Application Deadline: 22 May 2026
Department: IT
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Head Office
Reporting To: David Frost
Compensation: £40,000 - £50,000 / year
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for a Modern Workplace Developer to join our IT team in York.
As a Modern Workplace Developer you will work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to build technology solutions that improve business processes.
Role Details:
• Annual salary up to £50,000 dependent on skills and experience. Plus potential annual-on-target bonus of up to 5% subject to business performance
• Role based: York, YO32 9PT
• Contract type: Permanent
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
• Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end business applications in M365. You will be responsible for creating robust Power Apps and streamlining operational workflows through Power Automate, ensuring our processes are intuitive, efficient, and scalable.
• Working with the Modern Workplace Architect, act as a custodian of our Microsoft 365 environment. Utilise your expertise within the Microsoft 365 Admin Centres to configure and maintain a secure digital workplace, with some focus on identity and access management through Microsoft Entra.
• Take proactive ownership of our business-critical applications within Power Apps. This includes providing ongoing maintenance, applying best practices to optimise performance, and iteratively building new features to meet evolving business needs. You will support Incident and Problem Management by investigating root causes and implementing preventative measures.
• Partner with technology architects, cross-functional teams, and external suppliers to translate business pain points into technical requirements. You will liaise with stakeholders to review current processes, ensuring that the solutions you deliver remain fit-for-purpose and aligned with our broader organisational strategy.
• Maintain the integrity of our systems by producing clear, comprehensive documentation for all solutions, ensuring compliance with our development standards and security policies at every stage.
• Manage and resolve service requests and incidents, ensuring minimal disruption to business processes.
• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
• Educated to degree level, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in building technical solutions within a systems development team.
• Experience in Microsoft 365 Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate)
• Experience of working on multi-workstream projects.
• Skilled in producing clear, accurate and up-to-date documentation.
• Experience in analysing and improving existing technical solutions.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies and modern integration platforms and techniques.
• Skills: Software Development, Problem Solving, Communication, Technical Acumen, Programming Languages, Data Analysis, Project Management, System Design, Debugging, Innovation.
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