Frontend Developer

The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is seeking a talented and motivated Frontend Developer to join our Digital Team. The post holder will manage and enhance the RYA website's frontend experience, ensuring it remains on-brand, accessible, and legally compliant. Reporting to the Head of Digital, they will collaborate with internal stakeholders, agencies, and a small team to maintain the UK's leading sailing and watersports resource. The post holder will support approximately 100,000 monthly website visitors, overseeing membership management, certification, training support, and ecommerce services. With the introduction of a new Umbraco CMS, they will manage junior designers and lead website projects, updates, and marketing campaigns. Their expertise in CMS platforms, design, and UX will drive best practices and guide the organisation's digital roadmap. Your responsibilities as a Frontend Developer will include, but are not limited to: Lead the development and enhancement of the Umbraco front end in collaboration with the Digital Product Owner and partner agencies. Oversee design support, page builds, content edits, and UI/UX best practices for the RYA website. Proactively enhance RYA website accessibility, customer journeys, site functionality, and overall performance. Work with our external support partner to troubleshoot user and system issues. Interpret and deliver feature requirements and functional code changes in line with good product design. Create and maintain documentation for front end processes. Manage one direct report and collaborate closely with the Digital Team to ensure timely delivery of all service requests.

The Royal Yachting Association, based in Hamble, near Southampton, is the national governing body for all forms of recreational, competitive and professional boating. It represents dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising, RIBs and sports boats, windsurfing, inland cruising and personal watercraft.