Entry Level Developer in Edinburgh

Entry Level Developer, Business Information Technology within Digital Services Group

About the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is responsible for providing the Parliament with the property, staff and services required for the Parliament’s purposes. We place a high value on excellence, and we are continually looking to improve how we can deliver the Parliament's core purpose of representing the people of Scotland by debating issues of national importance, passing legislation and holding the Scottish Government to account. We are a diverse workforce, and our embedded values shape the way we work and treat each other. We have a culture of respect and inclusion, and everyone has the ability to make a difference. For further information about working for the Scottish Parliament, please see our website.

About the role

Working pattern: This is a full-time post working 35 hours. We’re committed to supporting staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to talk about flexible working. This is a hybrid role, working from Holyrood, and from home.

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Please note: The Scottish Parliament does not sponsor job applicants for employment visas. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK before starting employment.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Applications Team as an Entry Level developer. To see where the office sits within the organisation, you can view our organisation chart here.

The Application Team delivers innovative solutions and services to support the work of the Parliament and is made up of around 28 staff.

We offer a structured career path and a highly interesting and innovative IT project environment.

This is an exciting time to be part of the team, and you’ll work on a broad portfolio of projects delivering a dynamic, digitally enabled Parliament. Our Digital Services team is proud to have won an award for developing the bespoke digital voting application which enabled hybrid parliamentary business to continue during the pandemic. This enabled the transformation of the voting system for MSPs.

We work in an Agile DevOps environment and provide structured training and development. We offer our teams certification opportunities and will support you to develop your skills.

Our teams are made up of Architecture and Design, User Research, Development, Business Analysis and Testing, and we’re currently in the discovery phase for multiple new projects, as well as continuing with our Cloud migration of on-premise applications.

About you

As an Entry Level Developer, you will:

• be contributing to the development, implementation and unit testing and support of software solutions and services

• actively collaborate with colleagues in response to developing services with a user-centric approach

• be working collaboratively with architects, developers, and business analysts, you’ll be making a positive contribution to the team

• work with the team to help identify opportunities to improve on current working practices, and deliver effective and efficient business focused solutions

You’ll encourage a culture where your team members are empowered to deliver high-quality work which will enhance the reputation of the Parliament. You’ll also champion collaborative working with colleagues across the parliamentary service, promoting positive and open communication, as well as our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

You’ll demonstrate a high level of personal credibility with excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships.

For further information about the role please see the attached job description. You can also contact the Chair of the recruitment panel, christopher.gavin@parliament.scot

We particularly welcome applications from candidates from a Minority Ethnic background and Disabled candidates. All appointments will be made on merit. We have a values-based culture of respect and inclusion embedded in our organisation, and everyone has the ability to make a difference.

We offer a great range of benefits including: 41.5 leave days (including public holidays), flexible working, paid professional subscriptions, family-friendly policies, Season Ticket advance loans, an onsite gym, Health and Wellbeing Schemes including discounted gym membership, a confidential counselling and information service, and the Cycle to Work Scheme.

You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Alpha Civil Service pension scheme, where we’ll offer you an employer contribution of 28.97% of your basic salary.

We are a values-based organisation. Our values are a central part of our working culture and our people management processes. We use these to recruit, manage and develop our staff. For more information on our values and behaviours framework, please visit our values pages in our Employee Handbook.

How to apply

Stage 1

Please apply before 12:00 noon, Wednesday, 30 September 2026.

To find out how to apply and for further information about our recruitment process, please see our recruitment process pages on the website.

Please note that only your statement will be submitted to Hiring Managers, without any personal details. Hiring managers will then select candidates for further assessment or interview based on their statement which addresses the values within the job description.

Stage 2

If your application is successful, you’ll be invited to attend a virtual interview. As part of the interview process, you’ll be asked to provide a presentation, details of which will be provided prior to interview. Interviews will be held on w/c 26 October 2026, although this is subject to change.

Offers will be awarded based on merit. For this role, the following weighting is used to come to a final score on which offers will be based. Application 20%, Presentation 20%, Interview 60%.

All new starts will be appointed to the first scale point of the grade for their role. For information on progression through the scale points, see our Pay and Reward Policy Statement.

Feedback will only be provided on request to those who attend interview.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please email: careers@parliament.scot