Senior Software Developer (North Kent/Chelmsford)

Location of Role: North Kent/Chelmsford

Advert Closing Date: 31/01/2025

Starting Salary: £40,170.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri

Weekend/Evening Working: No

We are seeking a keen and enthusiastic Senior Software Developer to join our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP/SAP) Development Team. The Team supports a wide range of back-office areas including Finance, HR & Payroll, Duty Management and Recruitment. The development work can fall across any of these areas providing an insight to many parts of the organisation.

You will primarily develop Open Data Protocol (ODATA) webservices and Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) functions, to support new and existing SAP Fiori applications. There will be opportunities to explore new technologies and expand your current skill set through informal mentoring and ‘on-the-job’ learning. You will be expected to work on your own and as part of the team to deliver improvements and efficiencies to the business through our ERP system.

In your application, please evidence your experience (how long for, in what role, for what company) and/or qualifications in the following areas:

A clear understanding of Structured query language (SQL)
Evidence of commercial programming experience (languages, apps used/ workflows have you built, what programming methodology used)
Experience and knowledge of HTML, JAVASCRIPT and CSS
Evidence of experience of working within a team

Please tell us if you have any understanding or knowledge of the following. These are not essential yet, highly desirable and lack of experience, should not prevent you applying:

Knowledge of Police systems and processes
SAP Fiori/UI5 experience
Examples where you have had to manage own workload.
Experience using the full Microsoft office suite would be a distinct advantage.

Smarter Working for Kent lead roles:

Kent Police offer smarter working which designates that certain roles can have flexibility in terms of place of work, including the potential to work from home for those who would like to.

The specific requirements of this role will be discussed during the interview stages with candidates. In the event that home working is agreed for the successful candidate, there will be a requirement to regularly attend a contractual workplace, as agreed with the line manager.

Agile Working Protocol for Essex lead roles:

Essex Police offer agile working which designates that certain roles can offer flexibility in terms of place of work, including some home working.

The specific requirements of this role will be discussed during the interview stages with candidates. The extent of flexibility will be agreed through individual assessment with the line manager to assess operational requirements and individual’s suitability for home working.

In the event that home working is agreed for the successful candidate, there will be a requirement to regularly attend the contractual workplace, as agreed with the line manager.

Kent & Essex Police are an equal opportunities employer.

For further information regarding the role, please contact Laura Clark at laura.clark@kent.police.uk or 01622652120.

Kent Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £45,591.00.

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For the full Essex job description please click here.

Kent Police and Essex Police have separate salary grading systems therefore the salary for this position will be dependent on which home office force you are appointed to. This will be discussed with the successful applicant before a final offer is made.

Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the “reason for application” question, within the application form itself. CV’s, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your “reason for application” answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria, however please note this question is limited to 9000 characters and this system will count spaces and blank lines as characters. This count may differ from the Microsoft Word word count function therefore you may wish to use a different online character counter to check the characters used.

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to

British Citizens
Members of a European Economic Area (EEA) state who hold settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Commonwealth citizens or foreign nationals (who are not British citizens or European Economic Area (EEA) state members) who have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period that is free from restrictions.

All applicants (except those who have been serving abroad with the British Armed Forces) must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.

Essex Police is a Disability Confident Leader, we:

have subjected our Disability Confident self-assessment to external challenge and validation
are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping other employers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion are central to the values of our organisation. At Essex Police we value and embrace the unique experiences, identities and abilities that each of us bring to our roles. We strive to empower everyone to bring their authentic self openly and safely to work.

Through the dedicated commitment of our support networks, DE&I team and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our DE&I commitments, ensuring Essex Police is an employer of choice; where everyone feels included.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.