Working With Us

Please read through the detail here regarding what we are looking for as part of your preparation and consider carefully the aspect of working remotely.

What We are Looking For

We are looking for a number of things. Firstly, evidence that you have the technical skills to match what is needed to undertake the project work; details will be given in the job profile.

You can demonstrate you have these skills by outlining any previous work you have done. This includes for example, work for another company, programming work you have done at home, a personal portfolio of work, hackathons, participation in clubs or societies, as well as of course, your University module results.

Think broadly about your skills and experience, it is also important to have evidence of working in teams and have good communication skills. We do not need everyone to be the same, diversity is good in a team, so think what you can bring to the team, and consider what activities you have done at University and outside, that you would like to highlight.

Consider Remote Working

Working remotely brings its challenges so some of the skills that you need to demonstrate is enthusiasm and commitment to undertake the work throughout the project.

You will be supported throughout the work, but mostly you will be working on your own. It is best to think carefully before you apply as to whether this type of work is going to be affected by any plans that you have over the coming weeks, personally consider whether you feel you might like the idea of working remotely.

It is likely that the work will be Monday to Friday, 9 – 5pm (with the usual breaks), as if you were self-employed or working in the office. When writing your application consider this aspect and discuss in your application how you have considered these challenges and how you can organise yourself to meet the challenge of remote working.

In summary consider:

• Your technical skills against the job profile.
• How motivated you are to work on a remote working project.
• What your communication skills are, both written and verbal.
• Ability to write-up the necessary documentation that comes part of the development cycle.
• Being proactive and responsive with your communication whilst working as part of a remote team.

Being able to demonstrate that you have worked on a project successfully on your CV will be to your advantage, as more and more employers have had to adopt this style of working due to Covid-19.

Selection Process

The selection process is as you would expect for any job, we will ask you to fill in an application form, and also include a ‘letter’ by email outlining why you would like the role If successful you will be invited to attend an interview. Because we are at the moment working remotely the process will be a little unusual in that the interview will be conducted over Microsoft Teams. There will be a number of people on the panel. If you are situated in a different time zone to the UK we will take this into consideration and do our best to accommodate this.