Job Title: Senior Applications and Development Specialist – Council
Location: Walsall
Salary: £33,782- £38,890 per annum
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Closing Date: 27th February 2022
Does Canvas and Model driven Apps, Dynamics 365 and Dataverse mean anything to you?
Or how about .Net, Microsoft Azure DevOps and Azure Functions?
It does! Then you’re in the right place at the right time because we have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Application Support and Development Specialist to join our amazing team.
If you are a motivated, forward-thinking person, we’d love you to work as part of our new Dynamics Team.
About the role
At Walsall Council ICT, we support and develop a wide range of business applications whist pursuing an ambitious program of work to improve our digital capability.
We are looking for someone that has experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and CRM systems. Are you still with us? Great – this is what we are looking for.
About you:
As a Senior Application Support and Development Specialist, you will be part of the Council’s growing Dynamics Team helping to cultivate the new CRM system and associated processes. As well as supporting ICT applications used by the various business areas of Walsall Council, you’ll also carry out software development activities relating to these Business Applications.
We’re looking for that special team member who has experience in a 3rd line support and development role and be familiar with several of the following development technologies:
- Power Platform – Canvas and Model driven Apps; Dynamics 365; Dataverse
- .Net; C#; ASP.Net Model View Controller (MVC)
- Microsoft Azure DevOps
- SQL; Transact SQL; SQL Server (2012+)
- Power BI; HTML5 & CSS; JavaScript
- Azure Functions; Azure Service Bus; Azure Logic Apps; REST API
Here are some of the benefits of being part of our team:
- We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining talent and can offer you an opportunity to make a difference and better the lives of the people of this exciting borough.
- We actively promote learning and development opportunities to all our employees to help them progress and gain new skills.
- We believe that work is defined by what we do and not where we do it, so we offer a flexible and supportive working environment to emphasize an optimum work/life balance arrangement; including generous annual leave.
- We offer you a range of benefits such as flexible working options, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, excellent holiday entitlement and a variety of opportunities to support your learning and development.
Please click on the APPLY button to complete your application at the Company’s careers page.
For this role the successful candidate(s) must undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. BPSS is the minimum standard to ensure the identity and integrity of an employee who has access to official information using secure networks linking central government and local authorities. A BPSS check involves four main elements; Identity Check, National and Immigration Status, Employment History (last 3 years) and Verification of Criminal Record (unspent convictions only).
This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; 3rd Line Support Engineer, Senior IT Engineer, ICT Applications Manager, ICT Development Officer, Web Development Officer, Web Developer, Web Development Engineer, ICT Web Technician, .NET, SQL, JavaScript, HTML5, AGILE, Prince2 and ICT Project Management may also be considered for this role.
