Junior Software Developer – Police Staff – Technology – Counter Terrorism Policing HQ
Posted: Oct 16, 2025
Job Description
Contract type – Full Time, Permanent, SecondmentLocation – BirminghamBand – NSalary – £50,531 – £55,103Information About The RoleAs a Junior Software Developer, with a focus on developing and refining our IT Service Management (ITSM) toolsets, you will be involved in providing technical support and expertise to the Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) national operations centre: the CSC. You will assist in vital operations and strategic work as the CSC seeks to improve and modernise its ITSM platform and tooling, which is currently an on-premise installation of Service Now.ResponsibilitiesThe post holder will be required to do the following:Liaise with the Service Owner, CSC Working Group, X-Government Service Now Forum and Service Now to comprehend strategic direction of the platform and work to realise benefits and improvement across the enterpriseProactively develop and refine current instance in conjunction with existing collaborative partnershipsEngage in longer term projects as requiredIntegration of new releases, patches, services, solutions and infrastructureTactical development of scripts/solutionsTactical development of hardware exploitsHow To ApplyApply to the role by clicking the button below. Further information about the role is also available via this link.For a Secondment opportunity please email recruitment.nctphq@met.police.uk for a Candidate information pack.
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