Volunteering at Lifetime Learning enables an opportunity for experienced or inexperienced individuals to develop knowledge, gain skills and be a part of a dynamic team in a professional environment.
Lifetime Learning provides and supports volunteering, internships and paid positions to help with the development of skills and knowledge. We are looking for dedicated and talented individuals who share our values and thoughts to help us accomplish a world of education.
Lifetime Learning is different from other organisations as there are so many opportunities and projects available to work on. We assign projects depending upon the knowledge and skills the individual currently has, this enables quick development for the volunteers. The opportunity would then be available to branch out of your comfort zone testing you further and enabling an increased knowledge and skill set for your desired field.
Our volunteering roles are of high demand, the ideal successful candidates would be able to commit to a minimum of 6 months. We set this target to ensure consistency with clients, the team and allow volunteers the opportunity to really gain the experience they require. However, this does differ depending on the role and projects available.
We cover volunteers travel and lunch expenses and can provide a reference to volunteers providing the individuals conduct themselves in a professional and timely manner, as well as completing tasks to a high standard and providing one week’s notice.
The ideal candidate will be passionate, enthusiastic and understand our thoughts and views to help us achieve our goals.
Lifetime Learning is devoted to a friendly work culture.
- C# form based application experience.
- Database Connectivity using mysql.
- Event Handling
- Adhere to in-house development processes and standards
- Analyse requirements
- Develop changes to existing systems
- Adequately test developed software and liase with the developer
- Make recommendations
- Ensure all documentation is maintained to a high standard
- Liase with the team
- Good command of spoken and written English
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Friendly and approaching
- Motivated
- Ability to work well in a team and individually
- Excellent PC Skills
- Enthusiastic
- Hard working
- Drive to succeed
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Lifetime Learning strives for the fulfillment of employability by providing opportunities to enhance the knowledge and skill set of individuals, within and outside the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. We aim to increase an individual’s chances of achieving sustainable employment and to facilitate a wider spectrum of opportunities for individuals in the future.
Lifetime Learning specialises in training and providing software to local authorities. We analyse pupils’ performance and progress. We offer highly rewarding ASP training experiences and software that supports schools to sustain, maintain, and drive school improvements.
We are looking for passionate and enthusiastic individuals who share and understand our thoughts and views to help us achieve our goals.
We currently need to fill our Voluntary IT Support office to conduct Software testing on a Part time or Full time. No previous experience is required.
Role Responsibilities:- Our Software support (Full training will be provided).
- Software testing
- Optional - Google research.
- Optional - Website update (it’s very easy to update our website. We use WordPress, Joomla etc Content Management Systems similar editing facilities as Microsoft Word has).
- Optional - Database update (Microsoft Excel)
- Optional - Email Marketing
- Any other ad-hoc jobs
You will receive all the coaching and training needed to succeed in this role.
Person Specification:
- Strong understand of PC components
- Technical PC skills
- Excellent PC skills
- Previous experience with PC components is desirable
- Good command of English
- Friendly and approachable
- Motivated
- Good customer service skills
- Attention to detail
- Be able to remain calm in stressful situations
- Good communication skills
- Adhoc Administration
- Enthusiastic
- Drive to succeed
If you do not hear from us, you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. However, we may contact you at a later date should the position become available.
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- Monitoring and maintaining computer systems and networks in the office.
- Talking staff or clients through a series of actions, either face to face or over the telephone to help resolve issues with our in-house statistical software.
- Working closely with our developers to resolve issues with our in-house statistical software.
- Using our in-house statistical software to generate reports for clients If they are unable.
- Adhoc Administration
- Target driven
- A passion for solving IT problems
- Hands on approach to work
- Be able to remain calm in stressful situations
- Great communication skills
- Good PC skills (working knowledge of both hardware and software systems)
- Friendly and approachable
- Logical thinker
- Motivated
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- Design, develop and debug/troubleshoot the software system
- Support users by developing documentation and assistance tools
- Create user information solutions and maintain the efficacy of the software
- Identify bugs within the system and devise solution for these problems
- Help in the implementation and maintenance of the java based components and interface
- Provide recommendation in the software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing
- Develop new applications that serve the existing software system
- Ensure designs are in compliance with client specifications
- Support the continuous improvement and development of the software through the integration of new technologies
- Proficient in java, with a good understanding of object-oriented programming
- Knowledge of java libraries and the concurrency patterns in java
- Experience with embedded database and creating database schemas
- Skill for writing clean, reusable java code
- Be able to design and develop features and functionality
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Good understanding of the software development life cycles
- Some fundamental understanding of web-based system programming and development
- Preferred BSc degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
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