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About The Role
Team – Prospect, Direct and Life Adviser - IT
Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in any of our Vitality Offices (Bournemouth, London or Stockport). Full time, 37.5 hours per week. 
We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

Salesforce exposure 
Being able to manage stakeholder expectations effectively
Attention to detailWhat this role is all about:
The Salesforce developer is part of a highly skilled, dedicated, Salesforce development team supporting and enabling multiple business lines, across all products at Vitality. They will ensure that a successful Salesforce user experience is delivered to all users. The Salesforce developer will utilise in-depth knowledge of Salesforce platforms to ensure all developments meet best practice. Multiple project deliverables will be worked on at any time leading towards pre-agreed release schedules.
Key Actions

Developing and delivering front end changes, agreed and prioritised by the business areas.
Work with Business Analysts, Project Leads, Salesforce colleagues and Salesforce Solution Engineers to define and understand requirements, challenging where necessary, in terms of Salesforce capabilities.
Work alongside administrators and existing development team where required.
Testing new and existing implementations to the agreed software development lifecycle standards.
Evaluate the success of projects / processes on an ongoing basis and make recommendations based on a sound understanding of business priorities.
Collaborate with IT and other Distribution teams across the business to deliver high quality software solutions.
Excellent knowledge of API’s, LWC’s and APEX.
Build excellent product knowledge and always remain up to date on business, industry, technical and customer strategies.
Ensure you understand and adhere to our Code of Conduct and where appropriate, comply with all relevant regulatory policies and mandatory training requirements.What do you need to thrive?

Educated to degree level in computing / programming related subject, or relevant experience in an Information Technology role.
Salesforce Developer 1 certified or working towards this certification.
General knowledge of programming languages and confident with learning new programming languages.
A high degree of self-motivation and the ability to work flexibly within tight deadlines with stakeholders. Demonstrating effective time management skills at all times.
High level of attention to detail when creating and testing code for implementation.
Clear and concise written style and good presentation skills. Ability to communicate complicated technical concepts clearly, both verbally and in written form.
Take responsibility to manage own personal workload and ensuring process knowledge is accurate and up to date.So, what’s in it for you?

Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
Life Assurance – Four times annual salaryThese are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. 
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
Be there for you when you need us.
Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About The Company
We're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!
Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.
Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.
 
Diversity & Inclusion
We’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. To learn more please visit our Careers page.
Vitality’s approach to sustainability
Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. 
If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible