JobsOC : Coder for dental school

JobsOC: Code Writer


Role details and responsibilities: This role is a collaboration between Dental Sciences and Computing to develop open-source code that can then be embedded in several websites to help calculate the answers to three short questionnaires all using categorical or dichotomous single selection answers that a patient anonymously completes online. The successful candidate will need to develop and test the code and demonstrate it works successfully and then the wider supervisory team will issue it to participating websites for them to embed it and display the online calculators.


Dates and times: 15/01/2024 – 21/01/2024 (20 hours in total).


The working dates and times within this period are flexible. The successful student will be expected to complete 20 hours of work during the week


Skills required: To be eligible to apply you must be a registered Newcastle University student throughout the 2023/24 academic year.


Essential Skills:
• Previous experience of using HTML and Javascript code
• Time management
• Initiative


Hourly rate of pay: £13.76


Location: Remote


Number of students required: 1


Work done as part of this role can count towards an NCL+ Award which can help you reflect on the skills you have gained and how to use them when applying for jobs in the future; to find out more visit https://nusu.co.uk/skills/nclaward.


How to apply: Email jobsoc@ncl.ac.uk quoting the role title and explaining how you meet the role criteria. Within your email please evidence any past experience you may have using HTML and / or Javascript code


Closing date for applications: Wednesday 10th of January

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