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Responsibilities
- Shape and maintain the technical roadmap for Service Packs in line with the organisation's Digital Strategy and M365 optimisation plan.
- Establish and enforce Power?Platform development standards, naming conventions, environment strategy and ALM processes.
- Champion best practice, accessibility and user-centred design across Digital & Customer Solutions to standards defined by the team.
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of model-driven and canvas Power?Apps, custom connectors, Dataverse schema and Azure integration components.
- Configure role-based security, data loss prevention (DLP) policies and automated tests; manage DevOps release pipelines.
- Drive iterative, Agile delivery-backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos and retrospectives.
- Continually review procedures, automate manual processes and exploit new Power?Platform capabilities (e.g. Co-Pilot, AI Builder) to maximise value.
- Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and knowledge-base articles.
- Keep current with Microsoft roadmaps, attend relevant user groups and sustain professional certifications.
- Build productive relationships with service leads, suppliers and partner authorities; provide clear, jargon-free advice to senior stakeholders when required.
- To keep under review and develop the structures, procedures and working methods for which the post holder is responsible to ensure an integrated, effective and efficient approach to the delivery of services.
- To ensure that working practices and processes are developed that maximise the use of new technology to ensure efficient and effective delivery of services to residents.
- To present timely and relevant advice and information to senior stakeholders
- To deal promptly with all matters requiring the post holder's personal attention.
- To establish and develop effective working relationships and productive partnerships with all the relevant partners, including those in e.g. education, health, social services, Independent and voluntary sectors.
Additional Information
- Hybrid working (up to two days per week at the Officer).
- Typical decisions: selection of integration patterns (custom connector?vs?Azure Function), approval of pull-requests, prioritisation of backlog items balancing risk-reduction and value realisation.
- Error impact: incorrect data mapping could misinform corporate KPIs; robust automated tests and peer review mitigate this.
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related discipline
- 3+?years designing, developing and supporting production Power?Apps & Dataverse solutions
- Hands-on integration with Integra (finance), Axiom (budget management), Northgate/Zellis (HR and payroll) or similar finance/HR systems via REST or OData APIs
- Proficient in Power?Fx, JavaScript/TypeScript, .NET?C#, T-SQL, DAX and JSON
- Strong data modelling, ETL and SQL performance-tuning skills
- Able to lead Agile ceremonies, mentor junior developers and manage product backlogs
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, requirements-workshop facilitation and documentation skills
- Speak confidently and accurately, adapting vocabulary to audience
- Listen actively to understand user needs and tailor responses
Desirable
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400)
- ITIL?v4 Foundation and/or Agile (Scrum) certification
- Experience with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, API?Management and DevOps pipelines
