Undergraduate IS Apprentice
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £22,659 to £23,478 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Durham, County Durham, DH1 3LE |
| Company: | Durham University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 24000489_1712305939 |
Summary
The Role and Department
The Computing and Information Services (CIS) has an annual operational budget in excess of £12m, multi-million pound programmes of change within year, and approximately 185 staff. The Senior Leadership Team report directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with the following portfolios: Strategy and Change; Technical Services; Information Services (IS), and Cyber Security. CIS work with departments across the university to provide academic, teaching and administrative services that underpin the day-to-day activities of the whole organisation. Details of the Digital Strategy and ongoing work can be found at Digital Strategy - Durham University
CIS is a friendly, but demanding department, where much is expected and can be achieved by competent, self-motivated individuals who are demonstrable in their team work ability. The department works in a hybrid capacity depending on the job role and individual personal requirements.
As an Undergraduate Information Services Apprentice you will be sponsored to undertake a Digital and technology solutions professional BSc specialising in the Software Engineer pathway. When undertaking your apprenticeship role, you will assist with activities to maintain the day to day operation and on-going development of Computing and Information Services (CIS). Assigned to one of the Information Services (IS) teams, during the course of the apprenticeship you will maintain a high level of IT services throughout the University, assisting students, staff, visitors in their use of Durham University IT systems.
You will undertake activities relating to, and work with increasing independence in relation to:
· Software design
· Software development
· Software testing
· Software integration
· Software configuration
· Software support and troubleshooting
· Data and analytics
· User experience analysis, design, and evaluation
· Content authoring and publishing
· Security operations
· Incident ownership and management
Further information about the role and the responsibilities is at the bottom of this job description.
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