A place to drive change

Location: Bradford Hybrid 2-3 days in the office with travel as required for training/meetings.

Salary:77405 per annum plus car user allowance starting at 1250 per annum

Permanent 35 hours per week Monday Friday 9am to 5pm.

Were on a journey of transformation. Were finding new ways to achieve our purpose of providing families with affordable sustainable and safe homes. Were innovating for our customers and to create a thriving workspace that supports everyone.

Were a team of passionate dedicated people working to drive change for the better. Were building something special here and we want driven creative people to join us.

If youre looking for a career where you can be part of change share your ideas and help us transform theres never been a more exciting time to join us and shape our future.

Lead Innovate and Develop Our Digital Future

Are you ready to lead innovation shape strategy and roll up your sleeves to make it happen At Accent were investing heavily in technology to transform how we work and deliver for our customers and we need a Head of IT Development who will lead the teams who design build and assure the digital services our colleagues and customers rely on every day. If you want to lead talented development and testing teams architect modern Azurebased platforms and create technology that genuinely makes peoples lives better this is the role for you.

What Youll Do:

• Be a strategic technologist with operational depth equally at home pairreviewing complex code or setting a clear software development strategy for developer and architects.
• Lead software development and testing teams - delivering secure resilient highquality services incorporating cloudnative builds clean APIs modern integrations with quality engineered from the start.
• Architect the future on Azure - APIfirst eventdriven securebydesign. Shape our future by designing clean decoupled integrations from legacy platforms.
• Transform our testing capability automate intelligently adopt continuous testing integrate with CI/CD and champion high standards across the whole SDLC
• Modernise how we build software progressive delivery automated pipelines contract testing and engineering practices that accelerate delivery whilst improving quality.
• Develop people and capability -build a highperforming inclusive team; set clear standards; coach engineers and test specialists; plan skills growth for whats next.
• Engage brilliantly with the business - translate complex technology into clear business value nurture stakeholder relationships and keep delivery outcomes front and centre.
• Scan the horizon and innovate - assess new technologies trial smart ideas and introduce innovations that meaningfully improve customer or colleague experience

Why Join Us

• Shape the future: Lead transformation projects that modernise our technology and improve services that residents depend on every day
• Agile and impactful: Were small enough to cut through red tape yet large enough to deliver meaningful change.
• Purpose with impact: Work for an organisation with a genuine social mission your expertise helps families feel safe supported and heard
• Grow with us: We invest in people and technology. Youll have access to leadership development and career progression opportunities

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Salary

The spot salary for this post is 77405 per annum for applicants who fully meet the requirements of the post. If youre still developing some of the skills or experience you can start at a salary 5% or 10% below the spot rate with clear support and progression opportunities to reach the full amount.

What youll bring:

• Extensive experience in the Microsoft tech stack and ideally Azure cloud environments.
• A strong grounding in modern engineering practices - APIfirst microservices DevOps CI/CD infrastructureascode and resilient architectures
• A proven ability to design and deliver solutions that balance strategic thinking with handson technical expertise.
• Strong Leadership - you will coach mentor and empower multidisciplinary teams (including external partners) to perform at their best
• A passion for agile delivery continuous improvement and building robust quality into every stage of development
• Experience aligning development and testing with wider organisational goals and technology strategy
• Solid architecture understanding and the ability to oversee solution design without direct coding involvement.
• Proven experience of assuring the quality of output from augmented software development and testing teams
• Excellent stakeholder management communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to define meaningful KPIs and report on development and testing performance.
• Experience managing external vendors and ensuring alignment with internal standards

Interviews

We want your candidate experience to reflect who we are - a place to grow a place to thrive a place to be you.

Stage 1: A Place to Connect
A call with the hiring manager. Youll learn more about the role and team and well get to know you your experience goals and what you bring.
Planned date: 11/12th February via Teams.

Stage 2: A Place to Show Your Strengths
Youll present your approach to a strategic direction for the team to the panel and have your final interview. Youll be asked to complete a Congruity Questionnaire in advance.
Planned date: 18/19th February at our Bradford office.

We aim to make the process clear supportive and genuinely valuable a place where you feel informed and confident at every step.

A place to build a future

Weve got big ambitions and were looking for people who want to grow with us. Here youll have the chance to learn new skills shape your career and thrive in a collaborative environment where your ideas matter.

And because we believe great work deserves great rewards heres what you can look forward to:
Generous time off 28 days holiday plus bank holidays an extra day for your birthday and the option to buy more.
Health & wellbeing support Cash health plan Health MOTs online GP access gym discounts and a dedicated volunteering day for a cause you care about.
Financial perks Car leasing options salary sacrifice schemes and exclusive discounts through our benefits platform to help your money go further.
Future-focused benefits Access to both Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit pension schemes through salary sacrifice plus life assurance at three times your salary for peace of mind.
Family-friendly policies Enhanced parental leave flexible working options and support for work-life balance.
Career development From Stepping into Management and Management Essentials training to our Leadership Academy apprenticeships and more well help you grow and succeed.

This is more than a job its a place where you can make an impact feel valued and be rewarded for what you do.

Were Committed to Inclusion

We believe diversity makes us stronger and were committed to creating a place where everyone feels valued respected and able to thrive.

Our recruitment process is designed to be accessible and inclusive and if you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage just let us know well make it happen.

Because this isnt just a workplace its a place to belong.

Please dont delay in submitting your application. Where roles are urgent or we receive a high volume of applications we may interview and conclude the process prior to any closing date indicated.

If you have any queries about the role please email:

Please note candidates must have current eligibility to live and work in the UK Accent do not currently hold a sponsorship license.

If youre looking for a place you can make a positive difference to society to our organisation and to your future apply now.

Recruitment Agencies: We work exclusively with partners on our preferred supplier list (PSL) and do not accept unsolicited CVs or speculative approaches from agencies for this role.