Senior Analyst/Developer (111114-0126)
Posted Today by University of Warwick
£56,535 Per year
Inside
Remote
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Analyst/Developer role at a top UK university involves enhancing Moodle through hands-on development, integrations, and fixes over a 6-month fixed-term contract. The position requires a blend of independent coding and collaboration with internal teams and external vendors to improve the Virtual Learning Environment. The successful candidate will deliver clean, documented code while providing user-focused support and adapting to new technologies. Remote work is considered for this position, which aims to impact thousands of students through innovative digital tools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop features, integrations, and fixes for Moodle to enhance teaching, learning, and assessment.
- Debug issues and build time-saving features while collaborating with internal teams and external vendors.
- Deliver clean, documented code and provide user-focused support.
- Adapt to new technologies and troubleshoot glitches in the Virtual Learning Environment.
- Lead improvements and support for Moodle and auxiliary integrations, plugins, and applications.
Key Skills:
- Experience as a Moodle developer.
- Proficiency in coding and software development.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Flexibility and quick learning ability for new systems.
Salary (Rate): £56,535.00 yearly
City: Coventry
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
About The Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Pete Hampshire, Recruitment Manager - Technical and Engineering at pete.hampshire@warwick.ac.uk
Join us for a 6-month fixed-term contract as Senior Analyst/Developer, focusing on hands-on Moodle enhancements - developing features, integrations, and fixes to supercharge teaching, learning and assessment. Daily work blends solo coding with collaboration: debug issues, build time-saving features, integrate systems, and liaise with internal teams and external vendors. Deliver clean, documented code and user-focused support, while adapting to new tech. UK-based remote work is considered. You’ll be working at a top-10 UK University and global innovator and shape the digital tools used for world-class education, impacting thousands.
Flexible Working
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.
About You
You're a seasoned Moodle developer who gets a buzz from leading the way on university learning tools, making sure they're reliable, innovative, and easy for everyone to use. In our Information & Digital Group (IDG), you'll take the lead on improving and supporting our main Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) like Moodle and auxiliary integrations, plugins and applications. You'll dive deep into development, integrations, and fixes - troubleshooting glitches, building fresh features and teaming up with university colleagues and outside vendors to create a seamless, rock-solid service that spans the whole institution. This is a role where you shine independently but love collaborating. You'll write clean, scalable code that's easy to understand and maintain, all while delivering top-notch support that puts users first. We're looking for someone flexible and quick to learn, ready to tackle new systems as they join our lineup, always adapting to keep things running smoothly in our fast-evolving digital world. If you're a proactive developer/analyst with a knack for turning tech challenges into smart solutions and a passion for enhancing education through code and collaboration, we'd love you as our Senior Analyst/Developer.
For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description attached as a PDF below.
About The Department
The Information & Digital Group is responsible for a new University Digital Strategy to support the University’s ambitions to be world-class in all it does. IDG is central to the delivery of the University strategy by providing a high-quality service to all of our stakeholders, enabling the University to prioritise its requirements, and to deliver this service in a manner that maximises value at every stage. IDG strives to provide excellent, highly responsive relationships and partnerships, to be innovative leaders with vision and strategy, to provide enterprise architecture that drives innovation across the institution, to delivery products and projects on time, cost and quality through services that always meet service level agreements. We need to operate in an increasingly agile, digital-first environment, being able to quickly assess risk and seize opportunity. The IDG Portfolio Delivery team defines the processes, tools and standards for all IDG programmes thereby ensuring delivery to time, cost & quality. The team ensures the delivery of projects, products and platforms that provide tangible value, outcomes and benefits to the university. Portfolio Delivery also creates great experiences by delivering at the right speed and in close collaboration with the University.
About The University
We are a world-leading research-intensive university founded in 1965. We are ranked 106 th in the world and 8th in the UK. Additionally, 92% of our research is rated world-leading or internationally excellent. Find out more about us at warwick.ac.uk/about/. World University Ranking 2024, Guardian University Guide 2025 Research Excellence Framework 2021
How to Apply
CLOSING DEADLINE: Wednesday 11th February 2026 at 11:55pm (UK Time)
To apply, please click "here''
All essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview. You are welcome to include details of any career breaks (e.g. parental leave, caring responsibilities, sick leave).
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Start Date: To be confirmed
What we Offer
We Provide a Comprehensive Range Of Benefits, Including An attractive pension scheme. 30 days holiday plus University Christmas closure. Generous parental/adoption leave policy. Onsite childcare facilities. Excellent learning and development opportunities. We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer access to flexible working arrangements. For more information, see here.
We are proud to be a Living Wage employer.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion
Warwick is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and respectful community where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities, and actively encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply. Find out more about our Social Inclusion work at Warwick. Find out more about our awards and accreditations. We are also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Safeguarding & DBS
The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with. Roles involving regulated activity are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at the appropriate level, in line with the DBS Code of Practice. The University will ensure that anyone subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group (children and/or adults). All employees, volunteers, and partners are expected to share our commitment to safeguarding.
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The University will not discriminate against applicants who make a disclosure relating to a conviction. Disclosures at application stage are only visible to the DBS team, not to hiring panels. This ensures fairness and removes bias from the shortlisting process.
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