Job Description

Power Platform Developer
Birmingham, Croydon, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Stratford
PCD300284

As a Power Platform Developer, you’ll play a key role in designing and delivering digital tools that support the organisation’s Risk & Intelligence Service (RIS) and wider stakeholders across the organisation. You’ll build solutions that improve how teams work, solve real-time problems, and help shape the organisation’s digital future.
The organisation is a great opportunity for creative, analytical thinkers who enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You’ll be encouraged to explore new technologies, share ideas, and continuously develop your skills.

Essential Criteria:
To be considered for this role, your application must demonstrate all the following:
• Proven, practical experience in working directly with Microsoft Power Platform (business intelligence tooling, Power Apps, Power Automate).
• Strong skills in data modelling and report design.
• Experience working with stakeholders to gather requirements or refine solutions.
• Ability to design user-centred solutions that meet business needs through effective collaboration and communication.

Desirable Criteria:
• Experience working with Hub Slides in a business intelligence tooling format.
• Understanding of data visualisation principles and accessibility standards.
• Familiarity with testing procedures (e.g. unit testing, UAT).

Key Responsibilities
You will be joining our team of around 4 colleagues, key responsibilities will include:
• Design and build Power Platform solutions that meet user and business needs.
• Write clean, secure, and well-tested code using Power Query, DAX, and Power FX.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to refine and iterate digital products.
• Provide first-line support and troubleshoot issues post-deployment.
• Present and promote solutions to users and stakeholders.
• Create user documentation and gather feedback for continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to apply technology to business challenges.
• Support colleagues in using Microsoft 365 tools and share best practices.
• Contribute to development standards and help improve team processes.
Person specification
We’re looking for someone with hands-on experience in Microsoft’s Power Platform - including business intelligence tooling, Power Automate and Power Apps. You’ll be a quick learner with a logical and creative approach to problem-solving, comfortable working independently and as part of a small, agile team.

This Site Is:
• Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle.
You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Leeds Location:
Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current the organisation colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in The organisation’s Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
• Ability to demonstrate your Microsoft Power Platform skill set.
• Ability to demonstrate your Data modelling skill set.
Alongside your salary of £45,000, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £13,000towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
The organisation operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:
• A name-blind CV, to include your job history in 300-words total. Please provide relevant details from your last 3 roles, plus any others you feel are relevant, and include a brief description of your responsibilities and achievements, aligned to the key responsibilities for this role. The job history section does not restrict wordcount - anything over the specified wordcount will not be reviewed, resulting in information you feel is relevant not being assessed.
• A 1000-word Personal Statement. Please provide evidence to demonstrate how you meet the Essential Criteria, and working examples and outcomes that demonstrate how your experience aligns with the requirements of the role, including the key responsibilities.

Eligibility
To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles – if this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.

The organisation is an office-based organisation, and colleagues are expected to spend 60% of their working time in the office. Our offices provide opportunity for interaction, collaboration which aids learning and development and a sense of community. Where the role allows it, and where the home environment is suitable, colleagues can work from home for up to 2 days a week, averaged over a calendar month (or a proportionate amount of time for colleagues who work less than full time).

Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:
• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service