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We do this by enabling our colleagues to work in a high performing, agile and smart environment supported by our amazing IT Application Development and Support Team.\nWe're looking for an IT Application Specialist (3rd Line), internally known as Application Specialist, to provide expert technical support, development and continuous improvement across our business-critical systems. You'll work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to deliver solutions that improve performance, efficiency and user experience.\nThis is a roam role, so you’ll typically spend a few days a week working from our fantastic office at Hudson Quay in Middlesbrough, with flexibility to work from home. We’ll need you to be flexible around business and team need, so you may need to come into the office more frequently when required.\nThirteen Benefits:\nSalary - £47,665 per annum\nAnnual leave - starting at 28 days and rising to 31 days after three years, a day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.\nPension - up to 17% contributions (flexible contribution rates of up to 7% colleague and up to 10% employer).\nSimply Health - save money on common health expenses and get access to health and wellbeing support services.\nT’dar - our Discount and Reward platform giving you huge savings on everyday brands. \nOpportunities to buy and sell annual leave\nKey Responsibilities:\nResponsible for the upgrade, development and support of business applications to enhance performance and user experience. \nWork with stakeholders to understand business needs and provide technical solutions that deliver real value.\nPlan, co-ordinate and implement application upgrades, enhancements and system changes. \nTake ownership of complex incidents and service requests, troubleshooting issues and driving resolution, alongside IT colleagues and third-party support partners.\nWork within ITIL framework best practice, including incident and change management processes. \nMaintain the security, stability and resilience of systems, supporting disaster recovery and business continuity arrangements.\nSupport the technical implementation of new systems\nAbout You:\nWith a background in IT service delivery, you’ll have experience in administering, monitoring, maintaining and improving software applications. \nYou’ll be used to working well in a fast paced, ever-green environment where change in software applications happens fast.\nYou’ll be organised, collaborative and forward thinking, always looking for opportunities for improvement and able to positively work with teams and stakeholders to achieve combined outcomes.\nStrong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to transform business requirements into workable solutions. \nYou’ll be willing to work out of hours as part of our IT resilience rota and to support with system upgrades and weekend maintenance. This typically will be 4 Saturdays across the year for maintenance and approximately one week in 20 for resilience.\nExperience of housing management systems such as NEC Housing, Open Accounts, Uniclass or DRS would be advantageous, although not essential.\nWhy Thirteen\nAt Thirteen, we work together to provide quality homes, build stronger communities, and support people to live well. As the largest housing association in the North East and among the top 25 nationally, we manage over 36,000 homes, with over 1,600 colleagues providing services for around 100,000 customers.\nOur vision is to be the most trusted housing association, with happy customers. In fact, we put customers at the heart of everything we do.\n- Join a team that’s local at heart but welcomes talent from everywhere.\n- Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity.\n- Be a part of a company that offers tailored support services, going beyond just housing solutions.\nInterested?\nFor more details, please refer to the attached documents.\nIf you’d like to talk more about the role, please contact Craig Savage, IT Application Development & Support Manager on 07779 904415 for an informal discussion.\nNO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, please.\nAre You Ready for a Rewarding Challenge?\nJoin us at Thirteen Group and be a part of our vision to improve lives every day. APPLY NOW and start your journey towards making a meaningful impact in our community!\nAs part of our hiring process, if you’re successful we’ll need to verify your right to work in the UK. 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