Protect Our Winters UK

Role Tasks & Responsibilities

Work with our POW University Partners to encourage and support with events and fundraising activities

Process Uni partner’s merch requests in a timely manner

Keeping our Uni Partners up to date with all things POW

Ensure appropriate marketing materials are available

Provide support to ensure effective delivery of the POW message

Who we’re looking for

The ideal University Co-ordinator will have experienced of University societies, events and fundraising

They will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and be confident delivering the POW message

They will have experience working on their own initiative and taking ownership of a project or task

They will have a personal commitment to the mission and values of Protect Our Winters and a drive to support others to take effective action

What you’ll get in return

Access to POW UK volunteer discounts/perks

References and valuable experience within the third sector

Support from a passionate team and access to POW events

Time Commitment

Time commitment for this role is expected to fluctuate depending on the events calendar, however peak season will be Autumn/Winter and planning/working towards events will require a weekly commitment of around 2 hours.

How to Apply

Sound like the role for you? Please click "Fill in an application" to the right. If your skills match what we need to succeed in the role, you’ll then be asked to complete a phone interview to find out more.

Role Tasks & Responsibilities

Working closely with other POW web team volunteers and staff to implement improvements to our digital infrastructure including a rebrand and the expansion of our POW Climate Pledge.

Who we’re looking for

We are seeking an experienced QA Lead responsible for for ensuring the quality of our digital infrastructure as move to a new JAMstack architecture.

You will be a detail orientated, organised and bring solid practical experience of implementing QA best practices on digital delivery.

Mostly importantly you will have experience working on your own initiative, of taking ownership of a project or task as part of a team and a hunger to learn & share knowledge.

Obviously a personal commitment to the mission and values of Protect Our Winters and a drive to support others to take effective action is also really important.

Responsibilities

• Define Testing Standards, Strategies and Plans
• Lead the QA function and ideally help grow the team
• Manage risks and defect triage
• Work with the team to improve delivery processes
• Writing and running test plans
• Pairing with other team members to share knowledge and ensure features are delivered to a high standard.

Skills and Qualifications

• Solid understanding of modern QA tools, practices and standards
• Appreciation of A11Y Standards and how to test to them
• Experience of security and performance testing using open source tools
• Knowledge of how to interact with REST & GraphQL APIs
• Proficient understanding of GIT
• Extensive experience writing test scripts and plans
• Experience of TDD & BDD and Visual testing
• CI/CD & automated testing using Storybook, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Cucumber or similar a bonus.

Technologies in New Architecture

JAMstack

JavaScript / ES6

Typescript

React

Next.js

TailwindCSS

Storybook

Chromatic / Applitools / Checkly

Jest / Cypress / Jest / Pupeteer / Playwright

Node.js

Docker

Headless CMS like Sanity.io

Snipcart / Shopify / Big Commerce

Stripe & Paypal

Circle CI

Vercel / Netlify / Heroku / Azure

HTML

CSS3

Headless CMS / Wordpress / Github

Salesforce API

MailChimp / eSputnik / Amazon SES

Agile / Lean / Lean UX

JIRA

XRAY

Zapier

What you’ll get in return

• The ability to to work with a great team and the chance to help shape our global digital strategy
• Experience delivering a migration to JAMstack and building on some cutting edge technology
• References and valuable experience within the third sector
• Support from a passionate team and access to POW events
• Access to POW UK volunteer discounts/perks

Time Commitment

We have a fairly big backlog. It's really up to you and what you are able to provide.  We will work with you to prioritise workloads JIRA to fit the team's availability.

Thanks for your time and we hope to hear from you soon! Apply with the link to the right.

Role Tasks & Responsibilities

Working closely with other POW web team volunteers and staff to implement improvements to our digital infrastructure including a rebrand and the expansion of our POW Climate Pledge.

