Power Platform Developer (Ref: 22183)

Job summary

Job description

Power Platform Developer

Location: National*

Closing Date: 1st October

Interviews: W/C 12th October (subject to change)

Grade: SEO

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary**: National: £42,914- £51,675 (may include an allowance of up to £8,761). London: £49,325- £56,050 (may include an allowance of up to £6,725).

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Job share

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of vacancies: 2

Vacancy number: 22183

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. Please click on the link for details.

We’re recruiting for Power Platform Developers here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative End User Compute services (EUCS) team.

This role aligns against Software Developer from the Government Digital and Data Framework.

These are exciting times at Justice Digital. We have a clear vision - to develop a digitally enabled justice system that works simply for its users - and we’re looking for enthusiastic, talented people to help us achieve it.

We’re making things better by building and enabling adaptable, effective services and making systems that are simple to use for staff and citizens. It can be challenging but it’s also important and rewarding.

As well as doing interesting work, we’re creating an environment that’s great to work in. We provide the opportunity to work with the latest technologies and offer brilliant training opportunities alongside support from expert colleagues. On top of that, you’ll find flexible working, an inclusive culture, and a place where your opinion is valued.

You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:

• A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
• 25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service),plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
• Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work–life balance.
• Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!

You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and implement MS Power Platform environments and solutions to enable and run user-centric, data driven applications across the Ministry of Justice.
• Act as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing platform guidance, timely updates, and expert support to MoJ business areas and end users across the digital estate.
• Using tools to automate current manual processes minimising human effort.
• Develop and support initiatives (including working with other developers and third parties) that deliver workable end-to-end solutions in Power Platform.
• Communicate with end users to provide timely and accurate information and status updates.
• Demonstrate and apply a good understanding of the latest standards and practices relevant to the role.
• Write and maintain documentation of High-Level and Low-Level Designs along with other governance processes.
• Provide informed recommendations for resolving Power Platform support tickets, using SME expertise and sound judgment while building knowledge of processes, policies and risk controls.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to optimise performance, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Delivery Managers and Technical Architects to set product direction.
• Operating in a fast-paced and Agile working environment.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience working within Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Experience in implementing and managing Power Platforms components and solutions through Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
• Proficiency in automation and developing solutions, using Power Platform components, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Copilot Studio.
• Excellent communication skills for collaborating with stakeholders.
• Capable of working independently in fast-paced environments.
• Have a systematic approach to problem solving.
• Ability to analyse complex requirements and design scalable, efficient solutions.

Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

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