Job: Senior Web Developer: National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is at a crucial moment in redefining access to its collections and programmes. We have ambitious plans to make content available in more formats and across a range of platforms – at the Museum and beyond. We need you to play a key role in making that happen. Advising on our digital strategy, participating in research and development activities, specifying web architectures and acting as technical lead for major digital projects, you’ll ensure the delivery of an elegant infrastructure that meets our needs now and into the future.

This is as much about communicating with your design and content colleagues (through prototypes and documentation) as it is about writing high-quality code. So the ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams is essential, as is proven experience of developing database-driven websites. In addition, you should bring a good understanding of PHP, Ruby, MySQL, (X)HTML/CSS, JavaScript and current software engineering principles.

Reports to: Head of Digital Media/ Digital Project Manager

Key responsibilities

The Senior Web Developer will:

• Advise on the digital strategy for the NMM and participate in the R&D activities of the digital media department.
• Specify the museum’s web architecture and work with internal teams and external suppliers to deliver an infrastructure that meets the NMM’s need for digital preservation, access and re-use.
• Act as technical lead for major digital projects, assessing technical proposals and establishing their feasibility through prototypes.
• Provide time and resource estimates to assist in the planning of projects.
• Develop, test, release, and document software, following best practice to ensure ease of maintenance.
• Review the quality of work delivered by external suppliers.
• Work with external web services and partners, such as Flickr, Europeana and the Citizen Science Alliance.
• Ensure that the museum’s technical infrastructure is well documented and understood. In particular, to liaise with the museum’s IT department to ensure web requirements are fulfilled.
• Stay abreast of developments in digital technologies and techniques and report on their suitability for use within the NMM. Participate in developing and promoting standards, such as astrotagging.
• Assist with improving the standard of technical delivery and competencies within the digital media department.

More info and application details at http://www.nmm.ac.uk/about/job-opportunities/senio....

Deadline: October 8, 2010.