solutions developer Birmingham, England
Job description
Basis: Full Time
Work Pattern: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week
Type: Permanent
We are brave, we are ambitious, we are honest, and we are Citizen!
At a time of considerable transformational change for the Group, we are looking to recruit an experienced Business Solutions Developer to join the ICT team based at 4040 Lakeside.
This post is responsible for contributing to the design, integration, deployment, and other technical aspects of the development of, and modifications to the Housing management system within Citizen. As the Housing Systems developer you will be instrumental in enabling the successful development and transition to service of the next generation ICT applications and services.
The ideal candidate should be experienced in incident and problem management along with monitoring systems performance and availability.
As a team we are responsible for the implementation, development and testing of software upgrades and enhancements as directed, ensuring the solutions are technically sound and are delivered on time.
This is a position where you will be expected to manage many competing priorities and projects, working collaboratively with partners across the business to ensure the delivery of quality outcomes. Experience of working within an ICT team and delivering solutions is essential along with sound working knowledge of housing management systems, interfacing systems and customer portals.
In housing you can make a real difference, the role of Business Solutions Developer will involve:
- Implementation, development and testing of software upgrades and enhancements.
- Working with partners and stakeholders across the business to ensure quality and positive outcomes.
- Monitoring of systems performance and availability.
- Being responsible for smooth transition of ICT applications and services.
As Business Solutions Developer we need you to have:
- Ability to create SQL scripts and manage the end-to-end process.
- Experience of working within a team and communicating effectively to partners across the business to ensure smooth delivery of ICT services and applications.
- Driven to proactively improve performance of ICT systems.
- Understanding of change management strategies and principles.
- Ability to analyse data, recognise trends and implement solutions.
We would be really excited if you have:
- Experience of working within the housing sector
- ITIL qualification or experience
- Experience of Microsoft Workflow or any workflow experience
- Any use C++ or HTML
Our people are everything and we offer:
- Opportunities for salary progression, which is directly linked to performance reviews
- Additional bolt on to salary for OOH and late shift rotation
- IT equipment to allow some optional home working
- ‘Live work better’ scheme which actively encourages work-life balance
- Annual leave starts at 25 days per year, increasing with length of service
- Enhanced family leave
- Company Pension – Citizen match up to 10%
- If part of the pension scheme you are entitled to Life cover (three times your annual salary)
- Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
- EAP – a 24/7 service which gives free, confidential advice and support on a range of issues including telephone counselling
- Medicash scheme -which includes GP Access, digital Physiotherapy app, retail vouchers and discounts, discounted gym memberships and more!
- Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
- Recognition through our Employee Excellence Awards
- Representation opportunities on our Staff Consultative Forum
- Access to Citizen’s Wellbeing platform
- Employee Excellence Awards (winners receive extra days annual leave that year)
- Occupational Health
- We believe everyone has something to give and encourage everyone to be the best they can be to reach their full potential with extensive learning and development opportunities and Study Leave
We adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing our services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect. As part of our recruitment process, we carry out robust safeguarding checks.
Further information on our selection process and Equality and Diversity commitment can be found at www.citizenhousing.org.uk
Closing date: 4th August 2023
Interview date: TBC
Please note we will be reviewing applications throughout the campaign and may invite candidates to interview at any time. We reserve the right to close this role earlier than the published closing date should a suitable candidate be identified.
