Current vacancy: Junior Developer
Location: Remote (Academy training to take place in Derby)
Salary: £32,500
Job type: Permanent & Full Time
Closing date: 8th March 2023
Liaison Group have an exciting opportunity for recent Computer Science Graduates to join our “World Class” Company and forge a career in a forward thinking, advanced business who use the most up to date, contemporary software!
Life at Liaison
The team is remote based, working from home across multiple parts of the country. They regularly communicate virtually, working collaboratively to develop multiple products. We recognise that development and training opportunities are imperative to thrive in a technical environment and have time set aside for comprehensive training opportunities. This enables our IT team to take a study day twice a month to advance their skills.
We are proud to work with a diverse and inclusive team. We employ people from various backgrounds with development opportunities for all. We also have a team-based 'Employee of the Month' award to recognise excellent work.
About Liaison Group
We are a well-established and trusted health economy partner, saving millions for reinvestment in health and social care through our Workforce, Financial and Care businesses.
At Liaison Group, we are early adopters of workplace innovation. We embraced the changes in early 2020 and permanently transitioned our workforce to a fully remote operating model shortly afterwards. We now have close to 300 employees based across the length and breadth of the UK, enjoying the flexibility of working from home.
Employees are highly engaged, and we are proud to hold endorsements to support this. In a 2022 survey, most employees strongly agreed with the statement; “I love working for this organisation”.
We are rated as a 3 Star Company by Best Companies, recognising Liaison Group as a ‘World Class Company to Work For’.
We also have a 4.3 Star rating on Glassdoor, receiving regular positive employee reviews.
The Role
Liaison are looking for a recent graduate ready to launch their career in software development. You will be mentored to work in an Agile way on a cutting-edge Microsoft cloud-based stack to deliver world-class applications.
Principal Tasks & Activities
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Learn and apply agile commercial software development processes, practices and tooling.
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Develop strong skills in the Microsoft tech stack (C#, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, SQL and Azure Cloud).
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Develop strong developer testing skills and working practices with the Testing and UAT teams.
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Build API methods and website components that consume these.
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Read and write database content, files, and Azure storage.
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Help shape the conventions the team uses to ensure high quality code that the whole team understands.
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Contribute thoughts and ideas in daily stand ups to move projects forward.
Experience
Essential:
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Recent university graduate.
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Understanding of object-orientated programming and the SDLC.
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A passion for software development.
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An open mind and strong desire to learn commercial development practices.
Beneficial:
Any well-founded fundamental knowledge of any of the following:
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ASP.NET C#
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Entity Framework
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RESTful Web API
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Clean Architecture
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Angular 2+ TypeScript
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CSS and Bootstrap
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SQL
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GIT (or other source control system)
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Azure DevOps
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Azure Cloud
- Agile process
Skills & Competencies
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Demonstrable experience of software development.
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Professional attitude, work on own initiative and as part of a team.
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Able to propose and support ideas.
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Motivated to work to set deadlines.
Qualifications & Training
Essential:
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Undergraduate level Degree qualification in Computer Science or Software Development (or equivalent).
Beneficial:
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Masters level qualification in Software Development (or equivalent).
The Benefits
We believe that our working lives should be happy and healthy, with the opportunities available that you need for continuous development.
We offer our staff a wide variety of company benefits, as well as the chance to get involved in a range of company organised events – from physical challenges to bi-annual staff away days, and social events.
Our benefits aim to promote a healthy work/life balance, supporting not only your career, but also your home and family life.
We offer:
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Training opportunities – ‘Steer Your Career’ programme
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Excellent compensation package, including growing holiday entitlement, contributory pension and private healthcare, amongst other benefits
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Wellbeing programmes to provide ongoing support and assistance, including Liaison Latte, Coffee Roulette, Liaison Life Skills, Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme.
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The opportunity to work in a supportive team, working diligently to support and optimise the NHS
Our Vision - To change the global health economy.
Our Values - Our values are to work with Care and Honesty, to Inspire and Guide our colleagues and clients:
Care - We are proud to help the health economy save money. We care about people.
Honesty - We operate with the integrity and are honest with ourselves, our colleagues and our clients.
Inspire - We are at the forefront of health economy innovation.
Guide - We provide guidance to ensure that clients can make the most of every savings opportunity.
How to apply
If this sounds like the right fit and you want to work for an award-winning, market-leading company, please apply using the link to our current vacancies page and follow the steps: https://myliaison.jobs.people-first.com/jobs
We are proud to support our colleagues and will offer an interview to any candidates with a disability, should they match the skills and experience required for the role.
Liaison Group is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We pride ourselves on being a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.
Liaison Group are committed to the Good Recruitment Campaign and are official signatories for the Good Recruitment Charter.
Thank you for your interest in joining Liaison Group.