Developer Associate
Developer Associate
Grade H Starting Salary £45,147
Contract Type-Permanent
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Staffordshire Police is continually striving to deliver the best possible service for the county’s residents, businesses and visitors. It is a fast-paced organisation, adaptive to modern policing needs and open to continual improvement.
Everyone who works for the force has an important role to play in shaping the future of Staffordshire Police. The force seeks people who will champion new ways of working, be collaborative and agile and represent in a fair and ethical manner those that Staffordshire Police serves.
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About the Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a Developer Associate to join our DDaT department to contribute to the configuration and development of our Records Management System. The Records Management System handles most of the policing functions undertaken at Staffordshire Police such as Crime, Intelligence, Property, Custody and Case Management. We’re working to extend the system to add more specialist functions.
Our Associate Developers support the wider business by investigating issues raised with the Records Management System, suggesting and implementing improvements to benefit users across all areas of the Force. Full configuration training will be provided and the areas you’ll affect include workflows, role-based access control, document templates and other configuration items. You’ll be joining an established team and making a positive impact on the way our people work and our business processes.
The work will involve some basic programming, but the emphasis is on configuration not development. You may have some previous experience with VBA, XML and SQL and a basic understanding of these skills will help you with the technical aspects of the role. Other work will be carried out within the application itself, and you’ll support many of our business change programmes. You’ll be using some of the more advanced features in Microsoft Word and Excel and will gain exposure to Office 365.
Business Analysis skills will be valued, we’ll help you build these as you’ll be exposed to Requirements Gathering, Problem Solving and Benefits Realisation activities. Any prior exposure you’ve had to Project Management or IT Service Management will also be of benefit. You’ll likely build a specialist in one or two business areas and become a key point of contact for our users. You’ll be working to support operational demands and “business as usual” work along with delivering change.
We’re looking for someone who’s comfortable communicating with officers and staff across the organisation, as well as external partners and suppliers. You’ll have the opportunity to attend conferences and user groups where you will raise issues pertinent to Staffordshire Police and understand developments in other Forces. We want you to be self-motivated, well organised and happy to work through priority pieces of work, sometimes with tight deadlines. You’ll be very much part of DDaT so it’s a great opportunity to build some IT experience for yourself as well as contributing to the modernisation of policing in Staffordshire to benefit the communities that we serve.
Further details of the key tasks, responsibilities can be found within the role profile. The specialism of the role is highlighted in the Matrix attached to the role profile.
Closing date: 20/10/2025
Interview date: TBC
In addition to your salary, you will have access to a range of benefits including:
- Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home (staffspf.org.uk)
- Generous holiday entitlement, plus Bank Holidays.
- Flexible / Agile Working
- Sick pay scheme
- Fostering friendly policy
- Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption, disability leave and carers leave
- Access to health and wellbeing support
- Eye care vouchers
- On site Gyms
- Staff associations
- Reward and Recognition
- Blue light Card
- Flexible working options
- Training and development opportunities
- Car lease scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free Parking at selected sites
- Onsite catering facilities
- Access to Staff Networks
- Union support
- Financial products and services
Please note that applications are welcomed from all suitably qualified/experienced individuals. However prior consideration will be given to applications from individuals who are ‘at risk’ and employed by Staffordshire Police. If an appointment is made from that at risk group, the post may be withdrawn. In this event, a representative from the People Services team will notify any affected applicants.
Staffordshire Police is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.
Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups which include: Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.
We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that here in Staffordshire Police we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.
For more information on Positive Action please email the team on positive.action@staffordshire.police.uk
For any Recruitment queries please email hrrecruitment.team@staffordshire.police.uk
Residency Eligibility
Please note you will need to have been a resident in the UK for the last three years consecutively for RV Level roles and five years for MV Level roles (see below link around Vetting for more information)
Please note if you are successful at interview and commence pre-employment checks this will include vetting, please see what this involves and the process via the below link:
Police vetting process | Join The Police (joiningthepolice.co.uk)