Who we’re looking for

We are seeking an experienced automated test engineer to help ensure the quality of our digital infrastructure as move to a new JAMstack architecture. You will be a detail orientated, organised and bring solid practical experience of implementing automated test frameworks.

Mostly importantly you will have experience working on your own initiative, of taking ownership of a project or task as part of a team and a hunger to learn & share knowledge.

Obviously a personal commitment to the mission and values of Protect Our Winters and a drive to support others to take effective action is also really important.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing test automation frameworks & scripts.
• Defining and using test automation guidelines
• Identifying & researching issues in software through testing
• Collaborating with and mentoring the wider team to delivery practical high quality solutions
• Keeping updated with the latest industry developments & recommending solutions
• Working with the team to build and reuse unit, cases, stubs, drivers and other objects.

Skills and Qualifications

• Solid understanding of modern automated web testing tools, practices and standards
• Appreciation of A11Y Standards and how to test to them
• Experience of security and performance testing using open source tools
• Knowledge of how to interact with REST a& GraphQL
• Proficient understanding of GIT
• Proficiency in JavaScript and/or Python
• CI/CD & automated testing using Storybook, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Cucumber et al.

Technologies in New Architecture

JAMstack

JavaScript / ES6

Typescript

React

Next.js

TailwindCSS

Storybook

Chromatic / Applitools / Checkly

Jest / Cypress / Jest / Pupeteer / Playwright

Node.js

Docker

Headless CMS like Sanity.io

Snipcart / Shopify / Big Commerce

Stripe & Paypal

Circle CI

Vercel / Netlify / Heroku / Azure

HTML

CSS3

Headless CMS / Wordpress / Github

Salesforce API

MailChimp / eSputnik / Amazon SES

Agile / Lean / Lean UX

JIRA

XRAY

Zapier

What you’ll get in return

• The ability to to work with a great team and the chance to help shape our global digital strategy
• Experience delivering a migration to JAMstack and building on some cutting edge technology
• References and valuable experience within the third sector
• Support from a passionate team and access to POW events
• Access to POW UK volunteer discounts/perks

Time Commitment

We have a fairly big backlog. It's really up to you and what you are able to provide.  We will work with you to prioritise workloads JIRA to fit the team's availability.

How to Apply

Use the link to the right.

If your skills match what we need to succeed in the role, you’ll then be asked to complete a phone / zoom interview to find out more.

Thanks for your time and we hope to hear from you soon!

Role Tasks & Responsibilities

Working closely with other POW web team volunteers and staff to implement improvements to our digital infrastructure including a rebrand, the expansion of our POW Climate Pledge and a move onto a new JAMstack architecture.

Who we’re looking for

We are seeking an experienced frontend engineer. This position requires a combination of programming skills (namely JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5 & CSS3) and aesthetics (understanding element arrangements on the screen, the colour and font choices, and so on).

You should have a good understanding of industry trends, headless content management and ecommerce. Experience with UX, accessibility, responsive and adaptive design is essential. Also, an understanding of the entire modern web development process, including design, development, and deployment is preferred.

Mostly importantly you will have experience working on your own initiative, of taking ownership of a project or task as part of a team and a hunger to learn & share knowledge.

Obviously a personal commitment to the mission and values of Protect Our Winters and a drive to support others to take effective action is also really important.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing new features and functionality on JAMstack
• Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture and technology choices
• Ensuring high-performance and availability along with the rest of the team
• Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working frontend
• Integrating ecommerce, membership and subscription APIs
• Pairing with other developers to share knowledge and ensure features are delivered to a high standard.

