Senior Data Developer

Post title

Senior Data Developer

Post No

TBC

Salary

Starting from £42,839 to £46,142 per annum

Grade

Grade 7

Hours

37 hours per week

Place of work

Worthing Town Hall/ from home/ all sites

Closing date

9th June 2026 at 23:55 pm

Interviews

18th/19th June 2026

As a Senior Data Developer, you will collaborate with the Digital Development Manager to deliver innovative, user-centric, and design-led technical solutions. You will be fundamental to unlocking the value of the Councils' data and ensuring it is accurate, accessible, and secure. You will take the lead on managing system data integrity, work with other developers to design and implement Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) operations, and establish robust data pipelines.

By promoting a "data-driven" culture, you will support end users to make informed decisions through effective business intelligence. This role acts as an enabler for the wider organisation.

You will be responsible for providing supervisory support, training, and technical guidance to operational staff and managers, enabling them to confidently create, use, and manage their own departmental dashboards and reports. You will also work with software suppliers and third-party partners to ensure high-quality data extraction and API integrations.

To succeed, you will have demonstrable skills in SQL and data querying, alongside experience with ETL tools and designing data pipelines. You will have proficiency in data visualisation and dashboarding tools such as Power BI, Looker, or Tableau. Excellent communication skills are essential, as you will need to translate complex data concepts into accessible language for non-technical operational staff. You will also be expected to share your data-specific skills and knowledge with other developers and apprentices within the team to build resilience and ensure a balanced workload.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

If this sounds like the role for you, we look forward to receiving your application!

At Adur & Worthing, we are committed to supporting care leavers, in accordance with the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and the Children and Social Work Act 2017. To that end, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for anyone meeting the essential criteria of the role they are applying for. In order to be considered for this, you will need to be a care leaver under the age of 25 at the time of application. Please confirm that you are a care leaver in the "Showing how you meet the person specification and job description" section of the application form.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of applicants declaring a disability, that meet the essential criteria for this position, will be offered an interview.

Staff are our most important asset and we therefore have a benefit package which reflects our continuing commitment to our employees. This includes:

• Generous leave entitlement; a minimum of 26 days + Bank Holiday entitlement

• Local Government Pension

• Training & development

• Occupational Health

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Employee resource groups/networks

• Buddy Support Programme

• Flexible working options

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. Staff work in a supportive and safe environment, recognising their responsibility to value and respect each other’s contributions. Standards of conduct must be of the highest level to ensure that no-one is harassed, bullied or victimised. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums and are keen to hear from applicants from a variety of different backgrounds.

Fair, Green & Local - Please see link below to our corporate plan with our key priorities for Adur and Worthing (2025-2028):

https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/fair-green-and-local/