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Software Team Lead
Salary: From £50,000 per annum depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid - flexibility to work from home or at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Harwell)

About the role:

The Software Development Group in Jisc works closely with the different product families in Jisc to create products that meet their vision and the users’ requirements. Focussing on the technical innovation and software delivery, we pride ourselves on building the right thing, and building the thing right. We do this using agile methodologies, with continuous testing, architecting, integration, delivery, and validated learning.

About our Software Development Group and your team:

Our extensive Software Development Group in Jisc works closely with the different product families in Jisc to create products that meet their vision and the users’ requirements. Focussing on the technical innovation and software delivery, we pride ourselves on ‘building the right thing, and building the thing right’. We do this using agile methodologies, with continuous testing, architecting, integration, delivery, and validated learning.

You will work in a small team of Software Development Team Leads, where you will be incredibly supported within your peer group and often enjoy team chats over a nice beverage!

Responsibilities will include:

• Leading the designing, architecting, and development of new features and services
• Maintaining existing services, ensuring operability and security
• Closely working with Product Owners to make sure requirements are fully understood
• Line management for development teams, including target setting and performance management
• Influencing the technological direction of Jisc, bringing technology and process improvements to other teams
• Implement and manage internal processes for managing software development
• Drive process improvement in the team, for better estimates, software quality, and cost efficiency
• Day-to-day decision making with teams, in line with Jisc’s software strategy and direction
• Maintain an understanding of application usage with colleges and university and their students and staff, ensuring software developed matches their needs expectations

Key Skills and Experience:

• A willingness and passion for learning new technology as required.
• The ability to act and work both independently and as an enthusiastic team member.
• Ability to develop expertise in new languages and technologies as required.
• The ability to teach and mentor other developers and lead them to achieving the team’s goal.
• Experience in at least one of: Java, JavaScript, Python, C#.
• Experience taking a lead role in the development of a software application.
• Experience with Terraform, Node.js, AWS, Azure, Docker, RESTful API design, React, WCAG accessibility guidelines, mobile development.

Please refer to the job description for full details.

About Jisc:

Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research.

Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation.

At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.

We celebrate diversity, embrace our differences and know that this is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box but we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

Why work at Jisc:

At Jisc we believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life.

We offer hybrid working and although the majority of our staff work from home, getting face to face is something we value and find time for when we can. If you prefer an office ment all our hubs are open and offer a great space to work.

Our benefits are great too. We offer:

• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas
• A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions
• A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks.
• A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
• Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive ment, plus your own Wellbeing allowance to spend on wellbeing for you
• Financial well-being support
• Discounts on big-name high-street stores
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee recognition awards and travel loans

Equality, diversity and inclusion

At Jisc, we strive to be best in practice and are working hard to achieve progressive change. ‘Always inclusive’ is one of our six guiding principles - a principle which actively encourages acceptance of differences within individuals.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, neurodivergence, trans status, veteran status or gender identity.

Application process:

Please do let us know what reasonable adjustments you need made to the application or selection process so you can do your best. We will be happy to help you.

Just so you know, we review CVs as we receive them, and interview as soon as we have applications that look like a good match (usually within a week). We don’t use closing dates. So, please apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out on this role. We advertised this role on 06/06/2023