Application Forms
If you wish to apply for any of these vacancies please do so using the method stated in the advert. Alternatively, if you do not have a CV, please print and complete an Application Form, using the Application Form Notes provided. Return this for the attention of the named contact to the relevant site location, along with a completed Equal Opportunities Form.
Should you have any queries about completing the forms, please contact the Human Resources Department - phone 01248 679340 or e-mail hr@thebookpeople.co.uk
Book People Distributors and Distributor Assistants
A Book People distributorship provides the opportunity to run your own book-selling business in your local area, working hand-in-hand with a nationwide, well-established and respected household name, known for quality, value and excellent service.
Location:Nationwide
To find out more please visit our distributor website
Developers
NO AGENCIES
Location: Bangor, North Wales
Benefits: 20% off books, 25 days holiday, nursery discount, pension scheme after qualifying period.
To Apply: If any of the development roles are applicable to you, please send your CV (2 pages max) to Recruitment Coordinator at itrecruitment@thebookpeople.co.uk
Graduate Java Developer
20k + benefits
If you have a passion and ability for working in and around the Java ecosystem, we have space in our multi-disciplined team of 6 developers. You will take part in a mixture of development for: customer facing commerce websites (own brand Book People, Red House, Puffin Book Club and Puffin Post); extranet CRM system; and web solution to support our distributor network.
Technical Skills: Java / HTML / Javascript
Java Developer
Salary: 20-28k.
If you have a passion and ability for working in and around the Java ecosystem, we have space in our multi-disciplined team of 6 developers. You will take part in a mixture of development for: customer facing commerce websites (own brand Book People, Red House, Puffin Book Club and Puffin Post); extranet CRM system; and web solution to support our distributor network.
Technical Skills:
Essential: Languages Java/HTML/CSS/Javascript; Dev tools CVS/Eclipse; Application server Websphere/Tomcat
Extremely Useful: Oracle/DB2.0
Desirable: IBM Websphere Commerce v6 / EJB / AJAX / Hibernate / Spring
Web Developer
20 - 26K + benefits
Whilst we are not actively recruiting for a web developer at present, our requirements often change so we are happy to receive applications throughout the year, to be kept on file.
Joining a team of 6 multi-disciplined developers in Bangor, you could have a strong influence on and bring some flair into the existing technically focused team.
You will aid the development of web content sites, as well as translating design briefs created by our web design team. Work would involve creating and maintaining stylesheets, and image manipulation for both our external customer facing commerce websites (own brand Book People, Red House, Puffin Book Club and Puffin Post) and internal websites. Any experience of working on commerce related sites would be of additional benefit.
Technical Skills:
Essential:HTML / CSS / JSP / strong Javascript & DOM / and Photoshop. You must be passionate about semantic Web Standards. Good knowledge of cross-browser development and security. Eye for design to bring some much needed web skills into the team.
Extremely Useful: Flash.