Frontend developer

You can:

• understand accessibility and that users have different accessibility needs
• help fix accessibility issues under the direction of others

You can:

• listen to the needs of design and business stakeholders and interpret information
• take part in discussions within a multidisciplinary team

You can:

• understand the work of others and the importance of team dynamics, collaboration and feedback

You can:

• follow agreed good practice for the team
• show an awareness of the importance of team dynamics and collaboration
• understand the importance of feedback

You can:

• understand the importance of adopting a modern standards approach

You can:

• design, code, test, correct and document simple user interfaces using the right standards and tools under the direction of others

You can:

• explain what prototyping is, and why and when to use it
• understand how to work in an open and collaborative environment (by pair working, for example)

You can:

• show an understanding of user experience analysis and its principles
• explain the purpose of user stories and the focus on user needs

You can:

• describe the basic principles of web performance
• explain why web performance is important
• help improve web performance under supervision

You can:

• understand users have different accessibility needs
• build user interfaces that meet accessibility standards and fix accessibility issues under the direction of others

You can:

• listen to the needs of design and business stakeholders and interpret information
• take part in discussions within a multidisciplinary team
• be an advocate for the team externally, and can manage differing perspectives
• shape and share communications relevant to the audience

You can:

• contribute to the work of others
• motivate and empower teams
• create the right environment for teams to work in, and can identify the best team makeup depending on the situation
• recognise and deal with issues

You can:

• follow agreed good practice for the team
• show an awareness of the importance of team dynamics and collaboration
• understand the importance of feedback

You can:

• explain the most important principles of a modern standards approach and how they apply to the work you are undertaking
• apply these principles under guidance

You can:

• collaborate with others to understand and review software requirements
• design, code, test, correct and document user interfaces using the right standards and tools under the direction of others

You can:

• understand when to use a specific prototyping technique or method
• show the value of prototyping to your team

You can:

• explain the strategic context of your work and why it is important
• support strategic planning in an administrative capacity

You can:

• assist as part of a team in the design of components of larger systems

You can:

• show an awareness of how to build static assets from source code
• explain how browsers use and present static assets to the end users, and how different versions of an interface can be delivered for different browsers and devices

You can:

• show an understanding of user experience analysis and its principles
• explain the purpose of user stories and the focus on user needs

You can:

• describe the basic principles of web performance
• explain why web performance is important
• help improve web performance under supervision

You can:

• build user interfaces that meet a predefined set of standards
• champion accessibility to internal stakeholders
• offer design feedback to mitigate the risk of failing accessibility testing
• offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use when accessibility testing

You can:

• work collaboratively in a group and build relationships with others
• identify issues through Agile 'health checks' and work with others to address them
• manage stakeholder expectations
• be flexible and capable of proactive and reactive communication
• host or moderate difficult discussions within the team or with senior stakeholders

You can:

• work collaboratively in a group, actively networking with others
• adapt feedback to ensure it’s effective and lasting
• use your initiative to identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them
• identify issues through Agile ‘health checks’ with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses

You can:

• understand the impact of decisions
• make decisions characterised by different levels of risk and complexity
• resolve technical disputes between wider peers and indirect stakeholders, taking into account all views and opinions

You can:

• competently apply a modern standards approach and guide others to do so

You can:

• collaborate with others when necessary to review specifications
• use the agreed specifications to build, test and document user interfaces of medium to high complexity, using the right standards and tools

You can:

• approach prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others
• establish design patterns and iterate them
• use a variety of prototyping methods and choose the most appropriate

You can:

• work within a strategic context and communicate how activities meet strategic goals
• contribute to the development of strategy and policies

You can:

• translate agreed designs into working user interfaces following modern standards
• manage and document technical complexity to make sure work is easily maintained and reusable

You can:

• build static assets from source code and test that the resulting user interface works as expected when delivered over the internet
• work on integration tests and support configuration of the network part of the system as part of a wider team

You can:

• collaborate effectively with user researchers and interaction designers to represent user needs internally
• champion user research to focus on all users
• prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so

You can:

• explain the principles of web performance
• explain how poor performance can negatively affect user experience
• help improve web performance
• help identify and resolve web performance issues

You can:

• build user interfaces that meet a predefined set of standards
• champion accessibility to internal stakeholders
• offer design feedback to mitigate the risk of failing accessibility testing
• offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use when accessibility testing

You can:

• work collaboratively in a group and build relationships with others
• identify issues through Agile 'health checks' and work with others to address them
• manage stakeholder expectations
• be flexible and capable of proactive and reactive communication
• host or moderate difficult discussions within the team or with senior stakeholders

You can:

• work collaboratively in a group, actively networking with others
• adapt feedback to ensure it’s effective and lasting
• use your initiative to identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them
• identify issues through Agile ‘health checks’ with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses

You can:

• make decisions characterised by medium levels of risk and complexity, and can recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase
• contribute to best practice guidelines

You can:

• competently apply a modern standards approach and guide others to do so

You can:

• collaborate with others when necessary to review specifications
• use the agreed specifications to build, test and document user interfaces of medium to high complexity, using the right standards and tools

You can:

• approach prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others
• establish design patterns and iterate them
• use a variety of prototyping methods and choose the most appropriate

You can:

• define strategies and policies, providing guidance to others on working in the strategic context
• evaluate current strategies to ensure business requirements are being met and exceeded where possible

You can:

