Web Application Developer

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Job details

Job reference Date posted 06/10/2025 Application closing date 03/11/2025 Working Pattern Blank Salary Grade H - £37,280 - £29,862 per year. Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type ICT

Web Application Developer

Job Title: Web Application Developer
Directorate: Chief Executives - Digital Services
Grade: Grade H - £37,280 - £29,862 per year.
Location: Derby City Council, Council House, Corporation Street, Derby, DE1 2FS
Contract Type: 12 Month Contact - Full Time (37 hours per week)
Reporting To: Lauren Mabb, Digital Development Manager

Benefits include:

Role Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Derby City Council's progressive Digital Services team as a Web Application Developer, where you can take the lead in transforming how our council delivers services to the community and colleagues.

If you thrive on building sophisticated Power Apps, automating workflows with Power Automate, integrating systems, and unlocking insights with Power BI, this is the role for you. This role is pivotal in delivering and enhancing our processes - ensuring they meet evolving service needs and regulatory requirements. You'll collaborate with service leads, project managers, technical teams, and stakeholders to gather requirements, manage expectations, and deliver tailored solutions. The role supports cross-departmental initiatives such as reporting, procurement, and performance tracking, and will help drive the council's digital transformation agenda.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Power Apps, Power Automate flows, Power BI and SharePoint integrations.
• Provide technical and administrative support in the delivery of IT-related projects and web-based solutions.
• Liaise with service areas, users, third-party suppliers, and other web officers to deliver solutions in line with business requirements.
• Implement workflows based on both schedule-driven and persona-driven models.
• Support testing, deployment, and user onboarding processes, including managing feedback loops, iterative improvements and ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Provide technical documentation and training materials for stakeholders.
• Carry out system security maintenance tasks, including patching and user management.
• Comply with the Council's policies, procedures, and Data Protection Act requirements.

Person Specification

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint).
• Experience of web technologies such as .Net, MVC, OOP languages, CMS, or the Microsoft stack.
• Understanding of quality assurance, UX, CX, and end-to-end service provision.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and deadlines.
• Good level of interpersonal skills and an effective approach to problem solving.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to non-technical audiences.
• GCSE English and Maths Grade C or above (or equivalent), plus a relevant IT qualification including web-based modules.
• Experience in local government or public sector digital transformation.
• Experience in quality assurance and accessibility requirements with application development.
• Knowledge of procurement processes and performance management frameworks.

Benefits and Outcomes

• Improved efficiency through streamlined workflows and automation.
• Enhanced service delivery with responsive development.
• Cost savings by supporting internal capacity building and reducing reliance on external vendors.
• Compliance with procurement and performance systems aligned to current regulations.

How to Apply

Next Steps If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website

The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 3rd November 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

We reserve the right to close the advert once sufficient applications have been received.

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.

What We Offer

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive:

• Flexible work/life balance scheme
• Modern office environment
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.