AMS PSR

On behalf of UKRI we are looking for a Salesforce Developer (Inside IR35) for a 4 month contract. Hybrid working with travel to Swindon as and when required. 

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields – from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

The role holder will evaluate business requirements for using Salesforce and bring knowledge and experience of what makes a Salesforce project successful, setting best practice and technical leadership. They will advise on quality solution configuration and implement innovative design. They will communicate with senior stakeholders and be able to run workshops to collect and understand user and business need.

They will advise on and implement solution projects that involve the SalesCloud (CRM (Customer Relationship Management)), ServiceCloud (Helpdesk) and/or integrations with other UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) data platforms. The role holder will be responsible for implementing and iterating Salesforce applications for UKRI to meet business and customer needs. This includes all technical aspects of Salesforce including data migrations, data quality, systems integration, 3rd party applications, AppExchange products and custom code.

Essential:

• Relevant degree or equivalent or substantial equivalent work experience in software engineering.
• Proven experience of implementing Salesforce development technologies, Salesforce Lightning.
• Relevant Salesforce certification.
• Extensive experience of agile software development and working in SCRUM teams.
• Experience of Continuous integration / Continuous deployment: Bamboo, Jenkins.
• You can communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".