Salary: Band 10, £45,948 - £50,109

Location: Agile, Forth Banks Police Station and homeworking  

Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, permanent 

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in. 

As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted. 

As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued. 

Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best. 

Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters.  

Learn about our full benefits package

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Digital Policing department as a Senior Microsoft 365 Developer.

As a Senior M365 Developer, you will provide development expertise relative to front and back-end solutions including integration, application, and mobile platform components. Adopting the continual development methodology to maintain solution compliance with architectural and development standards, while enhancing existing capabilities.

You will need to demonstrate proven experience of building high quality, enterprise grade software solutions and maintaining their relevance through continual development methodologies. You will be responsible for the continual development of all in-house and partner developed Microsoft365-based software products and services, including delivery against local and national demands, and enabling successful outcomes against strategic priorities and objectives.

As a senior member of the development team, you will deliver line management and coaching to the Developer(s) (M365), ensuring their personal development is suitable and progressive in line with the career grading of the post.

What you’ll do

• You will provide internal consultancy and advice on innovation and the impact of technology resulting from business, legislative, political and wider criminal justice changes, assisting in preparing the Force Strategic Plan to achieve overall Force strategic objectives.
• You will oversee and provide technical guidance against all integration and application development, ensuring compliance with development and technology standards, delivery methodologies and ITSM change and release processes.
• You will participate in the adoption of development standards and the approach to measuring compliance against all code packages pre and post release across all environments.
• You will work autonomously to ensure new and ongoing development across the integration and application landscapes meets agreed timescales and quality measures.
• You will provide technical leadership, line management and mentoring to ensure the Developer(s) (M365) are appropriately skilled, are continually developing their capabilities and competencies and have exposure to new and emerging technologies.

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description
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What you’ll bring

• You will be a highly motivated and self-reliant individual with demonstrable experience of defining, leading, and implementing Enterprise integration and application solutions with sound analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• You will have in-depth knowledge and experience of developing with the Microsoft Power Platform, utilising Logic Apps, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI to provide integrated Line of Business Applications.
• You will have proven knowledge of UI/UX basic prototype design, creation of story boards and the ability to visualise proposed solutions.
• You should be able to demonstrate knowledge and have experience of working with continual development tooling and implementation of associated development governance such as Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and code control.
• You will have in-depth experience in prioritising the delivery of continual development activities within an agile environment utilising backlog and sprint planning.

We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. 

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Marie Irons by email at marie.irons@northumbria.police.uk

What we offer

• 26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
• Flexi time - allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs
• Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
• Agile working – option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force
• Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
• Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts
• Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
• Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
• We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support
• Access to gyms in some stations
• Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
• Cycle to work scheme

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Senior Microsoft 365 Developer with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute. 

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a virtual interview (over Microsoft Teams), around two - three weeks after the closing date.  Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert. 

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.  If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed.  A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a 6-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.