Developer

How You'll Make a Difference As a Developer within the Design, Develop and Transition team, you will use your Microsoft Power Platform development skills to design, build and enhance digital services that support council staff and residents. Working collaboratively with colleagues across technology and council services, you will turn user needs into secure, reliable and well-tested solutions that make a practical difference. What You Will Be Doing It will be your responsibility to design, build, test and improve apps, integrations, processes and automations that meet user needs, while working on development tasks within the broader Microsoft ecosystem.You will write clean, secure and well-tested code, following agreed standards and patterns, helping the team improve its development practices.Using your expertise, you will work from user stories and requirements, challenge assumptions or gaps, and collaborate with product owners, solution architects, testers and other specialists to identify effective technical approaches.It will be key for you to explain technical options clearly, build effective relationships with technical and non-technical colleagues, and take part in peer reviews of your own work and the work of others.To support the successful delivery and ongoing operation of services, you will produce clear technical documentation, assist with testing and deployments and investigate and resolve issues as they arise. What We Need From You It is essential you hold a degree in a computer-related field, or have equivalent technical knowledge or relevant practical experience. You may also hold, or be working towards, a relevant professional or technical qualification.You will have practical experience in software development, alongside strong specialist knowledge in Microsoft Power Platform. You might have experience of Azure platform services, C#, or modern web development.We are looking for someone who can manage their workload effectively, prioritising competing demands and identifying issues at an early stage, while working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary agile team. You must be able to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences, explaining complex information simply and contributing positively to shared team outcomes. What You Need To Know This role is hybrid, with a mixture of working at our office in Badminton Road and working from home. Interviews will be held week commencing 28th September. How a Career At South Gloucestershire Council Is Different As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.  We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities. We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance. We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work. We trust our team to work in the way which allows them to make the biggest difference, and we continue to invest in technology to help staff do their jobs to the best of their ability and celebrate innovation. Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here. We’re providing essential services across our internal network to ensure we can fully support our community. We’re positive and forward thinking, always looking for new and innovative ways of working work and we’re ambitious about the future. We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential. We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference. We’re making a difference, be part of it! To view the full job description, please click this link: Developer - Job Description