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Who Speclialist Work With You will be working with our digital team in Leeds and UX designer in Birmingham. Some contact will also be required with our hosting provider. What Specialists Work On To help support stakeholder engagement we are developing our website to provide areas for specialist content and engagement. The development of our website will include the creation of templates and pulling in API data from third party applications, providing general WordPress development support until the end of the financial year. We have a WordPress solution and hosting environment in place but it may be a requirement to extend on this as we build separate hubs of content across the site. Where the Work Takes Place Highways England, Lateral, 8 City Walk, Leeds, LS11 9AT Early Market Engagement None Working Arrangements required to work from our Leeds office but also the option to work remotely for some of the development work. Work Location Highways England, Lateral, 8 City Walk, Leeds, LS11 9AT Security Clearance Additional T&Cs Standard DOS T&Cs Skills & Experience experience of setting up WordPress websites and plugins experience of coding with PHP experience of building Wordpress templates from scratch experience of using X-Theme and Cornerstone experience of using ‘global content blocks’ experience of developing within an existing customised WordPress framework experience of using and developing APIs have experience of testing end-to-end service have experience of assessing and mitigating security and privacy issues have experience of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team technical expertise of front-end, UI web development and responsive web design (HTML5/CSS/JS) knowledge of web accessibility standards with associated accreditation experience with setting up and managing Linux servers, ideally in the Rackspace cloud environment Nice to Haves Have experience of successfully delivering digital projects using iterative development Experience of working with central or local government No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria Work well in a collaborative multidisciplinary team and be confident at communicating and demonstrating developments and ideas, Demonstrate courage and challenge the status quo (e.g. can express controversial views, confront reality, make tough decisions,) Be respectful of different opinions and constructive in feedback Have an open approach to team working with non-technical clients Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range £450