AI Summary
RNID seeks a skilled Senior WordPress Developer to lead the development, maintenance, and enhancement of their WordPress-hosted website and related digital platforms. The ideal candidate will have expertise in front-end and back-end development, with a focus on accessibility and security. This is a remote, full-time position with a competitive salary and benefits package.
Key Highlights
Develop, maintain, and enhance WordPress-hosted website and related digital platforms
Ensure online presence is reliable, accessible, and secure
Support website team with technical expertise across front-end and back-end development
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
£45,000 - £50,000 per annum
28 days annual leave plus all bank holidays
2 wellbeing days
Sickness benefit entitlement from day 1
Fully remote working with no core hours
£26 remote working allowance every month
Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
Life Assurance of 2 x annual salary
Employee assistance programme that provides counselling sessions
Job Description
Location: Remote
salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Deadline: 1st December 2025
Interview Date: w/c 8th December 2025
About RNID
We are RNID: the national charity supporting the 18 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus.
We work with our communities and partners across industry, government, charity, education and more to change life for the better. RNID has a proud history and big ambitions. We’re focused on making the greatest impact possible across the whole of the UK. We champion the latest technology and the opportunities it brings. We also know the value of a friendly face in local communities to support people where they need it most.
What you will be doing:
We are looking for a Website Developer to take a leading role in developing, maintaining and enhancing our WordPress-hosted website and related digital platforms. You will help ensure our online presence is reliable, accessible, and secure, while supporting the wider website team with your technical expertise across both front-end and back-end development whilst adhering to good inclusive design and WCAG principles.
- Build, maintain and improve website features, themes and plugins using modern frontend and backend tools and frameworks.
- Develop clean, secure, well-structured code for WordPress, including custom plugins, API integrations and site functionality.
- Ensure the website is fast, accessible, responsive, and optimised for usability across all devices.
- Maintain the security, confidentiality and integrity of the website platform in line with relevant legislation, policies and best practice.
- Translate business needs, user needs and Figma designs into functional website components, prototypes and page layouts that follow best practice guidelines and remain user centric.
- Support and troubleshoot the website, resolving bugs, issues and performance bottlenecks.
- Implement and manage web analytics (GA4/GTM), reporting and tracking to measure site performance, user behaviour and marketing effectivity.
- Communicate with key stakeholders and the website team, translating technical information into clear, plain language everyone understands
- Continuously improve the website using new tools, techniques and industry best practices.
As a developer in the organisation’s Technology capability, you will be part of a team who:
Design, build and iterate services and products for our organisational and deaf community's needs, following Agile software development principles.
Work on discoveries, prototypes and continuous improvements that span the charity’s cross matrix ways of working.
Collaborate with a team of content managers, UX and UI/interaction designers to build and test newly required core website codebase changes and supporting plugin functionalities.
We are one team with a shared purpose, and you will work iteratively across the charity to bring impactful and meaningful work to life.
What We Can Offer You
Your benefits include:
28 days annual leave plus all bank holidays
Plus 2 wellbeing days for extra flexibility
Sickness benefit entitlement from day 1
Fully remote working with no core hours
£26 remote working allowance every month
Two in person whole staff conferences a year
Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
Life Assurance of 2 x annual salary
Employee assistance programme that provides counselling sessions
Additional Benefits For Maternity, Paternity And Adoption
Hospital Saturday Fund health benefit
Access to a discounted event ticketing platform
Our commitment to diversity
We are committed to supporting our staff including making reasonable adjustments. If you require support to apply for or fulfil the requirements of this role, please inform us so we can discuss the options with you. We have many staff who utilise assistive technologies and interpreters, with an aim to ensure all our meetings and operational culture meets a high accessibility standard.
Disability Confident
Disability Confident is a government scheme designed to encourage employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with health conditions. It has replaced the previous Two Ticks Positive About Disabled People scheme that you may have heard of.
RNID is proud to be a member of Disability Confident and as a Disability Confident Leader we recognise the value disabled people bring to RNID. We offer interviews to any candidate that tells us they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the role.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-peak times, the employer may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered. This will include the number of interviews offered to disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.