1. Write efficient code using best practices for software development from scratch
2. Collaborate with programmers and app designers to create a web-based application that matches the visual and accessible design intent
3. Create and maintain documentation for software used
4. Work closely with project teams to provide technical expertise for developing and delivering the desired UI and user experience (UX) for systems/projects
5. Design for making technology as easy as possible to use for Visually Impaired People (VIP) and fully accessible
6. Approach problem-solving creatively and possess excellent follow-up skills
7. Create engaging and performant UIs (e.g., CSS and animations)
8. Build modern web applications using Java (Spring) and Angular JS
9. Proficiently create databases using MySQL
10. Be curious, kind, and a great team worker
Benefits:
1. Join the mission of VIP World Services Design for 285 million VIP (Visually Impaired People) around the world
2. Assist in shaping the direction of an innovative startup from London into a scale-up
3. Work with an international team mostly spread across the UK
4. Widen your professional horizons
5. Experience working with the disabled community
6. Flexible, Remote Based (online until December 2021)
7. Opportunity to contribute to a young team and grow as a leader
8. Opportunity to co-design with the founding team and implement your ideas
Requirements:
1. Demonstrable previous front-end development experience
2. Proficient in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery
3. Experience with responsive and adaptive design
4. Experience working in an agile environment/understanding of SDLC and agile development processes
5. Fluent written and verbal communication in English
6. Energized by reviewing the status quo and actively supporting improvements
7. Analytical and curious
8. Willingness to learn on the job
Travel Hands is a service designed to ease the outdoor commute of VIPs (Visually Impaired People) by pairing them with sighted & verified volunteers to walk together to similar destinations ensuring a safe, convenient, and inexpensive travel experience.
Travel Hands charity, based in London, relieves the needs of Visually Impaired People (VIPs) by facilitating safe, convenient, and inexpensive outdoor travel so they can attend formal appointments, recreational activities, and community events.
Travel Hands enables the VIP community to have a safe outdoor traveling experience from end to end. With 700+ journeys conducted in London as a call center, the service has proven to save 30 minutes for every journey undertaken and 40 on travel costs per month as compared to pre-pandemic statistics for an active VIP in London. VIPs are encouraged to be more physically active and improve social interactions to avoid loneliness.
