Web Developer Python - Django
Web Developer Python - Django
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Job Description
Hiring Manager
Jon Chittenden
Job Title
Web Developer
Salary
Location
Remote first within the UK. We work primarily from home but also have an office available in Central London for monthly inperson meetings with your team and quarterly all team meetings. You can expect to travel to the office at least 16 times per year.
Reporting to
Product Manager (Supporter Experience)
Employment Type
Permanent
We are happy to talk about flexible working.
Application Closing Date
10am on Monday 21 April 2025
Introduction to the role
As a Web Developer at Full Fact you will be part of a team that helps tackle the spread of misleading dangerous claimsand hold those responsible to account.
Our website fullfact serves as the core platform for delivering this crucial work to a broad audience. You will play a vital role in shaping the technological infrastructure to ensure our digital presence is robust accessible and effective.
Joining our team at an exciting time of change you will help us complete our transition from Django CMS to Wagtail. This is a full stack role with a strong focus on backend development within Wagtail. You will help design and build systems and processes that empower our content teams to work effectively and to facilitate an exceptional user experience. Frontend development skills are a bonus but not essential for this role.
Youll work closely with colleagues across the Public Affairs team contributing to projects and campaigns that shape public debate and promote accuracy in public life.
If youre passionate about using technology to build a better information environment and thrive in a collaborative missiondriven environment wed love to hear from you.
If you are interested in applying but not sure you have all the skills please do apply. We are open both to supporting learning on the job and to rearranging tasks within the team to suit the skillsets of the best applicant
Job Definition
In this role you will:
Manage the switch from our Django CMS to a (ready to launch) Wagtail CMS.
Deliver new features to our Wagtail CMS and website functionality.
Ensure our codebase continues to be easily maintainable by a small team.
Make architectural decisions that help determine how the frontend and backend interact.
Support the software you write occasionally this could mean working outofhours to resolve a critical issue or complete a deployment.
Contribute technically towards pitches and project proposals.
Provide support to internal users of Wagtail e.g. writing process documentation troubleshooting issues and training new users.
Work across the technical stack and occasionally build APIs to connect the Salesforce CRM and other web apps.
Outcomes
The software you build is robust and helps achieve real work impact to fight bad information through effective organisational processes and better external user experiences.
What we are looking for from you
Political impartiality and sensitivity:
You are committed to the political neutrality of our work and have a good understanding of impartiality (please see the rules on our website).
Understanding of public debate in the UK and sensitivity to the political context we work in.
Job skills/competencies
Essential:
A strong understanding and professional experience developing Django Python and PostgreSQL.
Working knowledge of modern version control software and practices (particularly Git and GitHub).
A good understanding of Full Facts aims and how your role can meet charity needs.
Be confident in communicating with both technical and nontechnical internal teams to interpret project requirements and convert these into robust technical architecture.
Understanding of frontend web technologies such as Javascript HTML and CSS fundamentals awareness of browser compatibility and responsive styling and knowledge or experience styling frameworks
Desirable:
Experience or expertise with Wagtail CMS
Experience and proficiency in frontend development
Experience working with RESTful APIs
Experience working with server management
Experience with Agile working practices
What we offer
Starting salary of per annum depending on experience.
Workplace Pension
Generous holidays
25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
In addition we close the office for a period between Christmas and New Year.
Day off for moving home.
Comfortable centrally located London office with good transport links.
Employee Assistance Programme.
How to apply
Upload your CV and cover letter using the link below by 10am on Monday 21 April 2025
Our recruitment platform will remove identifying details such as email addresses to allow us to sift applications anonymously
Before applying please read the requirements we place on staff to protect Full Facts independence and nonpartisanship https://fullfact/getinvolved/jobs/#standards
How the application process will work
We want to see you at your best to understand your strengths and the contribution you could make at Full Fact with strong support including for your learning and development. We also want to make sure that we use your time well during this process and dont ask for more from you than we need to. We will make any reasonable adjustments we need to make to this process to help ensure you can perform at your best. For more information about this before applying please contact .
The interview panel will be Jon Chittenden Product Manager (Supporter Experience) James McMinn Senior Software Engineer Laura Dewis Chief Operations Officer and Mark Frankel Head of Public Affairs.
The process starts off with an anonymised covering letter and CV. This will be read by at least two people to produce a shortlist for interview.
The first round interviews will be a phone (not video) interview lasting no more than half an hour at a time thats convenient for you. We will record it so at least two people can review each interview to decide who we invite back for the second round. The recordings will be deleted at the end of the process.
The second round will include a structured technical interview and discussion where youll have the opportunity to talk about some work you are proud of and find out about how we work at Full Fact.
The final interview will be with the full panel by video and last no more than an hour. Well tell you everything you need to know to prepare including anything wed recommend reading in advance.
Employment Type
Full Time
