General

• Added in has not to the event booking by status filter
• Sport Makers hours difference – Issue with Sport Makers hours not matching between applicant search results and their profile
• When pulling off an excel document from the applicant search the registered worklist column in the document now shows a date instead of the number of seconds since registration
• Added account settings under the placement drop down menu for admins to edit applicants profile without having to masquerade
• Opportunities will now not show under the “active” tab if they have expired

Coaching

• Events title on new home page designs has been changed to courses/events
• Event filters added to courses/events page.
• Pagination has been added to the courses/events page allowing access to all course/events.
• No longer compulsory to have to put a hyperlink for a logo in the our partners section of the home page designs.
• Quick Profile – Date picker under experience section has been fixed
• Quick Profile - If no qualifications are added and user doesn’t tick “Check if you have no qualifications” and presses save a pop up will appear asking them to tick “Check if you have no qualifications”.
• Quick Profile - If no experience is added and user doesn’t tick “Check if you have no experience” and presses save a pop up will appear asking them to tick “Check if you have no experience”.
• Clickable links and titles on the new home page designs now pull through the brand colouring added to the theme section of the homepage configuration section.
• All courses/events now showing on the courses/events tab on the new home page designs.
• Affiliate URLs for the new home page designs now take the user to the correct sign-up page.
• Background of reference requests for referees has been styled so a white background separates the text and the background image.

Activepassport

• CPD fixes on matching course names for Providers in the Partner and applicant areas
• Search box added in the provider area to search linked applicants
• Enabled auctioning verification requests inactivepassport and Playwork
• Fixed bug with CPD attendance upload being added through email address/membership number import
• Added information to logged “Not listed” CPDs
• Fixed bug in Rest service
• Removed the ability to edit/delete Entry Qualifications
• Included applicant contact details in link request email
• Various Shutdowns fixed
• Refined member offers in the REPs site
• Additional options added to the Playwork experience log
• Updated thread content throughout all 3 site deployments
• Improved the editing of CPDs
• Edited blank expiry dates in CPDs and qualifications
• Updated the step by step user guides on the 3 site deployments
• Removed reference request links from all 3 site deployments
• REPs membership numbers now overwrite coaching IDs in activepassport sites
• Added email template for new provider registrations
• Displayed accepted file types in documentation upload
• Fixed browser compatibility issue regarding passwords
• Enabled switching between partner and applicant accounts
• Disabled REPs photo verification requests
• Added an additional field to “Not Listed” CPDs on describing what was taught in the course

General

• Saved Searches - This feature will allow for saving specific search filters and tracking of these searches weekly.

• Worklists - This feature will allow for bespoke applicant search results. Administrators can now select the data fields they wish to view from each search they run.

• Clickable KPIs - When a KPI figure is selected on the admin home page of Sport Makers an applicant search will automatically run showing the figure and Sport Makers who fall within the KPI.

• Discrepancies regarding Sport Makers journaled hours between Sport Maker’s profile (admin side) and when masquerading as the Sport Maker has been fixed.

Coaching

• Event types created by CSP are now shared with affiliates

• NGB Matching for Applicants - Recommended Links to NGBs has been implemented.

Active Passport

• Functionality has been added for partner level accounts to bulk upload experience (journaled hours)

• When passports created for REPs member now securely linked to their accounts.

• Providers and partners can now upload certificates from their account when bulk uploading any CPD or qualification.

• Filtered Search now added to “List Courses” page under “Manage CPDs”

• Once “Registering Interest” in an opportunity the information now shows in the opportunities area.

• Generate CV feature is now pulling in the correct data from passports.

• Notes Field added within “Training Plan” for users to free type the name of qualifications if “Not Listed”.

Future Changes

• Report Builder is to be removed from the system because administrators should be able to find all relevant information through new applicant search. However, if you have any issues after the removal then please let us know.

SkillsWeb is excited to announce the release of the Saved Searches feature. Saved Searches have taken the place of shortlists after it was decided that shortlists had reached their maximum capacity.

Saved Searches will enable administrators to carry out specific searches and then save the exact filters that were used to find those results.

The Saved Searches will not run like shortlists, as shortlists stored the names of every person in that search, whereas Saved Searches only save the filters necessary to recreate the search. For administrators this means that the time to run specific searches or open these “Saved Searches” will decrease dramatically.

Furthermore, once a Saved Search is saved, each week the search will be run automatically and the result of the search will be saved in a table. The benefit of saving the result in a table is that administrators can then view the table and analyse each week how much a specific search has either decreased or increased.

SkillsWeb is please to announce that Worklists have now been implemented onto the Applicant Search. 

We are very excited about the possibilities that worklists provide to administrators on the site. Worklists will enable them, before running a search, to select what fields of data they wish to collect, ensuring a bespoke experience for the administrators.

Previously, the information that was displayed after a search was run had been fixed to specific fields. However, now the data fields are fully customisable for the administrators, this will ensure a personalised experience each time a search is run. 

Furthermore, once the search is run, the administrators are now able to export a far larger .CSV file compared to what previously existed. This will enable all administrators to not only view the data on their computers, but also be able to use all the data offline if they wish to do so.