Skills and Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
• Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
• Experience designing and developing responsive design websites
• Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.
• Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers
• Appreciation of A11Y Standards and coding to them
• Experience of JAMstack and React frameworks preferable
• Experience of Storybook and developing competent libraries
• Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into a working frontend
• Knowledge of how to interact with REST & GraphQL
• Proficient understanding of GIT
• Previous Wordpress (our legacy CMS) experience helpful
• Experience of TDD/BDD and modern testing frameworks a bonus

Technologies in New Architecture

JAMstack

JavaScript / ES6

Typescript

React

Next.js

HTML5

CSS3

TailwindCSS

Storybook

Chromatic / Applitools / Checkly

Jest / Cypress / Jest / Pupeteer / Playwright

Node.js

Docker

Headless CMS like Sanity.io

Snipcart / Shopify / Big Commerce

Stripe & Paypal

Circle CI

Vercel / Netlify / Heroku / Azure

HTML

CSS3

Headless CMS / Wordpress / Github

Salesforce API

MailChimp / eSputnik / Amazon SES

Agile / Lean / Lean UX

JIRA

XRAY

Zapier

What you’ll get in return

• The ability to to work on some really cool technology and to hopefully learn more. Also to have a voice in our global digital strategy
• References and valuable experience within the third sector
• Support from a passionate team and access to POW events
• Access to POW UK volunteer discounts/perks

Time Commitment

We have a big backlog some of which is pretty urgent, we have a great team but could really do with a little more experienced help.  It's really up to you and what you are able to provide.  We will work with you to prioritise the backlog in JIRA to fit your availability.

How to Apply

Sound like the role for you? Please complete the application on this form (click "fill in an application" on right hand side)

If your skills match what we need to succeed in the role, you’ll then be asked to complete a phone / zoom interview to find out more.

Thanks for your time and we hope to hear from you soon!

Role Tasks & Responsibilities

1. Reconciling the charity’s Triodos bank account in Xero in order to produce quarterly VAT returns and monthly updates to the Trustees on income and expenses. 

•  In addition to BACs payments in / out we also have a charity debit card to make payments. 
•  Staff and volunteer expenses are processed through Receipt Bank.   
•  Currently these are all very low volumes <20/month across all channels.

 2) Set-up and manage monthly PAYE for our staff - currently one staff member, likely to be two in near future.

 3) Prepare quarterly VAT returns for the charity - we are now VAT registered and have our first submission due at the end of October.

About Protect Our Winters UK

Protect Our Winters UK is a charity formed to educate and support UK outdoor sports communities to mobilise and take positive action on climate change, starting with snowsports.

We do this by engaging individuals and organisations through their snowsports livelihoods and passions. We educate them on the risks of climate change and support them to take effective action.

Who we’re looking for

The POW Accounts Manager will have recent and relevant work managing accounts for a small business or charity.

Ideally experience of working with Xero and HMRC’s PAYE and VAT systems.

They will have experience working on their own initiative and taking ownership of a project or task but happy to ask for help when required

A personal commitment to the mission and values of Protect Our Winters and a drive to support others to take effective action

What you’ll get in return

Access to POW UK volunteer discounts/perks

References and valuable experience within the third sector

Support from a passionate team and access to POW events

Time Commitment

Time commitment for this role is expected to be around 2-3 hours per week, however this can fluctuate depending on the season and upcoming events.

How to Apply

Sound like the role for you? Please click "Fill in an application" to the right. If your skills match what we need to succeed in the role, you’ll then be asked to complete a phone interview to find out more.

Thanks for your time and we hope to hear from you soon.

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Before you apply

• Skills & Experience

  Web Design OR Research
   
  • Experience with UX design, information system design or information architecture -- please provide examples
  • Ability to research and create site maps, wireframes and user flowcharts
  Overhaul of the organization and structure of the Organization's existing website, or UX design for a new website.
• • We currently have a team of developers, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have a briefing, and the ability to provide any other information you need.

• We have our main website on Strapi CMS, JAMstack based
  We are creating a new support portal for businesses which may not be on this but is not decided where.

• Tasks may include:
• Clear map of website’s structure (sitemap) with wireframes to accompany the layout; wireframes may include homepage, section pages, content detail pages, and form pages
• Flowcharts or specifications for the interactive features of the website
• A summary of the system components that will need to be styled for the site
• Works remotely from anywhere
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