LEAD DEVELOPER Full Time Permanent - Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom - Kent Fire & Rescue Service

Description

Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) has an exciting opportunity available for an Applications Technical Lead to join our team in Maidstone.

You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of GBP47,07- GBP52,397 per annum.

Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work.

As an Applications Technical Lead in our IT Team, you ll be a valued member of a small team with the responsibility of maintaining and supporting a suite of related business applications that includes our Finance, HR/Payroll and LMS applications.

Providing 3rd line support for specific business applications to internal colleagues helping to resolve incidents that 2nd line are unable to, or do not, support
Directing a team of passionate and knowledgeable professionals, ensuring effective resource allocation and performance management across a broad spectrum of projects
Overseeing the day-to-day support and maintenance of business-critical applications ensuring high levels of availability, reliability and performance
Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal customers, suppliers and other IT teams to facilitate effective communication and collaboration
Working with the Applications Manager in the development of the business plan in line with business requirements and the IT Service Plan
Proactively monitoring product roadmaps, identifying functionality that would benefit the Service and recommending timeframes for upgrading
Experience of supporting HR, Payroll and Finance applications
Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees, and volunteers are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and supporting children, young people, and adults at risk.

Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people, and adults at risk.

Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.

As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.

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