SQL Developer

We're the Football Foundation - the Premier League, the FA and government’s charity that delivers outstanding grassroots facilities, more and better places to play, transforming lives and communities where it is needed most. 

To help us with this important mission, we currently have a vacancy for a SQL Developer to work closely with internal stakeholders as part of our development team to ensure our Grant Management System is enhanced to deliver all our schemes and products effectively. 

Over the last 24 years, the Foundation has awarded more than 23,000 grants to deliver outstanding grassroots facilities across England worth more than £877 million. This year, the Foundation will be investing more money than ever into facilities across England and is committed to improving the experience of playing football for everyone. The Foundation’s goal is to unlock the power of pitches ensuring everyone has a great place to play regardless of gender, race, disability or place.

We're currently developing a transformational change to our post award processes across every product and programme we provide - 3G Pitches, Grass Pitches, Hubs, Changing Rooms/Pavilions and PlayZones.

As SQL Developer, you will work closely with internal stakeholders as part of our team of developers to ensure our Grant Management System (GMS) is enhanced to deliver the new processes effectively and all database solutions are integrated with our GMS. You’ll manage all aspects of support for SQL databases, including the design, development and implementation of database schemas, tables, views and indexes; testing of database systems and writing of complex SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate data.

You’ll work closely with key internal and external stakeholders to identify ways to enhance the way we share data with our applicants and funding partners and you’ll also work alongside our Data Engineer to develop and build new data pipelines.

How we achieve our goals is equally important to us. We are striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation which reflects the diverse communities, users and beneficiaries of our work and the outcomes we deliver. Becoming part of the Football Foundation team, will give you the chance to deliver a positive impact in every community in England; to help transform lives and communities through great places to play; and to be part of a supportive and inclusive staff team that works hard and plays fair to achieve its goals.

For full details of the role and requirements, please download our recruitment pack below.

We’d love to hear from you if you have experience of a similar role, with a wide range of strong technical skills within the Microsoft Azure stack, including experience with SQL server technologies (T-SQL, PostgreSQL, Power BI), experience of creating scripts, stored procedures & DTS packages to facilitate data interoperability & integration across multiple data sources, and the ability to articulate and implement a robust SQL backup and restore strategy (full, system, user and transactional).

You’ll also have strong planning, project management and organisational skills while also being flexible and adaptable. You’ll also have strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including those who are not themselves technical.

You don’t need to be follow football to apply, but you should have a genuine interest in using your skills and experience to help the Foundation achieve our charitable and strategic objectives.

Most of all we want someone who reflects who we are as an organisation. We refer to our values as our four corners:

• Fair Players – open and inclusive in our approach
• Star Performers – trusted to deliver
• United Team Players – collaborative and easy to work with
• Passionate Supporters – flexible and willing 

The salary band for this role is £50,000 - £55,000 per annum, dependent on relevant skills and experience.

You will start on 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (which increases after 2 years), plus additional time off to volunteer. We also offer a generous pension scheme (8% employer contribution), free health care provision, a monthly gym subsidy, interest-free season ticket loan, death in service benefit and access to selected match tickets

We are committed to helping our team members maintain a healthy work-life balance, so offer flexible working around core hours to help achieve that.

The Football Foundation is committed to, and values the principles of diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all our team feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential. We encourage and welcome applications from all, regardless of background and are particularly interested to hear from individuals belonging to under-represented groups including diverse ethnic communities, individuals with a disability and those from the LGBTQI+ community.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview stage, please contact us at jobs@footballfoundation.org.uk
 

To apply, please follow the steps outlined below:

1.    Please send the following to jobs@footballfoundation.org.uk

• CV
• Cover letter - please highlight briefly and clearly how your skills, abilities and experience equip you for the role, together with your reasons for applying.

The closing date for applications is midday on 14 August 2024

Interviews are expected to take place on 29 and 30 August 2024

We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible, as we may close the advert and application window early if we have received sufficient applications.

All applications received will be short listed against the role requirements and person specification. Those most closely matching our requirements will be invited to take part in an online interview.

Due to the volume of applications received for most roles, the Foundation only contacts candidates if they are shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, you should assume your application has not been successful.

Please note that you must be eligible to work in the UK to apply.