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Software Development Apprentice

Employer
London Borough of Waltham Forest
Location
Town Hall Sycamore House, Forest Road, London, E17 4JF
Salary
£24,458.00 annually
Closing date
1 Sep 2019

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Specialism
IT
Sector
Unspecified
Role Type
Apprenticeship, Higher
Start Date
September
Duration
Permanent
To realise our ambitions, we are underpinning our strategies, action plans, and projects with innovative and sensible technology architectures and frameworks.

Our data assets will become the foundation to customer centric, targeted delivery and in conjunction with automation will improve service whilst reducing cost.

In the digital team, we leverage these to support the delivery of intelligent, simple and consistent interactions for our workforce and residents.

We have 2 apprentice developer positions available within our digital team. The digital team develop and maintain all things digital within the council and interact with enterprise platforms, legacy and external systems.

You will work within our digital team personally mentored and managed by our senior developers.

You'll split your time between work and your degree. At work, your primary objective is to build digital services that combine industry leading user experience with data intelligence and ingenuity, providing a streamlined interaction. Here, you'll be exposed to an ever evolving eco-system of technology where you'll hone your newly attained skills in an enterprise environment.
  • Understanding the features and functionalities of different tech
  • Writing and testing systems
  • Creating basic websites
  • Working with the web to get the best solutions


Requirements and prospects

Desired skills

  • A passion for technology
  • A keenness to forge a career in technology - especially for its application to improve public services
  • A basic understanding of the types of work undertaken within a technology or digital division
  • Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Logical mindset and critical thinking
  • High level of flexibility, a positive attitude and ability to adapt to changes
  • Good knowledge and application of IT systems and software packages
  • Excellent levels of literacy and numeracy


Personal qualities

  • Ability to work flexibly, balancing competing priorities, and meeting deadlines whilst understanding the needs, timescales, and deadlines of others
  • Ability to identify improvements to processes and systems (at a level appropriate to the role) and to share the recommendations with the wider team
  • High level of professionalism, care and integrity, ensuring a positive image of the organisation is promoted at all times
  • Willingness to learn new skills, processes and systems as appropriate to the role


Desired qualifications

A minimum of a 4/C grade in GCSE or equivalent inEnglish and Maths orA minimum of two 6/Bgrade and one 4/C grade A levels, or equivalent (112 UCAS points).

Future prospects

Employer will consider applicant for employment on successful completion of apprenticeship.

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