Job Reference:
1608
Location:
Greater London
Hours of Work:
37 hours per week (full time)
Salary:
£43,042 per annum (inclusive of £1,044 market supplement and £480 home working allowance)
Contract Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
09 Nov 2025
ID: 1608 Front End Developer (React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Typescript)
Service: Software Development
Salary: £43,042 per annum (inclusive of £1,044 market supplement and £480 home working allowance)
Location: Home-based within UK.
Occasional travel to our London-based head office and other locations across the UK required.
Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week.)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the
importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
As our Front End Developer, you will be an experienced software developer and problem solver with an excellent track record implementing delightful user experiences. You will build web applications for use by our staff and the people who access our services. The software you build will elevate the performance of our services and contribute to better outcomes for the people we serve. The software products you deliver will be critical in helping Family Action deliver successful services that impact hundreds of thousands of children and families across the UK each year.
Main Responsibilities:
• Create intuitive and feature-rich web applications for staff and service users
• Implement responsive user interfaces in React/Next.js
• Style applications using TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and organisational branding
• Utilise insights from user analytics and behaviour tracking tools
• Implement automated UI testing
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Significant experience developing web applications for internal teams and external customers
• Proven experience building complex web applications with Next.js
• Expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern React including Hooks, Context API, Server and Client Components
• Ability to implement best practices in usability, accessibility and inclusive design
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
• Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Sunday 9th November 2025 at 23:59
• To learn more about Family Action: Careers
Interviews are scheduled to take place from Monday 17st November 2025 via Teams, with slots throughout the working day and early/late slots available on request.
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: tej.sohal@family-action.org.uk
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview in-person.