Salesforce Developer

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Salesforce Developer   

Circa £44,000 + benefits

Up to 12 months contract (maternity cover)

35 hours per week (happy to talk flexible working)

Wimbledon (hybrid working)

 We're the CIPD " the professional body for HR and people development. We are the voice of a worldwide community of more than 160,000 members committed to championing better work and working lives. We've been setting the benchmark for excellence in people and organisation development for more than 100 years, helping members build their professional expertise and organisations build their HR and leadership capability.

There has never been a more interesting or important time to join us. We offer an inclusive and stimulating culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities, as well as excellent benefits such as 28 days' holiday, £125 personal development allowance, learning and development opportunities and access to an award winning pension scheme.

The Role

As Salesforce Developer, you will be part of our Digital and Technology directorate, Development team and you will get an opportunity to work on exciting and strategically important projects. You will also have an opportunity to work with a team of experienced developers as well as contribute towards better user experience.

What You'll Be Doing

Developing and configuring the CIPD's two Salesforce instances in line with business and project requirements

Ensuring a high standard of code and documentation is maintained at all times

Facilitating Cloud First strategic priority by identifying and migrating core business processes onto the Salesforce platform(Cloud First)

Working with Development team colleagues, end users, product managers, and project managers to understand and implement business and project requirements

Leading the design, development, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance of bespoke applications and integrations, using Apex classes and triggers, Javascript, Flows, Lightning and Visualforce components, and RestAPI integrations

Providing third and fourth line support for the CIPD's Salesforce instances

Working with other developers to integrate Salesforce with other applications

Leading development of new processes, applications, and integrations to enhance the end user experience

Completing regular internal system audits and prepare for upgrades

What You'll Need To Be Successful

Salesforce.com Certified Platform Developer

2-3 years Salesforce development experience

Extensive knowledge of development principles and languages including Apex, Javascript, SQL/SOQL, SOSL, Visualforce

Understanding of web development principles and languages such as CSS, HTML

In-depth understanding of Salesforce features, capabilities

Experience in administering or implementing Salesforce Lightning

Experience with Sales, Service, and Community Clouds

Experience using Salesforce.com data tools, including Data Loader

Experience of using code repositories such as GITHub

Good understanding of change management and version control principles

Please note, this advert is due to close on Monday 22 November.

If this role describes you and your career aspirations, then click APPLY.

CIPD: valuing everyone as an individual! The CIPD define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - we value all our employees, customers and clients as people. Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everybody feels valued, where their talents are fully utilised and organisational and personal goals are met.

We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.

Please note, we reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore, we would urge you to submit an application as soon as possible.