Stevenage (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£37,035 opportunity to progress to £40,476
Job Title: Application Developers
Starting Salary: £37,035 opportunity to progress to £40,476
Hours: 37.0
Location: Stevenage - Hybrid
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources
About the team
Join Our General Applications Team at HCC as an Application Developer!
Are you passionate about application development and innovation? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment and excel at independent working? Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) is looking for an enthusiastic Application Developer to join our General Applications Team. Be part of a forward-thinking group that drives digital transformation and delivers cutting-edge application solutions, enabling real impact for the organisation and career growth for you!
About the role
The General Applications Team covers a wide range of application development and support; and you will be focussing on building and maintaining bespoke applications using our chosen tool. The applications you develop will be used both internally by members of staff and externally by members of the public, contributing to delivering a great service to all. An example of this is our Welfare Assistance Scheme application, it has a public facing form that people can use to request financial help in a crisis and a downstream application that a team of staff use to process the requests.
About you
Essential:
This job role is within the Corporate Services, level CORP10 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Corporate services
To hear more about this opportunity please contact Hannah Sheffield, Hannah.Sheffield@hertfordshire.gov.uk or George.Georgiou@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
Interview Date: w/c 31st March 2025
Benefits of working for us
How to apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
Starting Salary: £37,035 opportunity to progress to £40,476
Hours: 37.0
Location: Stevenage - Hybrid
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources
About the team
Join Our General Applications Team at HCC as an Application Developer!
Are you passionate about application development and innovation? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment and excel at independent working? Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) is looking for an enthusiastic Application Developer to join our General Applications Team. Be part of a forward-thinking group that drives digital transformation and delivers cutting-edge application solutions, enabling real impact for the organisation and career growth for you!
About the role
The General Applications Team covers a wide range of application development and support; and you will be focussing on building and maintaining bespoke applications using our chosen tool. The applications you develop will be used both internally by members of staff and externally by members of the public, contributing to delivering a great service to all. An example of this is our Welfare Assistance Scheme application, it has a public facing form that people can use to request financial help in a crisis and a downstream application that a team of staff use to process the requests.
About you
Essential:
- At least 18 months' experience in an application development role
- Programming languages; excellent k nowledge of JavaScript Programming
- Web development; excellent k nowledge of HTML and CSS
- Knowledge of API development
- Database management; knowledge of working with SQL databases
- Version control; familiarity with source code control (e.g., Git)
- Knowledge of web accessibility standards (WCAG2.1/2.2)
- Experience with Azure DevOps
This job role is within the Corporate Services, level CORP10 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Corporate services
To hear more about this opportunity please contact Hannah Sheffield, Hannah.Sheffield@hertfordshire.gov.uk or George.Georgiou@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
Interview Date: w/c 31st March 2025
Benefits of working for us
How to apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
Closing date: Tue 18/03/2025 at 00:00
Job reference: HCC27354