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NLC5: £27, - £29, Per Year with effect from 1st April .
North Lanarkshire Council, as one of Scotland’s largest local authorities, has a shared ambition for inclusive growth and prosperity for all and to be the place to Live, Learn, Work, Invest and Visit. With a five-year Programme of Work to in place to deliver on the shared ambition, an opportunity has arisen for a Developer Assistant to join our Technology Development team within Finance & Technology.
As part of this shared ambition, we are committed to locating North Lanarkshire, its services and its economy at the forefront of digital service delivery. We aim to provide staff and customers alike with responsive and inclusive digital technology so that they can more effectively operate in an increasingly interconnected and digitally enabled world.
We’re looking for dynamic, confident and highly motivated individuals to join our DevOps team within the Technology Development division to develop and support new technology applications and business solutions driven by the implementation of the Council’s DigitalNL and SmartNL programmes.
You should have some knowledge and technical understanding of ICT technologies and integration together with knowledge, exposure too and a willingness to learn, of operating to a DevOps culture, from requirements analysis, development and test, release management, implementation planning, change and service introduction.
Some knowledge and exposure to scripting languages, MS Power platform and Continuous Integration/Development processes would be desirable along with technical understanding of Microsoft Windows operating systems and cloud platform solutions and a willingness to learn Robotic Process Automation
You should have an open and enquiring mind adaptable to change and innovation, be confident and self-motivated and have the capability to work to targets and react appropriately and quickly to challenges.
You must demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development and be educated to degree/SVQ4/HND standard or equivalent in a relevant discipline, with training/certification in some of the following application development environments and languages - Drupal/PHP, MS Dynamics and Power Platform applications, Robotic Process Automation, scripting languages (e.g. Python, Powershell, Javascript), and ServiceNow application and integrations.
This role will work on a hybrid model of home-based and office-based work within the Civic Centre, Motherwell.
For further information, please contact John McBride at
Working Pattern:
Monday - Thursday: 08:45am - 16:45pm
Friday: 08:45am - 16:15pm
These positions are temporary until 29/02/.
Working here at North Lanarkshire Council
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.