At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and develop innovative solutions on Salesforce Education Cloud to enhance student experiences.
- Company: Join a leading consulting firm with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, competitive salary, health perks, and generous leave.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team dedicated to continuous learning and community engagement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in education while growing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: 2-3 years of Salesforce development experience and relevant certifications.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists with deep expertise in various sectors.
Why consider joining our Digital & Data community?
- Join our Digital & Data team working alongside product, design and a wide range of other experts and cross-disciplinary teams to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions.
- Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity.
- Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week.
- Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors - no project is ever the same.
- Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative tech community through knowledge-sharing and peer-level support, coaching and mentoring.
- Deepen your expertise through our culture of learning and growth – you'll have budget to take courses (technical and non-technical training), plus gain certifications.
The Role
Higher Education is undergoing a massive digital shift, and we need a Salesforce Developer who can help us to modernise the digital experience across the entire student lifecycle leveraging the Salesforce Education Cloud. We need a developer who considers the long-term scalability of their work and takes pride in creating elegant solutions to the nuanced problems faced by modern universities.
- Design, develop, and maintain solutions on Salesforce Education Cloud to enhance the student lifecycle experience.
- Build custom applications using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and declarative tools within Salesforce.
- Integrate Salesforce with other systems using APIs and middleware, ensuring data consistency and security.
- Participate in code reviews, testing, and deployment processes to ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Stay up to date with Salesforce releases and best practices, applying them to improve solutions.
- Provide technical guidance and support to colleagues and clients, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Qualifications
Essential requirements What You Will Bring:
- 2-3 years of experience in Salesforce development.
- Salesforce Platform Administrator certification, Education Cloud Consultant certification desired.
- Understanding of Salesforce architecture and its ecosystem.
- Proficient with programming languages such as Apex and JavaScript.
- Knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
- Experience with Salesforce integrations and APIs.
Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance. We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance.
Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world's most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.
We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people:
- Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family.
- 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives.
- Annual performance-based bonus.
- PA share ownership.
- Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).
We're committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience.
Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on recruitmentenquiries@paconsulting.
Remote Salesforce Developer employer: PA Consulting
At PA Consulting, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture. As a Data Architect, you will have the opportunity to lead transformative projects in a hybrid working environment, allowing for flexibility while engaging with clients and colleagues. We are committed to your professional growth, offering continuous learning opportunities and the chance to work on cutting-edge AI-driven data solutions that make a real impact.
