Applications Manager

Job Title: Applications Manager 

Salary: £55,530 - £61,314     

Hours: 35 hours per week   

Location: Flexible (Any Care Inspectorate office)  

Contract: Permanent 

About us 

We are the national regulator and scrutiny body responsible for providing assurance and protection for people who experience care services, their families, carers and the wider public, as well as supporting delivery partners to improve the quality of care for people in Scotland.  Our vision is that people across Scotland experience high quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices. 

We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement.  We inspect individual care services and we also work with other scrutiny bodies to inspect the social care and social work services people are experiencing in their local areas. 

Our desire is to achieve an effective and balanced way of working, that enables us to meet organisational needs and achieve a work-life balance that promotes wellbeing and collaboration opportunities. We are moving towards an expectation that all staff will work collaboratively, within and across teams, in person, for approximately 40% of their working week. 

Starting Salary 

Please bear in mind that new entrants start on the grade minimum for the role. However, we have a generous benefits package which you will find on our website.    

About the role 

The Applications Manager is a hands-on role, leading a multi-disciplinary team to deliver the planning, software development, integrations, implementation, release and on-going support of our applications, with a support model that ensures the delivery of service standards to agreed service levels, and leading the development of digital standards through continual service improvement. 

About you 

You will be educated to SCQF level 9 (e.g. IT degree or graduate qualification in a Software Engineering or related field), with work experience of leading digital/software development in medium-to-large-scale public sector projects. Also, you will be familiar with cloud-based application and development platforms. 

You will be able to evidence experience of: 

• Strong technical expertise in application development, coupled with a comprehensive grasp of computer systems and databases.  
• Possess analytical skills to identify and troubleshoot issues, utilizing problem-solving abilities to find solutions and determine root causes designing, building and delivering working solutions to meet customer needs. 
• Leading software development and application support teams 
• High attention to detail and accuracy with excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills across all levels in an organisation 
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment to deliver effective outcomes/targets on time. 
• A range of application development technologies. 
• Formal Project Management methodologies (for example Agile, Prince2, etc.). 

Next steps 

You’ll find more information in the job profile and person specification. 

If you believe that your skills, experience and motivation make you a suitable candidate for this post, please download and complete an application form, an equal opportunities form along with a cover letter by 08:00 on Monday 21 October  

It is anticipated that interviews will be held during the week commencing 4 November 2024 at a suitable Care Inspectorate office location.