Duration: 12 Month Internship

Where: Shoreditch, London      

Salary: £12,000 + commission

General

We are looking to take on a student in our Shoreditch based (London) office for a 12 month internship, running from August 2013.

SkillsWeb is a suite of cloud software that allows organisation to engage, monitor, develop and evaluate their professional workforces. The company is rapidly growing with approximately 150,000 users currently utilising the platform. 

We are in partnership with numerous large organisations, including;

• Sport England

• Sports Coach UK

• Skills Active

• activepassport

• REPs

• All 49 County Sport Partnerships (CSPs)

• National Governing Bodies

An internship at SkillsWeb will provide in-depth experience in building long-lasting relationships with numerous clients from a diverse range of industries. One of the main roles that the successful candidate will have is working on securing crucial leads that provide the company with new projects and making SkillsWeb a renowned brand within the industry.

Job Specification

This is a Business Development Analyst placement and is open to candidates studying Sales, Marketing and Business Management related degrees. This placement is excellent for candidates looking to work in the world of sales and/or marketing. The candidate should consider themselves, as a necessity, to have a well-rounded personality, be a good verbal and written communicator, who is able to deal clearly and professionally with clients and internal project teams.

Your roles will include:

• Creating new leads for SkillsWeb within various industries

• Managing both existing and prospective client’s expectations, wants and needs.

• Attending meetings with high profile clients

• Managing our support system and project managing “Sprint Releases” (our monthly development updates)

Our Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a candidate that would slot in seamlessly within our team.

The key characteristics we are looking for in a candidate are:

Essential

• Quick thinking with excellent communication and conversational skills

• Able to stay calm and focused when given deadlines to meet

• Friendly, open-minded but tenacious to achieve their objectives

•  Looking to work in a cool, social, easy going yet hard-working environment

• Passionate about their work

Desirable

• Knowledge of the structure of Sport within England

• Experience of working with cloud based software

• Experience of dealing with clients

Internship Details

The placement will start in August 2013 and will continue until the following summer (end date is flexible depending on requirements). The placement is in central London (Old Street) and a salary will be paid of £12,000 + commission p.a. There will be an opportunity for the candidate to sculpt a future role within the business upon completion of their degree.

Working hours are flexi-time based around a 37.5 hour working week.

While working at SkillsWeb you will be expected to report to Dan Kastelik - SkillsWeb Product Manager.

Want To Apply?

If you are interested in applying for this internship please email Dan Kastelik at dan@skillsweb.org with the subject title “SkillsWeb - Business Development Analyst Internship” and make sure to attach a CV and covering letter by 30th April 2013.

Where: Shoreditch, London    

Salary: £30,000 – £38,000 per year (depending on experience)

General

We are looking for a passionate coder with 2+ years of Zend Framework or Symfony supported with 4+ years PHP (with good OOP and ORM) skills.

The SkillsWeb suite of cloud software is a solution that is specifically designed to support a professional workforce in terms of registration and profiling. The system provides cost efficiencies through networked compliance on an engaging platform for staff, candidates and contractors.

The platform allows organisations to engage, monitor, develop and evaluate their casual workforce. Furthermore, it allows Individuals to find work, receive information, assistance and training and verify activities.

Job Specification

The candidate should be a logical thinker and a good problem solver, able to see the shortest and best route to achieving the desired objectives. Furthermore, we are looking for someone with a creative spark, who is hot on Quality Assurance techniques using PHP Unit and other functional testing technologies.  

You’ll be responsible for developing application components for the SkillsWeb platform with some 140,000 people registered on the application.

You’ll also be working on continuous integration projects and performing code reviews to ensure the highest possible quality of code. We are big on using open source technologies to their maximum effect and occasionally contributing back!

Salary is between £30-38k depending on experience. There are flexible working times and an amazing office/location. A 10% discretionary bonus scheme and private healthcare is included. Also, there is a salary increase after 6 months.

Our Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate would be proficient in the following:

-  Creating object models using configured database schemas and entity descriptions

-  Architecting APIs to manipulate the model, using use cases as guides

-  Devising database schemas and object maps

- Ability to quality assure work of junior developers and communicate ideas and concepts

- Unit testing experience and experience with other QA methodologies

- Any web based business applications experience, working with creative agencies and competence with JavaScript is a real bonus.

- Must show a high level of organisational skills and be highly productive and self- managing.

Want To Apply?

If you are interested in applying for this position please email Dan Kastelik at dan@skillsweb.org with the subject title “SkillsWeb - PHP Developer Role” and make sure to attach a CV and covering letter.

Note: Candidates must clearly state no. of years PHP experience first, followed by required salary, availability to work (when you can start) and confirm eligibility to work in the EU.

