Hours: 37 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Two fantastic
opportunities have arisen to join our busy Software Development Team as full
stack, Analyst Developers focused on a diverse range of web and software
projects covering all areas of the Isle of Wight Council.
It is a genuinely
exciting and key time for this authority, as we look to move to a ‘digital by
default’ mindset, adopting Government Digital Services best practice to support
our digital strategy and ensuring community needs are met by the best public
digital services.
A key project for
our team is the delivery of a new, revamped council website, one that will shape the future direction
of our council’s online digital experience.
We will be showcasing easy and accessible access to services and providing
an exemplar digital platform for the authority.
To help us achieve
our goals, we need talented, self-motivated and well organised IT
professionals, with significant experience of web and digital service analysis and
development to join our team and help move forward with not only this
high-profile local project, but also other major and smaller development projects.
These challenging
and rewarding Analyst Developer roles will suit independent, innovative and
versatile individuals who will be well supported by our high achieving, friendly
and approachable software development team.
Your work will be
varied covering the analysis, design, and development of new and existing
corporate web and software applications solutions. You will be enabling
efficient business processes and electronic local government service delivery
for the Council, its employees, business partners, service stakeholders and
members of the public.
You will need to be
flexible and creative in your approach to development work and will have a
sound, up to date knowledge / experience of server and client- side development
technologies including:
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Microsoft.Net
Core / Microsoft .Net MVC
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C# and
Object Orientated programming
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Microsoft
SQL Server / Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
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Webservices
REST/SOAP/WCF/JSON
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Front End
UI – HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
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Source
code versioning and management – Microsoft DevOps and GIT
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Agile
Development Methodologies (Scrum)
As a systematic,
disciplined and analytical problem solver, you will need to demonstrate a
proactive approach with the ability to take ownership of workloads and work
independently to deadlines.
Along with a
challenging and interesting workload, in a brilliant team, these roles also
offer 31 days holiday (plus bank holidays) along with access to a wide range of
benefits and a generous pension scheme.
During the Covid
situation, these positions currently require remote working, with potential for
flexible remote and / or office-based working going forward. Our main ICT
offices are based in Seaclose, Newport, Isle of Wight.
For further
information or an informal discussion please contact John Henderson on 821000
ext. 4679.
Find
out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.
This
council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Safer Recruitment
policy and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this
commitment.
The
Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination, we actively
promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options
(where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees. The Isle of Wight Council is an equal
opportunities employer and is proud to encourage applications from all
cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our
local community.
In
addition to the above, the Isle of Wight Council is a Disability Confident
Employer. This means that providing an individual meets the basic essential
requirements of the advertised role and have declared themselves as disabled,
they will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.
In the interests of efficiency and
economy, no further communication will be sent to you unless you reach the
final shortlist. This means that if you do not hear from the recruiting manager
within three weeks of the closing date, we regret that your application will
not have been successful on this occasion.