Digital Apps Development Manager

Role: Digital Apps Development Manager

Location: Flexible

Salary: £48,453 - £53,502

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

About us

We are the national regulator and scrutiny body responsible for providing assurance and protection for people who experience care services, their families, carers and the wider public, as well as supporting delivery partners to improve the quality of care for people in Scotland. Our vision is that people across Scotland experience high quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices.

We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement. We inspect individual care services and we also work with other scrutiny bodies to inspect the social care and social work services people are experiencing in their local areas.

About the role

This new role of Digital Apps Development Manager (DADM) will lead and manage a development team, responsible for the delivery of technical solutions, in support of Digital Transformation and IT service continuity.

Reporting to the Senior Service Delivery Manager (SSDM), the DADM is a hands-on role, leading a multi-disciplinary team to deliver the planning, software development, integrations, implementation, release and on-going support of digital apps, with a support model that ensures the delivery of service standards to agreed service levels, and leading the development of digital standards through continual service improvement.

About you

You will hold an IT degree or graduate qualification in a Software Engineering or related field with demonstrable work experience leading digital/ software development in medium/large scale public sector projects, familiar with cloud based application and development platforms.

You will have extensive direct work experience which can evidence:

• excellent technical expertise in applications development and have a well-rounded understanding of computer systems and databases, with the analytical skills needed to identify and troubleshoot issues that arise, using problem-solving skills to determine root cause and solutions.
• proven experience of designing, building and delivering working solutions to meet customer needs.
• experience of leading software development and application support teams
• high attention to detail and accuracy with excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills across all levels in an organisation.
• proven ability to multitask in a fast pace environment to deliver effective outcomes/targets on time.
• experience in a range of application development technologies.
• experience of formal Project Management methodologies - Agile, Prince2.

Next steps

You’ll find more information in the job profile and person specification below.

If you believe that you are a suitable candidate for this post, please download and complete an application form and submit it by email to recruitment@careinspectorate.gov.scot by 08:00 on Monday 18 October 2021.