Salesforce Engineer

At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! We’re more interested in hiring someone that embodies our People Promises. That’s someone that does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in Community spirit, is respectful and enjoys their work. As the UK’s leading Social Enterprise, we’re dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees.

The Salesforce function is a key part of the digitisation team. This is an exciting time to join a developing part of the wider IT team.

As a Salesforce Engineer, you will play a key role in the development of technology changes and solutions that deliver digitisation and digital transformation. Working with the wider Salesforce (and IT) team, you will be responsible for delivering a defined product roadmap, providing solutions that meet desired success criteria. In addition, you will contribute towards solution design documentation and provide comprehensive technical testing of new solutions. A basic DBS check is mandatory.

The earliest start date for this position is 1st April. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming the right candidate to our team.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of working with Salesforce and its subsequent end-to-end deployment.

Experience & Skills

• Experience working on the end-to-end deployment lifecycle process for Salesforce solutions.
• Experience gathering, analysing and translating business requirements into Salesforce solution designs.
• Possess certified Salesforce certifications.

The Benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly.
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%.
• Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave.
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year.
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%.
• Training and development.
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5-minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We’re happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you’re looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team.

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role, we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role, we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

Armed Forces

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.

Neurodivergent

Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.