Senior Software Developer - INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ONLY
Historic England
Employment Type:
Full time Permanent Location:
Hybrid · United Kingdom (multiple locations) Cambridge · Portsmouth · Bristol · Swindon · Birmingham · Manchester · York · Newcastle National - We offer hybrid working where you will be based in the office and from home Team:
Corporate Services - IMT Seniority:
Mid-level Closing:
11:59pm, 20th Jan 2025 GMT Perks and Benefits
Work from home option Wellness programs Employee Assistance Programme Additional parental leave Enhanced maternity and paternity leave Paid emergency leave Sabbatical Opportunities Mentoring/coaching Payroll giving Salary sacrifice Team social events Team lunches Extracurricular clubs Cycle to work scheme Job Description
Summary: We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Senior Software Developer. This is a Full Time, Permanent post. The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive
pension scheme starting at 28% employer contributions,
a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. What you will be doing: You will be responsible for the development and support of custom software applications within Historic England, which includes our internal business systems and public facing web applications. As a senior developer, you will act as technical lead, establish development standards and be responsible for code quality and selecting the right approach. You will be a proactive driver of improvement within the development team. You will support the professional development of more junior developers, providing mentoring and coaching. Who we are looking for: Proven working experience in a similar software development role. Significant experience at all stages of the system life cycle in a professional software development environment following AGILE principles. Significant knowledge and skills in a modern programming language, with a good understanding of others. Significant knowledge and skills using SQL against at least one of the major SQL-based database products. Ability to work well in a team and proactively drive improvement. Be able to work with stakeholders during delivery to meet requirements and manage expectations. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working, and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England: We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England, we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV applications for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone, the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted. Provisional interview dates:
week commencing 27th January 2025 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Historic England
Employment Type:
Full time Permanent Location:
Hybrid · United Kingdom (multiple locations) Cambridge · Portsmouth · Bristol · Swindon · Birmingham · Manchester · York · Newcastle National - We offer hybrid working where you will be based in the office and from home Team:
Corporate Services - IMT Seniority:
Mid-level Closing:
11:59pm, 20th Jan 2025 GMT Perks and Benefits
Work from home option Wellness programs Employee Assistance Programme Additional parental leave Enhanced maternity and paternity leave Paid emergency leave Sabbatical Opportunities Mentoring/coaching Payroll giving Salary sacrifice Team social events Team lunches Extracurricular clubs Cycle to work scheme Job Description
Summary: We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Senior Software Developer. This is a Full Time, Permanent post. The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive
pension scheme starting at 28% employer contributions,
a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. What you will be doing: You will be responsible for the development and support of custom software applications within Historic England, which includes our internal business systems and public facing web applications. As a senior developer, you will act as technical lead, establish development standards and be responsible for code quality and selecting the right approach. You will be a proactive driver of improvement within the development team. You will support the professional development of more junior developers, providing mentoring and coaching. Who we are looking for: Proven working experience in a similar software development role. Significant experience at all stages of the system life cycle in a professional software development environment following AGILE principles. Significant knowledge and skills in a modern programming language, with a good understanding of others. Significant knowledge and skills using SQL against at least one of the major SQL-based database products. Ability to work well in a team and proactively drive improvement. Be able to work with stakeholders during delivery to meet requirements and manage expectations. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working, and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England: We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England, we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV applications for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone, the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted. Provisional interview dates:
week commencing 27th January 2025 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
#J-18808-Ljbffr
