Front End Developer - development of digital health information services

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Summary of the work An experienced Front End Developer using open source tools and cloud technologies such as: • Angular (4+), JavaScript, Bootstrap and Responsive Design. • Development on Azure cloud hosting • BDD: Jasmin and Protractor • DevOps Tools: Jenkins, Ansible and Docker • Source Control: GitHub • Working 'Agile' (using Scrum) Specialist role Developer Expected Contract Length Three months (potential for extension) Latest start date Monday 7 January 2019 Maximum Day Rate We decided not to set a maximum day rate or disclose our budget constraints. We seek excellent value for money and affordability. Early Market Engagement - Who Speclialist Work With You'll be expected to work with the following: - Scrum Master, Service Managers (Product Owners) and Team (incl. BAs, UI/UX, Test Lead, Front End and Full Stack Developers, Ops) Stakeholders such as: - Trainees (of the medical, dental, pharmacy and healthcare science profession) - (Hospital) Trust administrators and managers - Business Managers and subject experts - Others involved in the education and training of the multi professional healthcare workforce Third party suppliers - Legacy and future suppliers What Specialists Work On A Front End Developer is required to support an information system produced in-house by Health Education England's TIS Programme Development Team. This team built and continues to develop the primary system for the administration and management of all trainee doctors and dentists in the NHS in England. It is an incredibly important system ensuring the NHS has sufficient numbers of healthcare professionals for the nation’s future needs. Skills & Experience • Have Angular 4 • Have Elastic Search • Have MySQL, MSSQL and Redis Nice to Haves • Have Bootstrap skills and experience • Have Javascript (ES6 Typescript) skills and experience • Have Npm skills and experience • Have Grunt skills and experience • Have Gulp skills and experience • Have Jhint skills and experience • Have Jasmine and Karma skills and experience • Have Protractor, Cucumber and Gherkin skills and experience • Have Jenkins, Ansible and Docker skills and experience • Have Maven skills and experiences • Have Scrum experience • Enjoy teaching/pairing and learning • JIRA and Confluence experience Work Location Health Education England Floor 3 Stewart House Russell Square London WC1B 5DN Working Arrangments To be in the London office for core days and flexible working by arrangement. The role is outside of IR35. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will start in January. Security Clearance No Additional T&Cs The awarded supplier will also need to adhere to the principles set out in the standard NHS Terms and Conditions. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 10 Cultural Fit Criteria • Demonstrate ability to work effectively in a mixed supplier team • Work transparently and collaboratively in a no-blame culture, encouraging all to fail fast and learn from mistakes • Demonstrate experience of supporting and coaching other team members • Evidence their confidence to challenge the status quo • Evidence ability to work with clients with low technical expertise • Evidence of taking responsibility for their work Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers 1. Considering price accounts for 30% of overall score and we are only allowed to put one candidate forward, would it be possible for you to give us some guide on rate/ budget? Is their a maximum for you? Do you have a points scale based on rate? We have decided not to disclose our budget as we are seeking excellent value for money and affordability. 2. Please let us know what reference do we need to provide? do we need to provide contact details ? Please provide the contact details (email and where possible a telephone number) for the last two employers.