Brothers Of Charity Services Ireland – West Region
PERMANENT FULL-TIME NATIONAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
ICT DEPARTMENT - NATIONAL
JOB REF: 75661
Background to the role:
Over the past 7 years, BOCSI has centralised its primary information technology infrastructure and business application systems (Finance, Human Resources and Client Management Systems). All in-house applications are sitting on a common centralised infrastructure. BOCSI ICT has a strong tradition of developing applications in-house in conjunction with our business partners across Client Services, HR and Finance. In addition to this we also engage with external vendors in the use of specialist SAAS software applications, particularly in the area of HR/Occupational Health, Facilities Management and Learning Management. All application development is carried out by a team of application developers/analysts who are aligned to each of the business units.
The next stage in our digital transformation is the transitioning from legacy systems to modern, web-enabled applications where feasible. In addition to this there are a number of pipelined application projects that need to be undertaken over the next year including Digital Time & Attendance System, Robotic Process Automation of key processes, further roll out of digital eForms across the organisation, amongst others.
Qualifications/Experience/Skills:
The person selected must have:
1. Min 10 years’ relevant software development experience with at least 3 years in an application team lead role.
2. Proven experience in managing and mentoring small development teams and encouraging excellence.
3. Strong background in Microsoft web technologies (e.g., ASP.NET, .NET, Azure, C#). The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of web applications development principles, best practices, and cloud integration.
4. A visionary mindset to modernize development practices and embrace new technologies.
5. Identify upskilling opportunities and facilitate training or resources to enable the team to confidently transition to modern development methodologies and tools.
6. Strong leadership, project management, and innovation skills are essential to drive the team and deliver robust, user-focused solutions.
7. Extensive knowledge on back-end database design and development in SQL Server or equivalent.
8. Experience managing complex applications/software development related projects.
9. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
10. A third level qualification in Software Development, Computer Science or a related discipline.
11. A full clean driving licence.
Desirable Experience:
* Current and up to date PMP/Prince2 qualifications or equivalent Agile/Scrum certifications are an advantage.
Working Hours:
The normal working week will be a 70-hour fortnight; however, flexible hours including weekends and evenings are occasionally involved. Starting and finishing times will be notified to, and agreed with, the appointee from time to time by the Chief Information Officer. The successful candidate must be available for on-call situations that may arise from time to time.
Location:
The role can be based in any of our regional offices which include Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Clare, Galway and Roscommon. Occasional travel to our National Head Office in Clarinbridge, Co Galway will be a requirement.
Travel:
You may be required to travel to each of the Brothers of Charity Services Ireland locations to carry out your duties and travel will be reimbursed at the rate determined by the Department of Health.
Annual Leave:
30 days per annum.
Tenure:
This position is permanent, full-time and pensionable.
Full Job Description Attached
Informal enquiries to Mary Carty, Chief Information Officer at mary.carty@bocsi.ie
Closing date for receipt of completed application forms/CV’s on-line is 5pm, 1st March 2025.
Interviews for this post will be held on Monday 10th March 2025.
The Brothers of Charity Services Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.
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