Job Title: Technology Solutions Developer
Location: Colchester
Salary: £28,465.96 to £34,213.04 per annum
Job Type: 1 x Permanent and 1 x Fixed Term (12 Months), Full time (37 hours per week)
Colchester Borough Council is committed to delivering high-quality and accessible services to residents, visitors and businesses. They are a local government authority providing a diverse range of public and commercial services across Colchester, the second largest district in Essex.
The Council are seeking a Technology Solutions Developer who can understand, assess, scope and support our organisational adoption of Microsoft365 with a focus on the Power Platform and other supplier Industry best practice cloud-based technology. Acting as an advocate for emerging technology and balancing innovation with risk management.
Duties of the role
As an essential member of the Technology Solutions Team, you will be evaluating Microsoft365 and industry standard cloud solutions against our strategic objectives, ICT programme, functional needs, and priorities, with a focus on the Power Platform. Ensuring any proposed solution is fully assessed, detailed, and developed to support successful adoption, progressive development and maximises opportunities for re-development and commercial marketing.
You will be exploring and testing emerging technologies, so that our organisation continues to lead the way and stay ahead of the curve.
Qualifications and skills required
To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate a working knowledge and experience of Microsoft 365 and developing solutions across this toolset, with examples of successful end-to-end implementation of Canvas Power Apps.
Attention to detail is key and being able to logically map customer or ICT requirements into a minimum viable product, with detailed process workflows; each research action is fully scoped and modelled against a structured work plan.
You will have experience in communicating across both groups and individuals, being able to simplify communications and optimise understanding of any proposed solutions. We would expect you to have experience in delivering successful end-to-end change, consistently meeting deadlines, communicating, and then managing risk or impact and applying a methodical approach to problem solving.
An IT qualification such as ITILv3 or newer would also be beneficial.
What we offer
The Council encourages all employees to maximise their potential. You will be entitled to join an attractive pension scheme and will receive a generous annual leave entitlement, including two extra company holidays during the Christmas period.
Other benefits include:
- Flexible working
- Gym, travel and online retail discounts
- Excellent training, development and progression opportunities
Please Note: Colchester Borough Council has a wide range of services and facilities that can involve dealing with children or vulnerable adults. We treat our obligations for the safety of children and vulnerable adults seriously and expect our staff to be committed to the principles of our published policies and to adhere to the procedures contained within them.
Please click the APPLY button and you will be directed to the Council’s careers page to complete your application.
Candidates with the experience and relevant job titles of; 1st Line Technical Support Advisor, 1st Line Technical Support Analyst, IT Technician, IT Support Engineer, IT Service Engineer, IT Service Desk Technician, 1st Line Helpdesk Engineer, IT Support Technician, 1st Line Support Engineer, 1st Line Support Technician, Technical Support, IT Support, IT Systems Support, IT Customer Support Advisor, 2nd Line Technical Support Advisor, Technician, 1st Line Helpdesk Engineer, IT Support Technician, 2nd Line Support Engineer may also be considered for this role.
