Principal Developer (Power Platforms) (ED12534) - Bath, BA2 7AY

The University of Bath is embarking on an ambitious digital transformation journey. We are seeking an experienced technology specialist who is ready to lead and drive innovation, focusing on Dynamics 365 and Power Platform technologies. This role is central to modernising our technological capabilities and supporting the university's strategic objectives.

Role Overview: Lead technical development of Power Platform technologies including Dynamics 365, Power Apps and Automations and Portals, managing a team of four developers to deliver innovative IT solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain key business CRM systems based on Dynamics 365.
• Develop and maintain a range of custom Power Apps, Automations and integrations, using a wide range of technologies.
• Lead continual improvement and service excellence, defining services, managing changes and ensuring service requests and incidents are delivered within the required SLAs.
• Resource planning and leadership of a team of developers working collaboratively with portfolio managers and other principal engineers and developers to scope projects and small works.
• Oversee vendor relationships monitoring performance and acting as technical liaison alongside product and business owners.
• Liaising with stakeholders to understand priorities, acting as a subject matter expert between technical and non-technical audiences.

Technical Skills:

• Experience of Dynamics is essential for this role and working knowledge / experience of some of the following would be advantageous: Dynamics 365, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Git, Github, Azure DevOps, SharePoint Online and wider M365 technologies, PowerBi and other reporting services, On Prem to Cloud Migrations, Managing Hosted and SaaS Services, ITIL / Service Management.

Experience:

• Strong Team Management & Leadership.
• Resource / workload planning and management.
• Strategic technology planning.
• Excellent communication.
• Analytical problem-solving.
• Experience in higher education IT environment.

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis. We are offering hybrid working in the DDaT team. This means you will work part of the week on campus in the office and you may also work part of the week from home.

Remuneration Package: A market supplement of up to £2,000 is applied for this role in addition to the basic pay.

What we can offer you:

• A very generous employer contributory pension scheme.
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance.
• We are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements.
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce.
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities.
• A number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.

We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment. We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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Closing Date: 06 Apr 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £46,485 to £55,295