Senior Systems Developer

Job Description

South & City College Birmingham has an exciting opportunity available for a Senior Systems Developer to join our team based at South & City College Birmingham. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis ( 36 hours per week) and in return, you willreceive a highly competitive salary of £34,548 to £36,520 per annum.Now is an exciting time to be joining South and City College as a member of staff. We are on a journey of change, looking to strengthen our community and industry links even further to allow us to continue to provide excellent opportunities to our students.We are looking for committed and enthusiastic staff to join us and help us become an outstanding college of choice.South and City College Birmingham is one of the largest colleges in the country, with a turnover of over £60 million and around 18,000 students. Operating from 8 campuses that have enjoyed substantial investment over the years, we are in a good positionto grow further and strengthen our reputation as an inclusive college of choice for students across Birmingham.The Senior Systems Developer Role:The main purpose of this role is to be responsible for the analysis, development, documentation, implementation and maintenance of the student, staff and employer facing learner management systems and associated datasets. Working closely with systems suppliersto ensure the optimal development and deployment of the modular learner management systems in order to drive business efficiency and enhance customer experience; Supporting the provision of accurate, timely and accessible data information for College Staff,Students and Governors by ensuring business process is effectively built into the systems architecture to enable timely, accurate and intuitive data capture that delivers effective decision support systems. To build strong, internal relationships that embedan information-led approach to improving the core activities of the college.Key responsibilities of our Senior Systems Developer include:To assist the Technical MIS management with the progressive development of college learner management systems and wider interdependent business systems as requiredTo gain a sound working knowledge of the colleges business processes and functions particularly in relation to the learner management systemsTo develop workflow that in turn builds business rules into the systems that reduce operational overheads and delivers timely right first time data productionTo develop web-forms and custom logs within the student management systems in order to enrich the client experience by enable digital on-boarding, self-service and the provision of roles based performance informationTo assist the technical management apply quality control to the development and implementation of business systems through testing (unit, integration, acceptance) and with UAT (user acceptance testing)Support the passing of data between the core learner management systems and other business systems (e.g. HR, Finance and CRM) by developing flat-file architecture and API integrationTo support the Technical MIS management in delivering timely and successful developmentsWhat were looking for in our Senior Systems Developer:Experience of manipulating information from large RMDBS. In particular Microsoft TSQL or other similar reporting toolsProven experience of working in a business intelligence / systems environmentExperience of developing information systems, process design and workflows to deliver efficiencies and enhance customer experienceDemonstrable administrative and organisational skillsAbility to quickly translate a business scenario into a technical solutionDemonstrable record of achievement against objectives and targetsExcellent IT skills to include Microsoft Office 365 environment and Management Information SystemsExperience of meeting customer needs and working to tight deadlinesThe College is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and celebrate success together. We offer a range of inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums (EDI Champions) and support services forall staffClosing Date: 10th July 2022If you have the skills and experience required to become our Senior Systems Developer, then please click apply today!