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Job Title: Senior Software Developer
Salary: £72,325 per annum, Band H, Level 3 - Inclusive of OLW & Market Supplement
Location: Gilwell Park, Chingford, London with Hybrid working option
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 35 hours per week
About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our growing Digital team and help bring software development in-house at Scouts
Key Responsibilities
As our Senior Software Developer, you will:
- Build and improve Scouts’ digital systems, including our Membership System and website.
- Develop new digital tools and services for our members and volunteers.
- Take ownership of software from design and development through to ongoing maintenance.
- Work closely with staff and volunteers to understand needs and deliver practical solutions.
- Help keep our systems secure, reliable and easy to maintain.
- Explore new technologies, including AI, and help shape how we develop digital services.
About You
What you’ll bring as our Senior Software Developer:
- Strong experience in software development, including front-end and back-end web development.
- Experience working with databases, APIs and cloud-based systems.
- Experience delivering and maintaining digital products or services.
- A strong focus on building secure, reliable and good-quality software.
- A practical, collaborative and problem-solving approach, with the ability to adapt and learn.
- An interest in using new technology, including AI, to improve how we work.
- A degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience is welcome.
Why Scouts?
This is an opportunity to make a real and lasting difference to how people experience work at Scouts, helping create a positive culture where people can thrive and do their best work.
What we offer as our Senior Software Developer:
- We are an award-winning Charity of the Year (Charity Times Awards 2022) with over 400 employees across multiple locations across the country.
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative team environment
- Flexible working options to suit you, your role, and your team
- A double-matched pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution
- A family-friendly approach, with generous family leave policies
For a full list of our benefits, click .
Telephone Interviews will be held w/c 12th October 2026.
Panel Interviews will be held w/c 26th October 2026.
The Scouts is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute. We offer flexible working arrangements to support diverse needs and lifestyles, ensuring that our teams can thrive both professionally and personally. We welcome and encourage applicants from all walks of life, believing that varied perspectives strengthen our innovation and community. Your unique experiences and ideas are essential to our success, and we look forward to hearing from all voices.
Location: Remotely, UK
Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: Up to £42,182.64 per annum
Contract: Permanent
We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.
Will you join us and make life better for cats?
Responsibilities of our Data Import Developer:
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The Data Import Developer role is designed to provide dedicated delivery capacity for data development and change work that enables Marketing & Income Generation and, beyond that, wider charity system developments, supports compliance, and reduces operational risk.
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This role will focus on improving and building data processes and flows (including CRM side Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) processes) so that issues are addressed at source, technical debt is minimised, and data is consistently reliable and usable across teams.
About the Data & Analytics team:
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The Data & Analytics team are a department of 17 people in the Marketing & Income Generation directorate consisting of four sub-teams : data processing, data selections, data analytics and customer journeys.
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The data processing sub-team are responsible for importing supporter data into our main CRM from numerous different data sources and developing the import routines to do so, they are also responsible for data integrity; ensuring data is accurate and up to date, and maintaining our single customer and supporter view.
What we’re looking for in our Data Import Developer:
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Experience developing, improving or implementing data processes, flows, validation or matching logic within a CRM or comparable data environment.
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Experience translating business requirements into stable data solutions and documented processes.
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Experience working with complex datasets to identify root cause, reduce recurrence, and improve reliability.
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Experience of building or improving imports/transformations using an ETL/import tool
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Experience coordinating testing/validation and supporting adoption/handover of new processes.
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Experience working with a contacts database (CARE NG Database, Microsoft Dynamics or similar CRM)
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Experience of working with financial data and of reconciliation processes
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Experience using Blender or similar import tool
What we can offer you:
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range of health benefits
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26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
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Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
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and much more, which you can learn about
Interested? Here’s how to apply:
Application closing date: 27th August
Video screening deadline: 16th September
Virtual interview date: 1st & 2nd October
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
If successful, your recruitment journey will include:
1.Anonymised application form
2.Video screening round
3.Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams and a pre-interview task
Making a better life for cats, because life is better with cats