Andy File Associates Limited are working as a Recruitment Agency on behalf of our client with regards this permanent position.
Our client is a global education company that improves the quality of education by developing, integrating and implementing innovative 21st century learning environments that motivate students to learn. They have headquarters in Blackburn, Lancashire, England and in the U.S. in Atlanta, Georgia.
Key Responsibilities:
Leading the Salesforce development team from a technical and best practice perspective supporting the development team from a managerial and training aspect. Working as part of an experienced and skilled IS team focusing on internal business applications developed on the Salesforce.com platform, supporting the business in day to day activity, developing new functionality and systems.
Responsible for the building and maintaining of the development team on a day to day basis
To train and support developers on the Salesforce platform.
Introduce and maintain sustainable methodologies for development and support within the SF platform.
Development and support of off platform systems.
To communicate effectively within the development team to ensure successful code development and release.
To contribute to the successful completion of the growing number of Salesforce-related projects.
Working closely with end users to identify and understand requirements in order to effectively produce required functionality.
To provide day-to-day support to users and re-sellers on the use of the system and software packages created in-house, optimising and refactoring existing code investigating and fix defects and other issues.
Ensure all coding is above standard and fully tested before releasing to users.
Experience:
Excellent grasp of Salesforce across the board
Highly motivated development orientated background.
Ability to understand wider business goals and objectives.
Excellent problem solving capabilities that can be applied to real situations.
Excellent communication with the business.
Education & Qualifications:
Degree level (equivalent) or higher in programming or computer science related subject.
You will have come from a technical background.