Software Developer

To develop, enhance, maintain and promote college software applications and train users, providing excellent customer service in all areas of the role.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Work as an active member of the wider Management Information Systems team

• To support and assist the rest of the Software Development Team
• Liaise with college users to establish system and software requirements
• Analyse, design and implement new software solutions
• Develop and maintain existing software
• Maintain and manage third party systems used by the college
• Provide support on relevant software for college users
• Produce technical documentation
• Produce User Documentation & Training materials
• Assist and/or deliver training sessions to individuals and groups
• Project manage software developments
• Investigating and proposing changes to systems, and working practices to utilise new technology to ensure continuous improvements
• Support and communicate with managers to assist their interpretation and use of management information
• Identify and maintain effective quality standards and procedures in relation to all areas of responsibility

Pete O’Donnell, Director of Information Systems and Data, says “The team is well regarded within the college and is focussed on providing the college with the information they need to help every single learner achieve to their maximum potential.  So, you’ll join a welcoming team of people who will help and challenge you to perform and become a valued member of the group.  Your managers will be fair and honest and will always be willing to give you any necessary guidance and direction.”

Joining our Journey:

When you join our college, our colleagues have access to numerous benefits and facilities:  

• Generous Pension Scheme  
• Fantastic Staff Benefits and Rewards platform
• Very generous holiday entitlement
• Employee Assistance Scheme

Oldham College is a great career choice for ambitious professionals. With a “good” Ofsted rating, one of the best apprenticeship programmes in the region, excellent 16-18 results and truly outstanding GCSE English results, we are already a high performer. 

But we want to deliver much more than this.  Our ambition is to be “The Best Place to Learn and Work” and we have a clear Strategic Plan which sets out what this means and what we will do to deliver it.  We will keep on improving and innovating, and we are investing in new provision, new facilities and new technology. 

Further details including a Person Specification are included within the attached Job Description.

The role will require you to embed and work to the college’s values; working with Integrity, having Ambition to help our learners succeed and being Inclusive to learners and colleagues alike.

This position is subject to an enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) and will be subject to satisfactory clearance of this check