonstrable interest in digital technologies such as the web, mobile, crypto, or AI;
• Not already hold a Degree in an IT discipline;
• You must be able to reliably commute to Bordon regularly;
• You must have the right to live and work in the UK;
• You must meet the requirements of the Education and Skills Funding Agency Funding Rules for Apprenticeships.

Benefits

This is a UK-based remote working role. You will be expected to attend on-site team meetings up to six times per year across the UK at our attractions clients, in addition to ad hoc meetings in line with the requirements of your role.

This is a Full Time role (40-hours per week). We will consider applications for Part-Time working, with a minimum of 30-hours per week in most circumstances, although we will be flexible where you can make a reasonable case for reduced hours, such as childcare responsibilities, health constraints or disability.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, and will interview any disabled person that demonstrates that they meet the required qualifications and experience for the role. We will also accept applications in a variety of formats.

This role may be combined with a Level 6 Digital and Technology Solutions or Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship - enabling you to achieve a Degree at work.

Other benefits

• Training and Certification path to become a Certified Umbraco Master Developer;
• 28 days paid leave per year (including bank holidays) plus additional 4 days paid leave per year (prorated for part-time);
• Inspiration Days - Two extra days of annual leave to do something inspiring;
• Flexitime enabling you to vary your working hours and take up to 2 days per month of leave without affecting your annual leave entitlement;
• Up to 10 days paid sick leave per year;
• Company pension;
• Cycle to work scheme;
• Recruitment Referral programme;
• Work from home;
• Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme;
• Free sight test and contribution to glasses when needed for work.

Last updated on Jun 19, 2024