This is a great opportunity to work in a profitable start-up with its own revenue that is currently incubated by Byng Systems Ltd (www.byng-systems.com)

General

• SMS Journaling - Sport Maker hours can now be journaled via text message. Visit www.sportmakers.co.uk/sms for further info
• Created various response messages for journaling feature.
• Applicant Import - Users (Applicants) can now be imported via an excel document. Email use for access
• Deep Linking – Direct links to pages within the applicant area can be sent to users (i.e. Opportunities, Events etc)
• Made a change to “first linked partner” making them “Primary partners”
• Users can edit who their Primary partner is when booking an event.
• Fixed various shutdown cases
• Contact preference updated when registering (all set to “yes”)
• Started work on NGB offering
• Progressed with development of
• SkillsWeb.org new website
• Self setup application
• New applicant search/service layer

Coaching

• Check of Quick Profile – Updated to request updating every 3 Months if information has changed.

Active Passport

• Various updates to CPDs & REPs entry qualifications
• Years extended in “Qualification Date Achieved” and “Experience Log – Session Date”
• Fixed fault regarding updating profile photos

General

• Automated Email now received by Admin when support ticket is sent through support link on admin home page to verify that the support ticket has been received.
• Disabled county partner links if not registering through CSP.
• When updating contact points, error no longer appears saying “Invalid Email Address”
• Featuresets have now been enabled for Partners and Affiliates
• Sport Maker Certificates now being sent out
• Sport Makers event booking screen format issue resolved in IE7
• County filter on Sport Makers that was hidden behind text is now fixed

Coaching

• Google Analytics has been enabled for all CSPs – Please contact us with a Google mail (Gmail) email address so we can set you up.
• Iron Science – New vendor added to the Marketplace

Active Passport

• No longer compulsory to name who the CPD certificate awarded by
• Verification package disabled for REPs
• REPs added as an awarding body on the CPD list
• Sport dropdown on importing qualifications screen resized
• Verification Requests tab on admin front panel – Incorrect format now fixed.
• CV links now sent as HTML instead of PDF
• Step-by-step guides added for administrator and partner accounts

Sprint 43 release notes

We have released the following developments which benefit all users this week;

General

• Enabled feature sets for modules that you have signed up to. This means that you may find that you do not have access to features that you used to. You will now only have access to the subsidised features and additional modules that you have a licence for.
• Developed a web based user guide. This is accessible from the user guide link at the top of the admin area. It has been populated with content initially for the admin area only, this will be expanded over time. Please feel free to leave constructive feedback in the comments section (include your name and your partner).
• Added in tips on how to link applicant and provider accounts together, whether creating a new provider or when creating an applicant account.
• Updated NGB offers in the Sport Maker site
• Updated venue listings to make them easier to find.
• Fixed numerous shutdown messages

Coaching

• Developed the 8 Coaching objectives report as well as documentation assisting the exporting of the data
• Created a resource bank that has been added to the content module. The resource bank allows for applicants, providers and partners to upload resources (documents/images/links) and be shared by users linked to them.
• Create a new partner affiliate site for the south Yorkshire athletics network
• Amended CIVICA reference codes to fit with reporting
• Updated www.coachweb.co.uk with up to date pricing model
• Edited the PayPal option within event bookings to redirect to a new window when paying for an event booking

We hope that you find these changes/fixes/additions useful and as always if you have any questions please feel free to get in touch at - support@volunteerweb.co.uk

Sprint 42 release notes

We have released the following developments which benefit all users this week;

General

• Completed the work for the weekly newsfeed to be automatically sent out to all applicants that choose to receive this. We will be enabling this for all partners on the 1^st September. If you would not like this enabled please can you let us know before this date.
•  Added a new filter in the applicant search looking for ethnicity
•  Added a new privilege flag that stops partner admins from being able to make opportunities national unless they have it enabled
• Enhancements to the asset manager area, including listing the assets to be easily found
• Fixed a minor error with the incorrect partner administrators receiving auto emails that shouldn’t
• Applicants now display in the event booking list regardless of the roles that they may or may not have.
• Various shutdown messages fixed
• Amended the partners that are automatically linked to when providers first register
• Upgraded the captcha on the registration screen to be more robust
• Edited the “confirmation of emails sent” email when emails are sent in batches to say x number of x have been sent out
• Opportunities are now ordered by start date in the admin area to make finding opportunities easier
•  When providers become applicants they are automatically linked to Sport Makers and the partner that they have registered with
• Removed the ability to journal sessions from earlier than 2012

Coaching

• Added a new vendor to the CoachWeb marketplace
• Enhancement to the tracked schemes module that allows for reference requests to be resent for applications already submitted
• Tracked schemes can now be edited once they have been submitted
• Fixed minor issue with certain qualifications not being displayed in the applicant search
• Upgrade the course availability feature in the partner admin area       
• Improved the information that can be collected in the interview reports
• Fixed incorrect dates being defaulted to 1970
• Updated the required training page that applicants and partner admins view
• Extended the timeout period when completing the quick profile
• When masquerading as an applicant we’ve disabled the redirect to the quick profile
• Added the ability for by default when viewing opportunities, the applicant only see opportunities for providers that are linked to the partners the applicant is linked to. Further opportunities can be seen by using the filters. If you want this enabled for CoachWeb please let us know.
• Amended a few typos on CoachWeb
• Fixed the editing of operating standards

We hope that you find these changes/fixes/additions useful and as always if you have any questions please feel free to get in touch at - support@volunteerweb.co.uk