Senior Applications Developer
Contract: March 2026
Working Hours: Full-Time
Salary: £384.14 PAYE / £500.00 Umbrella, daily rate
Closing Date: Monday 1st December 2025
About the role
Essex County Council is ambitious and by 2030 it will be one of the most forward looking, effective and financially sustainable Councils in the country. ECC will be a leading-edge digital council that drives excellent customer service with transformation at the heart of service excellence.
The Product and Delivery team will provide product leadership and direction for. They will develop a bold product vision, translating this into a roadmap of prioritised deliverables, planning and managing the different phases of the product delivery lifecycle, iterating a product over time to meet user needs, and ensuring products are built effectively, on time and to budget, setting high standards to ensure products meet user needs. The team will also be responsible for artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation capabilities.
This role will lead, monitor, optimise and continuously improve the delivery of software components so that the Council can provide simple user experiences and achieve better outcomes for people and businesses. They will be responsible for leading the team writing clean, accessible code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse, developing software which meets user needs and creates meaningful interactions and relationships with users.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
1. Educated to Degree Level or equivalent by experience in a relevant subject.
2. Hold relevant Microsoft certifications such as PL-100: Power Platform App Maker, PL-200: Power Platform Functional Consultant, PL-400: Power Platform Developer, PL-600: Power Platform Solution Architect.
3. Proven experience with Microsoft Power Automate Desktop and DevOps.
4. Solid understanding of Microsoft 365, Dataverse, and Azure Services
5. Understanding of application lifecycle management (ALM) in Power Platform
6. Knowledge of JSON, Power Fx, JavaScript, HTML and SQL.
7. Qualification or high level of demonstrable capability with relevant vendor business applications
Desirable:
8. Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of, and capability to work within, relevant ICT related standards including HMG Security Policy Framework, IITIL V3, ISO/IEC 38500, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 22301, ISO/IEC 20000, PRINCE2 and MSP
9. Good written and verbal communication skills with ability to present information in simple and accessible language to a wide range of audiences
10. Experience of balancing the needs of users with organization priorities to make the right decisions and empowering teams to act upon them
11. Evidence of continual professional development to keep pace with technical and business change that meet defined SFIA V7 competencies
Organisational Behaviours/Professional Competence
12. Implementing changes and continually evaluating service to improve the area of work, while maintaining the highest possible levels of service quality are continually delivered
13. Working collaboratively within and across functions to and thinking commercially support the delivery of best possible outcomes for our customers on a financially sustainable basis.
14. Deliver exemplar customer interactions to individuals and communities which support strong relationships and a reputation for achieving outcomes and resolving issues.
15. Roles at this level will be focused on delivering results in a specific functional area. They will hold expertise on the application of policy and improvement of service delivery. These roles have clear team budgets and targets set within the overall service requirements
16. Effective utilisation of digital technologies and innovation across the function.
17. Equality and diversity is celebrated and considered as part of all decisions taken.
18. Managing complex issues and resources to meet the needs of customers and deliver the best possible outcomes
19. Operational planning and performance review to maintain exceptional service delivery and ensures the political objectives and priorities of the council are met
20. Using professional expertise to translate goals and plans into ways of working that comply with relevant legislation and statutory requirements and manages a level of appropriate risk.
Above all, you will have the ability to develop skills and knowledge within your role.