Senior Technical Development Officer

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South Wales Police brings together thousands of people with the same aim – to keep South Wales safe.

We want to be the best at understanding and responding to our community’s needs. To do this we need the very best candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to become part of our policing family.

We are looking for someone to #JoinUs as a Support & Development Officer in the Joint Digital Services Division.

Could you be who we are looking for?

About the team/Department you will be joining:

• The Joint Digital Services Division (DSD) delivers a joint digital strategy across Gwent Police and South Wales Police to enable both forces to develop and implement new ways of working and deliver policing to our communities.
• The role will sit within the Business Systems branch of DSD who are responsible for support and development of forces primary ERP applications.
• Our office is based at South Wales Police Headquarters in Bridgend, but we offer a hybrid working policy which supports working from your home.

About the role and your key responsibilities:

• As a third line member of the team, you will investigate and resolve the most complex issues from multiple business areas such as HR, Payroll, Finance and Procurement, Rostering and Learning & Development. Typically, you will be expected to have a good understanding of working practices from most of these business areas.
• Queries will include resolving issues with complex SQL routines or providing technical assistance to the immediate team and business areas.

• You will be responsible for major developments within the applications. These may include re-builds of existing functionality following a change of business process or developing new functionality in response to an organisational change.
• You will lead this change from start to finish, liaising closely with the business areas and suppliers throughout to ensure the development remains on track.

• You will manage a small team of technical support and development officers (1-2), setting day to day tasking, undertaking performance reviews and providing advice and guidance where appropriate. You may also be required to manage their staff on occasions as required (covering absences etc).

What skills and experience do we need you to bring to the role:

• Working knowledge of SQL (Microsoft T-SQL).
• Experience of testing systems and diagnosing and rectifying faults within such systems.
• Experience of gathering requirements and documenting specifications for development work.
• Ability to manipulate data sets using Excel (using lookups, concatenation, if statements etc).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and be able to communicate complex information to diverse audiences effectively.
• Knowledge of the ERP applications (UNIT4 ERP and Total Mobile GRS).
• Working knowledge of REST APIs is desirable.

There are numerous benefits to working for South Wales Police, from learning and development opportunities to schemes which aim to improve your lifestyle and wellbeing, as well as generous Local Government Pension Scheme / Police Pension Schemes, paid annual leave, flexible working and family friendly policies and many more, click here for more information.

The successful Candidate must be willing to undergo vetting to MV/SC Vetting.

Please note, if you are an internal candidate and subject to an ongoing PSD investigation, your appointment or placement in the role may be delayed pending an outcome. Whether the role is held open will be considered on a case-by-case basis

If you would like any more information about the role, please contact Philip Edwards philip.edwards2@south-wales.police.uk

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