OUR PLACEMENTS

Placement summary

eCom Scotland, an award winning eLearning Company based in Dunfermline, Fife are looking to take on a talented graduate to work on a key business project within our high performing Product Development Team. This is a 12 month placement with a view to a permanent appointment, following the successful completion of the project. The team has a distinguished level of research and development focus into new Microsoft technologies and has built an impressive portfolio of web applications that offer a blended back-end technology solution to many training providers around the globe. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a Microsoft Partner team in a genuine graduate-level role with great opportunities for the future.

Job description

Project Description

Our clients continue to expect high levels of innovation, whether radical or incremental. This project would take a critical look at our Client solutions and research incremental enhancements to client facing features and then you would be tasked with designing and developing these within a team environment. In addition, the project will take in a number of industry solutions, all focused around Competency and Learning management.

To give this all some context, the online training corporate market is expected to grow by 13% per annum up to 2017. Today, 77% of companies in USA offer online corporate training to improve the professional and personal development of their employees.

Placement Objectives

• Find opportunities for product & client project enhancements
• Consider all browser enhancements to create a great user experience within eCom Products
• Support innovative thinking within our creative team

Role Description

As a Web developer, you will have knowledge in using the dynamic programming tools and languages that fuel the Web. You should be able to work independently or be part of a team that builds and integrates interactive Web sites, applications, and services for both internal and public sites.

Your role is to make it work, which means developing Web applications and testing them on various browsers, enhancing and modifying them as necessary to ensure the best experience for the user.

As a web developer, you should also have an interest in architect websites, design data-driven applications, and find efficient client-server solutions. You must have an understanding of the software development lifecycle and be able to communicate project status, issues, and resolutions.

Qualifications

Preferably a minimum of a Degree in a relevant subject.

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

• Experience building web applications with C#, ASP.NET;
• Excellent knowledge of XHTML, CSS, Javascript;
• SQL Databases and SQL programming;
• Developing XML or JSON Web services;
• Solid foundation in developing n-tier applications and general OOP.

As a web developer you will also have experience in these areas:

• Building rich web experiences with AJAX, JQuery;
• Experience working within agile teams;
• Experience in writing technical documents i.e. Software Design and Functional Specifications;
• Branched development with version control (SVN etc.);
• Experience with high traffic corporate facing websites.

And the following core skills:

• Ability to work in a professional environment and to meet agreed deadlines.
• Excellent communication and team working skills.

Desirable Skills

Previous experience of a similar role, either during or post-study would be beneficial.  

Benefits

Company benefits

A small business environment is well placed to allow employees to build personal relationships with customers, employees and suppliers. At eCom you know who you are dealing with; you can 'put a face' to the person you are in contact with.  Having that personal relationship means you can also respond flexibly to problems and challenges reaching quick decisions on whether or not we can do what is required. 

The supportive team environment means when decisions are made we all pull together to make these happen. The team approach also assists in the focus on inventiveness and innovation. 

We are constantly striving for excellence in everything that we do and being a smaller company makes us well positioned to introduce and develop new ideas in a quick time frame.

A negative of being in a small business can be the lack of career development, but at eCom we make sure this is not the case.  We expect people to learn, develop and grow personally and professionally.  We have a Career management programme in place to show potential career growth, although flexibility is there to ‘grow your own’ and our Competency framework identifies talent for the ongoing growth of the business.

We very much like to take care of each other and start with the basics.  Thoughtfulness and empathy are key to good working relationships, keeping in mind the deadlines and schedules that others may be working too.  A good working environment also helps, with spacious on-site free parking, coffee/tea, biscuits and fruit all supplied fresh each week.  Although we are not all as saintly and there is a tuck shop available for those days when only chocolate will suffice!

Scottish weather dependant we enjoy walking meetings where possible and try to keep our meetings concise and to the point to stay as productive as possible.  This assists with making the working day as flexible as we can to suit individuals work-life balance.

We also have the statutory financial benefits of Company Pensions Scheme, Childcare vouchers and generous holiday entitlement that includes (currently) 2 weeks off at Christmas.

Placement benefits

As part of the ScotGrad Graduate Placement Programme, you may have access to a tailored graduate business skills training course. ScotGrad placements also offer a unique opportunity to connect with a vast network of graduates and ScotGrad alumni. All graduates appointed through the programme are encouraged to make use of the ScotGrad LinkedIn group to communicate with other ScotGrad participants, learn about any professional development opportunities and build up a professional network. 

Additional information

Location: Dunfermline

Planned interview date: TBC

This placement may result in a permanent employment afterwards

Preferred start date: 11th July 2016

Company information

eCom is focused on the delivery, tracking and reporting of workforce learning and development, through innovative technologies. Our products and services address a range of workforce management, development and training challenges, including eLearning, online assessment, blended learning, competency management and badging.

We have a strong belief in client partnership, working with public and private organisations across many countries and sectors. Our flexible and affordable solutions can help you achieve higher engagement, business efficiencies and financial savings for your organisation.

Company sector: Enabling Technology ICT

Company website: www.ecomscotland.com/