***THIS JOB VACANCY HAS NOW CLOSED***
£35920 – £37811 37.5 hours per week
Based at our HQ in Leicester with agile working
About us
The RAF Association has a clear objective: to help sustain a resilient and empowered RAF community, including serving personnel, RAF veterans and their families. Through our sector leading services, we offer friendship to the isolated and lonely, sheltered housing for those who want to remain proudly independent and childcare to serving personnel on RAF stations.
With thousands of members across the UK and further afield, plus hundreds of dedicated employees and volunteers, we have the network and experience needed for a personal one-to-one approach. We work together to make sure no one is ever left behind.
About the team
The IT project management office is a small team of passionate, solution focused individuals. Reporting to the Head of CRM, the team are involved in the full lifecycle of projects from building business cases to support the justification of IT transformation and projects to support the Associations objectives and goals. The team provide a valuable support to our key stakeholders and directorates, ensuring the roadmap of new activity is effectively developed, implemented and the return on investment demonstrated. This role will have a significant impact with responsibilities for design recommendations, configuration development and testing solutions that support the delivery and development of the Association’s activity around welfare reach and fundraising. You will be part of a fantastic, committed team and achieve the real satisfaction of being a significant part of taking new services from concept to life and seeing the difference these programmes make to the RAF community we support.
About you
The role requires you to have a specialist technical Salesforce related accreditation (ADM201 preferred) along with a a strong background in Salesforce development having been responsible for configuration, development and system testing of Salesforce.com related projects. You will be highly skilled in designing appropriate solutions for new projects with robust experience in Salesforce programmatic changes e.g., apex classes, triggers, visual force, dataloader and other CRM data tools. Our ideal colleague will have proven exposure to supporting and facilitating delivery of a Salesforce technology roadmap within an organisation along with the ability to contribute to technical business planning and solutions.
Overall, we are looking for a passionate individual who has the desire to use their experience for a wider social purpose and as a result you will gain immense job satisfaction from seeing these worthwhile activities reach those who really need it as well as being part of a collaborative values led organisation.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we are unable to enter into sponsorship agreements. Our agile working policy requires you to be able to attend our office in Leicester on a regular basis so please ensure you are comfortable with the commute to LE3 1UT
It is highly recommended that you read the full job description which is available to download on our website www.rafa.org.uk
Benefits:
- Generous leave – 36 days including public holidays and Christmas shutdown
- 5% employer pension contribution under salary sacrifice
- Company sick pay after qualifying period
- Life Insurance equivalent to 4 x salary
- Free eye tests and a contribution towards glasses.
- Employee assistance programme – confidential helpline for advice and support.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Close to park and ride
- Shower and locker facilities
Want to join us?
To make your application really stand out, please take some time to review that your CV is up to date as we will initially consider your skills and experience based on your CV which align with the role profile and person specification. Please also consider attaching a cover letter as that can really bring your CV to life!
When you are happy with your CV and cover letter, please send to jobs@rafa.org.uk
Closing Date: 8am Tuesday 9 May 2023
Applicants who meet the criteria may be invited to interview prior to the closing date so please do not delay in applying, we’d love to hear from you
The RAF Association is a Disability Confident Employer, please let us know if you require any assistance with the application process.
