Are you ready to unleash your technical leadership skills and drive cloud innovation to create a better future for people and the planet!

Are you excited to use your leadership skills and technical know-how to tackle tough business driven challenges and deliver customer-focused cloud based software solutions?

Are you ready to use your expertise to lead a team of skilled developers and help grow our in-house Digital team?

If so, read on......

To be successful and excel in this role you will need;

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience of leading and developing technical teams
Strong stakeholder management experience
Solid programming skills
Experience in working on bespoke enterprise applications
Knowledge of open source languages, tools and frameworks
Experience in test driven development (TDD) and test automation
Involvement with all aspects of software delivery and the development life cycle, from inception to delivery
Experience in Agile software delivery methodology and technical practices

And You'll Have Experience In These Technologies

Java, JBoss, Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Web Flow, JPA/Hibernate
Strong Object Oriented design & programming skills
Significant experience of microservice architectures (Messaging (AMQP), microservice Integration Patterns)
Service Oriented Architectures: ReSTful, SOAP, Messaging (JMS, AMQP)
Linux
Core Web Development (XHTML, CSS, User Interface Design)
Development of Rich Internet Applications e.g. Javascript, HTML5
XML
Software Modelling & Design
Relational Databases (e.g. Oracle)

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We recognise the importance of our digital systems, data and information. They play a key role in supporting and enabling our people to help us deliver on our commitments to the communities and stakeholders we serve; we are also committed to their continuous improvement and development.

Working collaboratively as part of a DEVOPS team, you will have the opportunity to lead a team of developers to help support and modernise our legacy systems and help us continue our migration to the cloud.

This is a unique opportunity, giving you the chance to work with the very latest software development platforms on AWS. You will be leading and supporting development of customer facing e-commerce solutions, b2b and back-office delivery systems, and also support the operational business by developing and integrating Java & GIS web-based solutions.

We're invested in supporting your personal and professional growth, and are committed to giving you the time and resources for learning and development.

The ideal candidate will possess a blend of front-end and back-end development skills, demonstrate a strong passion for coding, and have the leadership ability to guide and mentor a technical team. You will be comfortable in discussing technical designs and code at an advanced level with team members.

This role pays up to £61,500 + a market forces allowance of up to £13,500.

We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description.

Role location: Hybrid working

Schedule

Application closing date: 01/12/2024

Sifting date: 03/12/2024

Interviews: w/c 02/12/2024 and 09/12/2024

(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)

There will be a technical test as part of the second stage interview.

Security

Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

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Our Benefits

A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
Unlock exclusive employee discounts
Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.

Working With Us

We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.

With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.

Who We Are

Here at the Coal Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.

We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.

We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.

We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.

Equality, Diversity And Inclusion

Here at TCA we don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our colleagues, our customers and our communities. We are proud to be an inclusive employer. We are committed to developing a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We encourage applications from people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and beliefs. Diversity is vital to our success and innovation and is fundamental to our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative format application forms you can get in touch with us by contacting the team by email at recruitment@coal.gov.uk or by phone on 01623 637000.

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