Software Development Manager, 12 month FTC, Salary 43K-50K with circa 27 percent pension, excellent Public Sector benefits

Hybrid/Liverpool or Newport - 2 days a week on site

Working for a well known Public Sector organisation, your primary purpose as a Software Development Manager is to lead a dynamic team of software developers and oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of innovative software solutions.

You will play a pivotal role in contributing to the software development life cycle by overseeing design and development phases and ensuring seamless integration of DevOps practices. Increasing innovation and the maturity of our software development life cycle processes and controls and the timely delivery of software solutions.

You will need extensive knowledge and experience of the full software development life cycle, the design, development, management and maintenance of information systems and a wealth of experience in C#, .NET Framework, JavaScript frameworks and associated technologies and methodologies.

You will be managing resources, relationships, vendors, and technology roadmaps ensuring capacity and skills for delivery. Building a team through coaching and developing colleagues in agile ways of working.

You will need to be an excellent communicator, leader, and motivator with high standards that you inspire in others.

What You'll Need:

Strong understanding of software architecture, design principles and best practices.

Track record of excellent staff management and leadership and proven resource management experience.

Create a positive learning environment, developing training programmes to support team and individual development.

Demonstrated experience in leading test automation in CI/CD environments.

Expertise in the Software Development Lifecycle, ensuring alignment with project objectives and quality standards.

Significant demonstrable experience of managing development teams using AGILE methodologies (SCRUM, Kanban), sprints, retrospectives, and backlog management.

Degree in Computer Science (or related discipline) or significant equivalent demonstrable experience within a software development environment.

Proven evidence of continued professional development to maintain relevant knowledge of emerging software development frameworks, trends, and technologies.

SCRUM/Agile certification

ITIL Foundation (or working towards)

Benefits You'll Get

generous annual leave allowance

excellent pension scheme

employee assistance programme

interest free season ticket and bicycle loan

special retail discounts and offers through membership of staff Perkbox scheme

flexible and family friendly working environment

learning and career development