• translate agreed designs into working user interfaces following modern standards
• manage and document technical complexity to make sure work is easily maintained and reusable
• work with well-understood technology and can identify appropriate patterns to make effective use of technologies’ best features

You can:

• define the static assets build
• co-ordinate all aspects of the integration and take responsibility for the tests around the user interface
• configure the part of the system that uses the network and test that it works as expected

You can:

• collaborate with user researchers and interaction designers to represent user needs internally
• explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user. You champion user research to focus on all users
• effectively prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others to do so
• offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use

You can:

• identify and resolve web performance issues
• collect data to monitor and resolve web performance issues
• guide on the best web performance optimisation software and methods to use

You can:

• show a strong understanding of accessibility and be an advocate for users with accessibility needs
• build user interfaces that meet a predefined set of standards
• champion accessibility to internal and external stakeholders
• offer design solutions to mitigate the risk of failing accessibility testing
• recommend the best tools and methods to use when accessibility testing

You can:

• mediate between people and mend relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels
• manage stakeholder expectations and host or moderate discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales
• speak on behalf of and represent the community to large audiences inside and outside of government

You can:

• work collaboratively in a group, actively networking with others
• adapt feedback to ensure it’s effective and lasting
• use your initiative to identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them
• identify issues through Agile ‘health checks’ with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses

You can:

• change organisational structures to fixable and sustainable designs
• lead on the strategy for the whole organisation, marrying business needs with innovative analysis
• make and justify decisions characterised by high levels of risk, impact and complexity
• build consensus between organisations (private or public) or highly independent stakeholders
• solve and unblock issues between teams or departments at the highest level
• understand the psychology of a team and have strong mediation skills
• coach the organisation on team dynamics and conflict resolution

You can:

• demonstrate a strong understanding of the most appropriate modern standards and practices, and how they are applied
• coach and guide others in these standards

You can:

• advise on the right way to apply standards and methods to ensure compliance
• provide technical advice to stakeholders and set team-based standards for programming tools and techniques
• collaborate with others when required to review specifications
• use specifications to build, test and document user interfaces of high complexity, using the appropriate standards and tools

You can:

• approach prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others
• establish design patterns and iterate them
• use a variety of prototyping methods and choose the most appropriate

You can:

• lead the design and implementation of strategy, directing the evaluation of strategies and policies to ensure business requirements are being met

You can:

• translate agreed designs into working user interfaces following modern standards
• manage and document technical complexity to make sure work is easily maintained and reusable
• work with well-understood technology and can identify appropriate patterns to make effective use of technologies’ best features

You can:

• define the static assets build
• co-ordinate all aspects of the integration and take responsibility for the tests around the user interface
• configure the part of the system that uses the network and test that it works as expected

You can:

• collaborate with user researchers and interaction designers to represent user needs internally
• explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user. You champion user research to focus on all users
• effectively prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others to do so
• offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use

You can:

• identify and resolve web performance issues
• collect data to monitor and resolve web performance issues
• guide on the best web performance optimisation software and methods to use

You can:

• show a strong understanding of accessibility and be an advocate for users with accessibility needs
• build user interfaces that meet a predefined set of standards
• champion accessibility to internal and external stakeholders
• offer design solutions to mitigate the risk of failing accessibility testing
• recommend the best tools and methods to use when accessibility testing

You can:

• mediate between people and mend relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels
• manage stakeholder expectations and host or moderate discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales
• speak on behalf of and represent the community to large audiences inside and outside of government

You can:

• solve and unblock issues between teams or departments at the highest level
• coach the organisation on team dynamics and conflict resolution, while also building and growing the community

You can:

• change organisational structures to fixable and sustainable designs
• lead on the strategy for the whole organisation, marrying business needs with innovative analysis
• make and justify decisions characterised by high levels of risk, impact and complexity
• build consensus between organisations (private or public) or highly independent stakeholders
• solve and unblock issues between teams or departments at the highest level
• understand the psychology of a team and have strong mediation skills
• coach the organisation on team dynamics and conflict resolution

You can:

• demonstrate a strong understanding of the most appropriate modern standards and practices, and how they are applied
• coach and guide others in these standards

You can:

• advise on the right way to apply standards and methods to ensure compliance
• provide technical advice to stakeholders and set team-based standards for programming tools and techniques
• collaborate with others when required to review specifications
• use specifications to build, test and document user interfaces of high complexity, using the appropriate standards and tools

You can:

• use a variety of prototyping methods
• share best practice and coach others
• look at strategic service design end to end

You can:

• lead the design and implementation of strategy, directing the evaluation of strategies and policies to ensure business requirements are being met

You can:

• design systems characterised by high levels of risk and technical complexity
• manage and document technical complexity to make sure work is easily maintained and reusable
• select the appropriate standards, methods and tools, and make sure they are applied effectively
• ensure others follow relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices
• work with well understood technology and can identify appropriate patterns to make effective use of technologies’ best features

You can:

• define the static assets build
• co-ordinate all aspects of the integration and take responsibility for the tests around the user interface
• configure the part of the system that uses the network and test that it works as expected

You can:

• collaborate with user researchers and interaction designers to represent user needs internally
• explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user. You champion user research to focus on all users
• effectively prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others to do so
• offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use

You can:

• advocate for web performance optimisation best practices
• coach and guide others
• actively collect data from multiple tools to monitor and resolve web performance issues

Communicating information

Strategic thinking

Prototyping

Strategic thinking

Modern standards approach

Prototyping

Prototyping

Strategic thinking

Prototyping

Strategic thinking