Purpose: To provide full IT services to clients of National Web Design UK.

A number of top Goan professionals will work under a programme manager from the UK in the National Web Design IT Services Centre in Goa full time operating under UK business hours.

Timescale: Formation (planned) Summer 2007.  Growth over 3-5 years.

Staffing Needs: The IT Services Centre in Goa must provide all the technical needs of National Web Design Clients. Most projects are based on PHP, MySQL particularly around our own versions of Joomla!, osCommerce and to a lesser extend Ilias. Graphics and SEO skill will also be required. Custom work is also undertaken. The work includes specifying and testing. Initially we think that developers covering the skill sets - PHP, Back office (but very good/flexible etc), general web design and ideally graphic design.  Work that can't be carried out in-house can be carried out using our other Goan teams in Verna and Panjim Riverside and our other sites in Bangkok and Romania. We expect that this will expand to take on every first class new graduate available. We would like the operation to expand to 10 first class Goans by late summer/Autumn 2007. We are commited to get the best people and pay at an International rate similar to Global companies in Bangalore. This is a long-term position and the value of the salary package can increase by 24%-42% annaully (performance related) with substantial bonuses also avaliable.

Staff in the National Web Design IT Services Centre Goa will work normal UK hours (9am-5pm GMT/BST) Monday to Friday. There will be a 15 minute tea break at 10:30am and 3:30pm and a 30 minute lunch break at 12:30 giving a 7 hour work day.

UK hours 8am to 9am (Goan lunchtime) will be dedicated to training and education and free healthy food and drink will be available. Training and Education slots are paid for out of the normal pay package.

Goan Mornings before 8am GMT/BST, Saturday and Sunday and all Public Holidays are free except during projects declared Urgent or Emergency when double (Goan Mornings before 8am GMT/BST Mon-Fri & Saturday) or triple (Sunday and all Public Holidays) pay scales.

All staff will be full time and dedicated to the projects. Staff may not work on external paid projects of any type.

After 12 months staff may be given free time to contributing to Open Source projects to expand their reputation in the Open Source world or earn the right to 20% time similar to that in comapnies such as Google. If you wish to take part in community projects in Goa we will give 100% support to suitable causes.

Locations under consideration

• Verna (possibly on the Verna industrial estate as a sub-let - e.g. in the Siemens or D-Link building)
• Panjim (particularly near Miramar Beach)
• Bogmalo Beach. The immediate access to Dabolim Airport means that clients and programme managers and project leaders (Goa based) could carry out very short turn around trips between Goa and Milton Keynes (ultimately even flying out working on the project for the day and them flying back).
• Cancona.