Digital Services Software Development Apprentice
Wealden District Council
East Sussex (BN27 2AX)
Closes in 17 days (Friday 25 July 2025)
Posted on 7 July 2025
Contents
Summary
We are seeking candidates with a passion for technology; particularly a logical mindset, a love for coding, and a desire to build digital solutions that benefit the council and its customers.
- Wage
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£24,799 a year
- Training course
- Software developer (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
Hours to be agreed
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Assisting with the design, development, testing and maintenance of new software solutions
- Improving technical documentation on existing products
- Looking for ways to improve user experience
- Working with customers on requirements analysis for new features and modules
Where you'll work
Council Offices
Vicarage Lane
Hailsham
East Sussex
BN27 2AX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD
Your training course
Software developer (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- create logical and maintainable code
- develop effective user interfaces
- link code to data sets
- test code and analyse results to correct errors found using unit testing
- conduct a range of test types, such as Integration, System, User Acceptance, Non-Functional, Performance and Security testing.
- identify and create test scenarios
- apply structured techniques to problem solving, debug code and understand the structure of programmes in order to identify and resolve issues
- create simple software designs to effectively communicate understanding of the program
- create analysis artefacts, such as use cases and/or user stories
- build, manage and deploy code into the relevant environment
- apply an appropriate software development approach according to the relevant paradigm (for example object oriented, event driven or procedural)
- follow software designs and functional or technical specifications
- follow testing frameworks and methodologies
- follow company, team or client approaches to continuous integration, version and source control
- communicate software solutions and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- apply algorithms, logic and data structures
- interpret and implement a given design whist remaining compliant with security and maintainability requirements
- create logical and maintainable code
- develop effective user interfaces
- link code to data sets
- test code and analyse results to correct errors found using unit testing
- conduct a range of test types, such as Integration, System, User Acceptance, Non-Functional, Performance and Security testing.
- identify and create test scenarios
- apply structured techniques to problem solving, debug code and understand the structure of programmes in order to identify and resolve issues
- create simple software designs to effectively communicate understanding of the program
- create analysis artefacts, such as use cases and/or user stories
- build, manage and deploy code into the relevant environment
- apply an appropriate software development approach according to the relevant paradigm (for example object oriented, event driven or procedural)
- follow software designs and functional or technical specifications
- follow testing frameworks and methodologies
- follow company, team or client approaches to continuous integration, version and source control
- communicate software solutions and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- apply algorithms, logic and data structures
- interpret and implement a given design whist remaining compliant with security and maintainability requirements
Your training plan
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C)
- maths (grade C)
A Level in:
any subject (grade pass)Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Self motivated
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to learn quickly
Other requirements
We are seeking candidates with a passion for technology; particularly a logical mindset, a love for coding, and a desire to build digital solutions that benefit the council and its customers.
About this company
Be part of our vision for the future: Shaping Wealden as a District, which offers a fulfilling and worthwhile quality of life for our residents, a thriving and prosperous place for businesses where local people and visitors can enjoy the outstanding beauty and heritage of our landscape and environment.
http://wealden.gov.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Working for a great, forward thinking Local Authority. Excellent salary, pension, flexible working, fantastic employee benefits and comprehensive staff health & wellbeing scheme. Hybrid working Free parking
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Possible permanent position
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Wealden District Council
Wendy Newton-May
wendy.newton-may@wealden.gov.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330302.
Apply now
Closes in 17 days (Friday 25 July 2025)
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